Classical Mythology: Images and Insights
Stephen L. Harris is Professor Emeritus of Humanities and Religious Studies at California State University, Sacramento, where he served ten years as department chair.  A Woodrow Wilson Fellow, he received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell University.  A member of the Society of Biblical Literature, his publications includeUnderstanding the Bible(8th edition, 2011);The Old Testament:  An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible(with Robert Platzner);Classical Mythology:  Images and Insights(with Gloria Platzner);Exploring the Bible; andFire Mountains of the West:  The Cascade and Mono Lake Volcanoes, a survey of volcanic hazards on the U.S. Pacific Coast; and for National Geographic Books, Restless Earth, a study of global earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions.  He contributed the chapter on “Archaeology and Volcanism” to theEncyclopedia of Volcanoes(Academic Press, 2000).Gloria Platzner teaches in the  English and Humanities programs  at California State University, Sacramento, including courses on Classical Mythology and World Mythology.