Part 1. Telling the story of a book --
Forms of Jewish scripture --
Birth of the Christian Bible --
Formation of Jewish and Christian canons --
Writing and copying manuscripts --
Imperial sponsorship and the Bible --
Texts and translations: the ancient east --
Old Latin and the Vulgate --
Other ancient versions --
Monasteries and manuscripts --
Interpretation within Judaism --
Part 2. Interpretation in medieval Christianity --
The Renaissance, printing, and the Bible --
The Protestant Reformation and the Bible --
Translating the Bible into modern languages --
The first efforts at Englishing the Bible --
The King James Version --
The romance of manuscripts --
Searching for the critical text --
The historical-critical approach --
The Bible in contemporary Judaism --
Contemporary Christians and their Bibles --
The Bible's story continues.