(Paperback, Revised edition)

Charts the theological defense of icons during the Iconoclastic controversies of the eighth and ninth centuries, whose high point came in AD 787, when the Second Council of Nicaea restored the cult of images in the church. This title demonstrates how the dogmas of the Trinity and the Incarnation eventually provided the basic rationale for images.

(Paperback)

The Bible is among the world's most influential and important books - and the most controversial. But how did it become the book we know it to be This title charts its evolution from oral tales via Hebrew texts, Greek, and Latin translations, to its many different forms, offering an insight into the history.