num_pages: 736
description: Stephen Harris' text is the best-selling nonsectarian guide designed for students undertaking their first systematic study of the bible, and it is the only single-volume text that provides both a comprehensive historical-cultural background for the entire biblical era and a rigorous analysis of each individual work of the Old Testament, Apocrypha, and New Testament. The purpose of the text is to acquaint readers with the content and major themes of each biblical book and to familiarize them with important contemporary scholarship.
language: English
title: Understanding The Bible
titlecomplete: Understanding The Bible
genres: Textbooks, Reference, History, Religion, Nonfiction, Theology
ratings_count: 113
publisher: McGraw-Hill