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I. Introductions
Barclay, William. Introducing the Bible. New York, Walker, 1985. 290p. Large print.
Bible guides. Edited by William Barclay and F. F. Bruce. New York, Abingdon, 1961-65. 22v. Popular introduction with some commentary. See lists under individual books.
Cassels, Louis. Your Bible. Garden City NY, Doubleday, 1966. 267p.
Chase, Mary Ellen. The Bible and the common reader. Rev. ed. New York, Macmillan, 1952. 325p.
Fosdick, Harry Emerson. A guide to understanding the Bible: the development of ideas within the Old and New Testaments. New York, Harper, 1938.
Goodspeed, Edgar J. How to read the Bible. Phila, Winston, 1946. Hiers, Richard H. Reading the Bible book by book: an introductory study guide to the books of the Bible with apocrypha. Philadelphia, Fortress, 1988.
The Literary guide to the Bible. Ed. by Robert Alter and Frank Kermode. Cambridge MA, Belknap Pr., 1987. 678p. Applies the resources of modern literary criticism to the Bible and its books.
*Reichardt, Dorothy. Finding our way in the Bible. Philadelphia, PYM REC, 1986. Curriculum designed to provide both orientation to the Bible for discussion groups and help with relating it to our own spiritual journeys.
Spong, John Shelby. Rescuing the Bible from fundamentalism; a bishop rethinks the meaning of Scripture. San Francisco, Harper, 1991. 267p. Explains for the beginner the historical reasons why the Bible contradicts itself.
Walsh, Chad. A rich feast: encountering the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. San Francisco, Harper & Row, 1981. 181p. Highlights the themes that make the Bible a unity.
Westminster introduction to the books of the Bible. Prepared by the editors of the Westminster Study Edition of the Holy Bible. Philadelphia, Westminster, 1968. 224p.
II. Handbooks and Miscellany
Alexander, David, ed. Eerdmans' handbook to the Bible. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1983. 680p. History and archaeology; digest of Bible books, with notes; indexes to people, places, subjects, and themes; copious illustrations.
Asimov, Isaac. Asimov's guide to the Bible: volume one, the Old Testament. Garden City NY, Doubleday, 1968. 716p. Proceeding in canonical order, discusses selected ideas, persons, places and events.
Asimov, Isaac. Asimov's guide to the Bible. Volume 2: the New Testament. New York, Avon, 1971. 637p. Includes later books of the O.T. Apocrypha: Tobit, Judith, 1 & 2 Maccabees, 2 Esdras.
Blair, Edward P. Abingdon Bible handbook. Nashville, Abingdon, 1975. 511p.
Bushong, Ann Brooke. A guide to the lectionary. New York, Seabury/Crossroad, 1978. 206p. Synopsis of Bible readings appointed for the 3-year cycle used in many churches.
Tuck, Robert, ed. 540 little-known facts about the Bible. 101st anniversary ed. New York, Doubleday, 1980. 420p. Originally published in 1879 under title: Biblical things not generally known.
III. Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Eerdman's family encyclopedia of the Bible. Ed. by Pat Alexander. Carmel NY, Guideposts, 1978. 328p. illus.
Harper's Bible dictionary. General editor: Paul J. Achtemeier. San Francisco, Harper & Row, 1985. 1178p.
Hastings, James, ed. Dictionary of the Bible. Rev. ed. New York, Scribner, 1963. 1059p.
The International standard Bible encyclopedia. General editor: Geoffrey W. Bromiley. Fully revised. Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1979-88. 4v.
Interpreter's dictionary of the Bible. George Arthur Buttrick, ed. Nashville, Abingdom, 1962-76. 4 v. + supplement.
IV. Commentaries
Anchor Bible. Garden City NY, Doubleday. Multivolume scholarly commentary series begun in the 1950s and still in progress. For library holdings see individual books in O.T. and N.T. lists.
Barclay, William. The daily study Bible series. Rev. 3d. Philadelphia, Westminster, 1975-6. 18v. Popular commentary on the New Testament. See N.T. list under individual books.
The Daily study Bible: Old Testament. John C. L. Gibson, general editor. 24v. Popular commentary patterned after Barclay's New Testament series. See O.T. list under individual books.
Harvey, A. E. The New English Bible companion to the New Testament. Cambridge, Eng., Oxford, 1973. 850p. Nontechnical commentary "aims to provide the reader with the information needed to understand what the NT writers are saying."
Hermeneia. A critical and historical commentary on the Bible. Philadelphia, Fortress. Multivolume scholarly commentary begun in the 1970s. For library holdings see individual books in O.T. and N.T. lists.
The Interpreter's Bible. The Holy Scriptures in the King James and Revised Standard versions with general articles and introduction, exegesis, and exposition for each book of the Bible. George Arthur Buttrick, ed. New York, Abingdon, 1952-57.2v.
The Interpreter's one-volume commentary on the Bible. Introduction and commentary for each book of the Bible including the Apocrypha. Ed. by Charles M. Laymon. Nashville, Abingdon, 1971. 1386p.
The Jerome biblical commentary. Ed. by Raymond E. Brown, Joseph A. Fitzmyer and Roland E. Murphy. Englewood Cliffs NJ, Prentice-Hall, 1968. Uses Jerusalem Bible.
The New Jerome biblical commentary. Ed. by Raymond E. Brown, Joseph A. Fitzmyer and Roland E. Murphy. Englewood Cliffs NJ, Prentice-Hall, 1990. 1475p. Catholic commentary, with 400 pages of topical essays.
The Womens' Bible commentary. Carol A. Newsom and Sharon H. Ringe, editors. Louisville, Westminster/John Knox, 1992. 396p. Commentary on all books of the Bible by women scholars.
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