Vopros o proishozhdenii, soderzhanii i istoricheskoj roli biblejskih knig imeet bolshoj i mnogostoronnij interes. Pravilnoe nauchnoe osveschenie etogo voprosa daet vozmozhnost ponyat ryad vazhnejshih problem ideologii drevnego Vostoka i drevnego mira v tselom. Ono mozhet pomoch lyudyam, interesuyuschimsya voprosami religii i ee istorii, v tom chisle i veruyuschim, razobratsya v nekotoryh vazhnyh voprosah mirovozzreniya; ono pomozhet im ponyat, kakova dejstvitelnaya tsennost biblejskih legend v svete dannyh sovremennoj nauki. Nakonets, propagandistu i lektoru, zanimayuschimsya voprosami nauchnogo ateizma, raznostoronnij analiz Biblii daet bogatyj i interesnyj material, kotoryj on mozhet ispolzovat v rabote sredi veruyuschih. Predlagaemaya chitatelyu rabota ne pretenduet na novoe osveschenie vseh storon voprosa. Eto nauchno-populyarnye ocherki, avtor kotoryh postavil svoej zadachej sobrat voedino i izlozhit v populyarnoj forme itogi nauchnyh rabot po issledovaniyu Biblii. Avtor staralsya stroit izlozhenie preimuschestvenno na faktah. Pust chitatel, podumav nad etimi faktami, svyazav ih s tem, chto on sam znaet po etim voprosam, ubeditsya, v kakoj mere prav avtor, delaya te ili inye vyvody. This book, "Kniga o Biblii," by I.A. Kryvelev, is a replication of a book originally published before 1959. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.