Understanding the Bible - Hardcover

Harris, Stephen L

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0767405935 ISBN 13: 9780767405935

Publisher: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1999

Synopsis

This is a nonsectarian guide for students undertaking their first systematic study of the Bible, giving information on archaeological data and historical background, and providing material on the date, authorship, and theological content of each book of the Old and New Testaments.

About this title

About the Author:

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 American Academy of Religion and the Jesus Seminar, his publications include Understanding the Bible, The Old Testament: An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible, and The New Testament: A Student’s Introduction. He has also written books on geologic hazards, including Fire and Ice: The Cascade and Mono Lake Volcanoes, Agents of Chaos: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Other Geologic Hazards, and, for National Geographic Books, Restless Earth. He contributed the chapter on “Archaeology and Volcanism” to the new Encyclopedia of Volcanoes (Academic Press, 2000).

About this edition

• Publisher: Mayfield Publishing Company
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0767405935
• ISBN 13: 9780767405935
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 610