Thumb Bibles : : The History of a Literary Genre / / Gottfried Adam.
The literary genre of “thumb bibles” belongs to the category of miniature books and is a subtype of children's bibles. Thumb bibles summarize the full bible by paraphrasing selected biblical narratives. Adhering to the Reformation principle of sola scriptura , their aim is to teach children and...
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| Superior document: | Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2023 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2023. ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2023.
Library of the Written Word ; 108. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (449 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Gottfried Adam
- Copyright page / Gottfried Adam
- Dedication / Gottfried Adam
- Preface / Gottfried Adam
- Illustrations / Gottfried Adam
- Abbreviations / Gottfried Adam
- Introduction Studying Thumb Bibles / Gottfried Adam
- Chapter 1 British Thumb Bibles during the Seventeenth Century / Gottfried Adam
- Chapter 2 Thumb Bibles in Germany at the Turn of the Eighteenth Century (1690– c .1710) / Gottfried Adam
- Chapter 3 The London Biblia, or a Practical Summary (1727) and Its Impact / Gottfried Adam
- Chapter 4 British Thumb Bibles in the Nineteenth Century / Gottfried Adam
- Chapter 5 American Thumb Bibles in the Nineteenth Century / Gottfried Adam
- Chapter 6 The End of the Genre ‘Thumb Bible’ and Its Aftermath / Gottfried Adam
- Chapter 7 Findings of the Study / Gottfried Adam
- Appendices / Gottfried Adam
- Bibliography / Gottfried Adam
- Names Index / Gottfried Adam
- Subject Index / Gottfried Adam.