How the Bible became holy
Tel Aviv Review
English - January 08, 2015 13:00 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 141 ratingsJudaism Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture interview jewish academic debate israel longform radio scholars Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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How the Bible became holy
Michael Satlow, a religious and Judaic studies professor at Brown University (US) and author of How the Bible Became Holy, sheds some light on the selection and canonization processes over the centuries that brought the Bible to the special status it holds today.
Music:
Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know
Muse - Invincible
David Bowie - China Girl