这是美国著名作家亨德里克·威廉·房龙的代表作之一，初版于1923年，自出版以来，一直广受赞誉，传读不衰。房龙对人生和事物有着积极、深刻的理解，他用朴素、睿智的声音讲述古老故事的同时，也演绎出了《圣经》故事背后的浩大人类历史进程。在他的笔下，《圣经》时代的历史人物和历史事件变得鲜活而生动，这一古老的经典不再是只有少数人才能解读的神秘之作，而是一部充满了民族悲伤和喜悦、苦难与盼望的记录，一部让读者更深刻地理解其庄严意义的伟大著作。本书为英文原版。

  THE STORY OF THE BIBLE

1 A LITERARY INHERITANCE

2 CREATION

3 THE PIONEERS

4 FURTHER WESTWARD

5 A HOME IN EGYPT

6 THE ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY

7 WANDERING IN THE WILDERNESS

8 FINDING NEW PASTURES

9 THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN

10 THE STORY OF RUTH

11 A JEWISH KINGDOM

12 CIVIL WAR

13 THE WARNING OF THE PROPHETS

14 DOWNFALL AND EXILE

15 THE RETURN HOME

16 THE MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS

17 THE COMING OF THE GREEKS

18 JUDAH, A GREEK PROVINCE

19 REVOLUTION AND INDEPENDENCE

20 THE BIRTH OF JESUS

21 JOHN THE BAPTIST

22 THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS

23 THE DISCIPLES

24 THE NEW TEACHER

25 THE OLD ENEMIES

26 THE DEATH OF JESUS

27 THE STRENGTH OF AN IDEA

28 THE TRIUMPH OF AN IDEA

29 THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH

TOLERANCE

PROLOGUE

1 THE TYRANNY OF IGNORANCE

2 THE GREEKS

3 THE BEGINNING OF RESTRAINT

4 THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS

5 IMPRISONMENT

6 THE PURE OF LIFE

7 THE INQUISITION

8 THE CURIOUS ONES

9 THE WAR UPON THE PRINTED WORD

10 CONCERNING THE WRITING OF HISTORY IN GENERAL AND

THIS BOOK IN PARTICULAR

11 RENAISSANCE

12 THE REFORMATION

13 ERASMUS

14 RABELAIS

15 NEW SIGNBOARDS FOR OLD

16 THE ANABAPTISTS

17 THE SOZZINI FAMILY

18 MONTAIGNE

19 ARMINIUS

20 BRUNO

21 SPINOZA

22 THE NEW ZION

23 THE SUN KING

24 FREDERICK THE GREAT

25 VOLTAIRE

26 THE ENCYCLOPEDIA

27 THE INTOLERANCE OF REVOLUTION

28 LESSING

29 TOM PAINE

30 THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS