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Summary
This best-selling nonsectarian guide is designed for students undertaking their first systematic study of the Bible. It is the only single-volume introductory textbook that places each book of the Old Testament, Apocrypha, and the New Testament fully in its historical and cultural context. Understanding the Bible acquaints readers with the content as well as the major themes of each biblical book, and familiarizes them with the goals and methods of important scholarship.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Bible: An Overview
Chapter 2 The Process of Formation: How the Bible Came to Be Written, Transmitted, Canonized, and Translated
Part One The Hebrew Bible: Tanak, or Old Testament
Photo Essay - Mesopotamia: Fountainhead of Biblical Tradition
Chapter 3 The Ancient Near East: The Environment that Produced the Bible
Chapter 4 The God of Israel: An Evolving Portrait
Chapter 5 The Torah: Five Books of Divine Teaching
Photo Essay - Archaeology of the Bible
Chapter 6 The Prophets (Nevi'im) I: The Story of Israel: From Promised Land to Exile
Chapter 7 The Prophets (Nevi'im) II: Individual Spokespersons for God
Photo Essay - Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon
Chapter 8 The Writings (Kethuvim): Books of Poetry, Wisdom, Short Fiction, Apocalyptic Visions, and Sacred History
Chapter 9 Books of the Second Canon: The Apocrypha
Chapter 10 Between the Two Testaments: Greek Culture and the Growth of Multiple Judaisms
Part II The New Testament
Photo Essay - Archaeological Sites and Artifacts Associated with Jesus' Life
Chapter 11 Books of the New Testament: An Overview
Chapter 12 The Gospels: Four Portraits of Jesus
Photo Essay - Diverse Portraits of Jesus
Chapter 13 The Continuing Quest for the Historical Jesus
Chapter 14 An Account of Christian Origins and the Pauline Letters
Photo Essay - Paul and His World
Chapter 15 General Letters and a Vision of End Time
Chapter 16 Interpreting the Judeo-Christian Bible in a Changed World