The Bible

The Bible is a groundbreaking explanation and interpretation of the single most influential text of all time, by the world's foremost religious historian. 'The best sort of popularizing: there is no sacrifice of integrity and no dumbing down.' Edward Norman, Literary Review

A groundbreaking explanation and interpretation of the single most influential text of all time, by the world's foremost religious historian.

Bible sales have doubled since 2019 - why are so many people in the West turning back to Christianity?

The Bible was never a single book. Written and rewritten over a thousand years, it has been read as poetry, law, allegory and prayer. Karen Armstrong, the world's foremost religious historian, tells its extraordinary life story, and shows that reading it literally is a surprisingly modern idea.

'The best sort of popularizing: there is no sacrifice of integrity and no dumbing down.' Edward Norman, Literary Review