Table of Contents

Introduction: Sharper than Any Two-Edged Sword: The Bible in Modern American Protestantism
1: The Blood of the Martyr: History, Hagiography, and the Consecration of the English Bible
2: Coronation of "King Truth": Bible Revision and Late Nineteenth-Century Imagination
3: Scripture for the Ecumenical Church: Liberal Protestants and the Making of the RSV Bible
4: The Great RSV Controversy: Bible-Burning, Red-Hunting, and the Strange Specter of Unholy Scripture
5: The Virgin Text: Evangelicals and Liberals in the Quest for an Undefiled Book
Epilogue: Virginity Lost, Virginity Regained? Translation and Scripturalism since 1965

Promotional Information

Awarded the Frank S. and Elizabeth Brewer Prize of the American Society of Church History

About the Author

Peter J. Thuesen is Associate Professor of religious studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).

Reviews

A first-rate intellectual history of Protestants' elusive quest for the perfect English translation of the Bible. Publishers Weekly yields a veritable cornucopia of insights into Protestant Bible translation ... a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the history of English Bible translation in the United States. Christianity Today

A first-rate intellectual history of Protestants' elusive quest for the perfect English translation of the Bible. Publishers Weekly yields a veritable cornucopia of insights into Protestant Bible translation ... a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the history of English Bible translation in the United States. Christianity Today