"...one of the finest Christian reference books to be published in this decade.”
Early Americans have long been considered “A People of the Book.” Because the nickname was coined primarily to invoke close associations between Americans and the Bible, it is easy to
overlook the central fact that it was a book-not a geographic location, a monarch, or even a shared language-that has served as a cornerstone in countless investigations into the formation and fragmentation of early American culture. Few books can lay claim to such powers of civilization-altering influence. Among those which can are sacred books, and for Americans principal among such books stands the Bible.
This Handbook brings together a number of established scholars, as well as younger scholars on the rise, to provide a scholarly overview—rich with bibliographic resources—to those interested in the Bible's role in American cultural formation.
William D. Romanowski, “Chapter 27. English Cinema and The Bible”
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Reviews
“It is one of the finest Christian reference books to be published in this decade.” —Justus D. Doenecke, Anglican and Episcopal History
“In this comprehensive anthology, Paul C. Gutjahr seeks to compress the entire story of the Bible’s role in America into under seven hundred pages. In his task, the professor of English at Indiana University has succeeded admirably ... It is one of the finest Christian reference books to be published in this decade.” —Justus D. Doenecke, Anglican and Episcopal History
“The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in America...is an invaluable resource on the reception of the world’s best-seller in the United States.” —Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern, The Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought
“. . . there is much here to enlighten and entertain” —Deborah W. Rooke, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
“This is a useful reference book that will inform. It shows the shifts and turns in relation to the Bible over centuries along with those who sought to defend or to reimage Bible teaching.” —Rev E T Kirkland, English Churchman
“Scholars of religion in America, the Bible, American culture, lived religion, or material religion should make room on their shelves for this book.” —Lydia Willsky-Ciollo, Reading Religion
“Taken together, these essays offer a useful, informed, multidisciplinary examination of the Bible in the contemporary US Recommended.” —P.L. Redditt, CHOICE
“Overall the volume is well-executed and a monument to scholarship on the topic of the Bible in America this Oxford Handbook is more than welcomed on any Bible student’s shelf.” —Todd Scacewater, Exegetical Tools