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The Rise and Fall of the Bible is Beal\'s attempt to shatter this popular understanding of the Bible as a combination of divine instruction manual and self-help book."--Adam Kirsch, Tablet In this revelatory exploration, a noted religion scholar and former evangelical Christian takes us back to early Christianity to ask how a box of handwritten scrolls became the Bible, and forward to see how the multibillion-dollar business that has broug. . . "Personal and accessible