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Book Poses a Question: 'Whose Bible Is It?' Biblical scholar Jaroslav Pelikan of Yale University tells Sheilah Kast about his latest book, Whose Bible Is It?. It's an effort to track scriptural history through the ages. Pelikan concludes that Christians and Jews need each other to understand the sacred text they share.

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Biblical scholar Jaroslav Pelikan of Yale University tells Sheilah Kast about his latest book, Whose Bible Is It?. It's an effort to track scriptural history through the ages. Pelikan concludes that Christians and Jews need each other to understand the sacred text they share.

Adam, Eve and the Tree of Knowledge in a detail from the cover of Jaroslav Pelikan's book. Viking hide caption

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Whose Bible Is It?
A History Of The Scripture Through The Ages
By Jaroslav Jan Pelikan

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