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Selling the Word of God

The Early Commercial History of the English Bible

With an Introduction by Diarmaid MacCulloch

304 pages | 32 halftones; 18 color images | 6.14 x 9.21 | © 2026

History: European History


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Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Tyndale’s Tale
3. A New Testament in English
4. The Genesis of the English Bible
5. Kings and their Bibles
6. Acts and Exodus: English Bibles Changed and Challenged
7. Wisdom: Commercialising the Bible
8. Numbers: Too Many Bibles?
9. Revelation and Lamentation: Trials and Errors in Printed Bibles
10. James: Ends and Beginnings

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