“The history of the Bible text is a romance of literature,”

— Frederic G. Kenyon

Source: The Story Of The Bible, Chapter I, The Bible And Recent Discoveries, p. 4
Context: The history of the Bible text is a romance of literature, though it is a romance of which the consequences are of vital import; and thanks to the succession of discoveries which have been made of late years, we know more about it than of the history of any other ancient book in the world.

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British palaeographer and biblical and classical scholar 1863–1952

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