The phrase "the Word of God" had a long history before it ever meant "the Bible." This episode traces its evolution — from God's voice speaking creation into being, to prophets hearing from their maker, to God's Word becoming human, to early Christians referring to a collection of ancient writings by the same name. This is the story of how this pretzel of a phrase became attached to a book.

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