The New Oxford Annotated Bible
Subtitle: New Revised Standard Version
By: Edited by Michael Coogan, Marc Brettler, Carol Newsom
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 12 March 2018
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 2096
ISBN-13: 9780190276041
Subjects: Bibles, new revised standard version, general
Description: For over 50 years students, professors, clergy, and general readers have relied on *The New Oxford Annotated Bible* as an unparalleled authority in Study Bibles. This fifth edition of the *Annotated* remains the best way to study and understand the Bible at home or in the classroom. This thoroughly revised and substantially updated edition contains the best scholarship informed by recent discoveries and anchored in the solid Study Bible tradition.

· Introductions and extensive annotations for each book by acknowledged experts in the field provide context and guidance.
· Introductory essays on major groups of biblical writings - Pentateuch, Prophets, Gospels, and other sections - give readers an overview that guides more intensive study.
· General essays on history, translation matters, different canons in use today, and issues of daily life in biblical times inform the reader of important aspects of biblical study.
· Maps and diagrams within the text contextualize where events took place and how to understand them.
· Color maps give readers the geographical orientation they need for understanding historical accounts throughout the Bible.
· Timelines, parallel texts, weights and measures, calendars, and other helpful tables help navigate the biblical world.
· An extensive glossary of technical terms demystifies the language of biblical scholarship.
· An index to the study materials eases the way to the quick location of information.

*The New Oxford Annotated Bible*, with seventeen new essays and introductions and others--as well as annotations--fully revised, offers the reader flexibility for any learning style. Beginning with a specific passage or a significant concept, finding information for meditation, sermon preparation, or academic study is straightforward and intuitive.

A volume that users will want to keep for continued reference, *The New Oxford Annotated Bible* continues the Oxford University Press tradition of providing excellence in scholarship for the general reader. Generations of users attest to its status as the best one-volume Bible reference tool for any home, library, or classroom.
Notes: New to this Edition:

 - Fully revised and updated annotations to reflect the latest biblical scholarship
 - Seventeen new introductions and essays, including new essays on Time and Languages of the Bible.
 - Introductions and extensive annotations for each biblical book
 - Informative essays on essential topics for biblical study
 - Color maps, timelines, glossary, and an index to study materials
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the Pentateuch: Marc Z. Brettler; title: Introductions and Annotations; title: Genesis: David Carr; title: Exodus: Carol Meyers; title: Leviticus: Jeffrey Stackert; title: Numbers: Thomas B. Dozeman; title: Deuteronomy: Bernard M. Levinson; title: Introduction to the Historical Books: Marc Z. Brettler; title: Introductions and Annotations; title: Joshua: K. Lawson Younger, Jr.; title: Judges: Gregory Mobley; title: Ruth: Yair Zakovitch; title: 1, 2 Samuel: Steven L. McKenzie; title: 1, 2 Kings: Thomas Römer; title: 1, 2 Chronicles: Gary N. Knoppers; title: Ezra, Nehemiah: Tamara Cohn Eskenazi; title: Esther: Mary Joan Winn Leith; title: Introduction to the Poetical and Wisdom Books: Marc Z. Brettler; title: Introductions and Annotations; title: Job: David J. A. Clines; title: Psalms: Richard J. Clifford; title: Proverbs: Christine Roy Yoder; title: Ecclesiastes: Davis Hankins and Brennan W. Breed; title: Song of Solomon: J. Cheryl Exum; title: Introduction to the Prophetic Books: Julia M. O'Brien; title: Isaiah: Marvin A. Sweeney; title: Jeremiah: Louis Stulman; title: Lamentations: Adele Berlin; title: Ezekiel: Stephen L. Cook; title: Daniel: Amy C. Merrill Willis; title: Hosea, Amos, Micah: Gregory Mobley; title: Joel, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi: David L. Petersen; title: Obadiah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah: Julia M. O'Brien; title: Jonah: Yair Zakovitch; title: Introduction to the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books: Carol A. Newsom; title: Introductions and Annotations; title: Tobit: Amy-Jill Levine; title: Judith: Lawrence M. Wills; title: Esther (Greek): Mary Joan Winn Leith; title: Wisdom of Solomon: Michael Kolarcik; title: Sirach: Benjamin G. Wright; title: Baruch, Letter of Jeremiah: Matthew Goff; title: Add Daniel (Azariah, Song of Three, Susanna, Bel): Amy C. Merrill Willis; title: 1 Maccabees: John R. Bartlett; title: 2 Maccabees: Daniel R. Schwartz; title: 1 Esdras: Tamara Cohn Eskenazi; title: Prayer of Manasseh: David Lambert; title: Psalm 151: Judith H. Newman; title: 3 Maccabees: John J. Collins; title: 2 Esdras: Theodore A. Bergren; title: 4 Maccabees: David A. de Silva; title: Introduction to the Gospels: Pheme Perkins; title: Introductions and Annotations; title: Matthew: J. R. C. Cousland; title: Mark: Suzanne Watts Henderson; title: Luke: Marion L. Soards; title: John: Colleen Conway; title: Acts: Christopher R. Matthews; title: Introduction to Letters/Epistles in the New Testament: Pheme Perkins; title: Introductions and Annotations; title: Romans: Ann Jervis; title: 1 Corinthians: Laurence L. Welborn; title: 2 Corinthians: Alexandra R. Brown; title: Galatians: Emma Wasserman; title: Ephesians, Colossians: Jennifer K. Berenson; title: Philippians: Carolyn Osiek; title: 1,2 Thessalonians: Richard S. Ascough; title: The Pastoral Epistles, 1,2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon: Margaret M. Mitchell; title: Hebrews: David A. de Silva; title: James: Timothy B. Cargal; title: 1 Peter: M. Eugene Boring; title: 2 Peter, Jude: Terrance Callan; title: 1,2,3 John: Pheme Perkins; title: Revelation: Jean-Pierre Ruiz; title: General Essays, Tables, Glossary, Index; title: General Essays; title: The Canons of the Bible: Marc Z. Brettler and Pheme Perkins; title: Textual Criticism: Michael D. Coogan and Pheme Perkins; title: The Languages of the Bible: Sidnie White Crawford; title: Translation of the Bible into English: Michael D. Coogan and Pheme Perkins; title: Interpretation; title: The Hebrew Bible's Interpretation of Itself: Marc Z. Brettler; title: The New Testament Interprets the Jewish Scriptures: Pheme Perkins; title: Jewish Interpretation in the Premodern Era: Marc Z. Brettler; title: Christian Interpretation in the Premodern Era: Carol A. Newsom; title: The Interpretation of the Bible: From the Nineteenth to the Mid-Twentieth Centuries: Michael D. Coogan; title: Contemporary Methods in Biblical Study: Carol A. Newsom; title: The Geography of the Bible: Michael D. Coogan; title: Cultural Contexts; title: The Ancient Near East: Michael D. Coogan; title: The Persian and Hellenistic Periods: Carol A. Newsom; title: The Roman Period: Pheme Perkins; title: Tables; title: Timeline; title: Chronological Table of Rulers; title: Weights and Measures; title: Time [includes Calendar]; title: Parallel Texts [now including parallels from the Gospel of John]; title: Translations of Ancient Texts; title: Glossary; title: Index to the Study Materials