Absolute Beginner's Guide to the Bible
By day,Tom Headis a freelance nonfiction writer best known for his ability to turn nonexperts into experts.  By night, he's a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy and religion at Edith Cowan University.  A lifelong student of the Bible with years of formal training in theology, hermeneutics, and biblical languages, he is primarily interested in giving people the tools to read the Bible with confidence, regardless of their academic background or personal beliefs.  "Religion can be intimidating," Tom explains, "mainly because people grow up hearing that they're not good enough to ask the kinds of questions religion asks.  But the secret is that nobody's 'good enough'; whenever we start talking about God, the universe, and the meaning of llife, we're all absolute beginners." His 22 books includeConversations with Carl Sagan(University Press of Mississippi),Possessions and Exorcisms: Fact or Fiction?(Greenhaven Press), andFreedom of Religion(Facts on File).  He also maintains www.absolutebible.com, a site dedicated to serving the needs of this book's readers.