The New Testament: A Student's Introduction
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).