New Revised Standard Version Cambridge Annotated Study Bible

by Kee, Howard Clark

• ISBN13: 9780521507776
• ISBN10: 0521507774
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-12-01
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

First published in 1989, the New Revised Standard Version is an extremely accurate and up-to-date translation of the Bible. Translated by a team from several different denominations, it is a version accepted by all Christian traditions. The Cambridge Annotated Study Bible was edited by the internationally recognised biblical scholar, Dr Howard Clark Kee. It incorporates all the information that a modern student of the Bible will need: - an introduction to the history and content of the Bible as a whole - introductions to each book, drawing out the themes within them - cross-references to related biblical passages - the verse-by-verse annotations of Dr Kee - a glossary of significant names and words - a synopsis of the Gospels - tables of chronology and measures - full colour maps and gazetteer

Table of Contents

Preface to the New Revised Standard Version	vii
The Names and Order of the Books of the Old and New Testaments	xv
List of Abbreviations of the Books of the Bible	xvii
Other Abbreviations	xviii
Introduction to the Bible and its Books
Professor Howard Clark Kee
The Story of the Bible	1	(29)
Introductions to the Individual Books of the Old Testament	30	(47)
Introductions to the Individual Books of the New Testament	77	(174)
THE BIBLE TEXT
with Notes and References
Professor Howard Clark Kee
Dr Richard L. Jeske
Glossary following New Testament	251	(70)
Chronological Tables	321	(4)
Tables of Weights, Measures, and Values	325	(2)
Synopsis of the Gospels	327
Maps and Gazetteer	following page 335