Giovanni Maria Vian offers a scholarly journey through the history of Christian texts.
This book written by a distinguished philologist is one of those you should have in your library, because Christian texts lead to everything and first of all to the eternal questions that we ask ourselves about existence and civilizations. Without being learned or versed in religion one can go back to the beginnings of the Bible, to the Old, to the New Testament… to discover the history of the Churches, the complex relations between the religions… Or also that it is in the XIVth century , a century before Gutenberg, that woodcut printing (woodcut dies) was introduced in Europe.
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With Giovanni Maria Vian, former director of “L’Osservatore Romano”, teacher at La Sapienza University in Rome, we enter this fascinating universe of a founding word, the key to many civilizations. A reference work to read while concentrating as it is rich in details, in order to appreciate, like caviar, all the flavor.
“The books of God”, by Giovanni Maria Vian, ed. Salvator, 272 pages, 20.80 euros.
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