Contents

Maps, Charts, and Diagrams

The Editors’ Preface

To the Reader

Alphabetical Listing of the Books of the Bible
  Including the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books

List of Abbreviations

The Hebrew Bible

the pentateuch

Introduction

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

the historical books

Introduction

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel (1 Kingdoms in Greek)

2 Samuel (2 Kingdoms in Greek)

1 Kings (3 Kingdoms in Greek)

2 Kings (4 Kingdoms in Greek)

1 Chronicles (1 Paralipomenon in Greek)

2 Chronicles (2 Paralipomenon in Greek)

Ezra (2 Esdras in Greek)

Nehemiah (2 Esdras in Greek)

Esther

the poetical and wisdom books

Introduction

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

the prophetic books

Introduction

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Daniel

Hosea

Joel

Amos

Obadiah

Jonah

Micah

Nahum

Habakkuk

Zephaniah

Haggai

Zechariah

Malachi

The Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books

Introduction

The Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books are listed here in four groupings, as follows:

(a) books and additions to esther and daniel that are in the roman catholic, greek, and slavonic bibles

Tobit

Judith

The Additions to the Book of Esther (with a translation of the entire Greek text of Esther)

Wisdom of Solomon

Ecclesiasticus, or the Wisdom of Jesus, Son of Sirach

Baruch

The Letter of Jeremiah (Baruch ch 6)

The Additions to the Greek Book of Daniel

The Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Jews

Susanna

Bel and the Dragon

1 Maccabees

2 Maccabees

(b) books in the greek and slavonic bibles; not in the roman catholic canon

1 Esdras (2 Esdras in Slavonic, 3 Esdras in Appendix to Vulgate)

Prayer of Manasseh (in Appendix to Vulgate)

Psalm 151 (following Psalm 150 in the Greek Bible)

3 Maccabees

(c) in the slavonic bible and in the latin vulgate appendix

2 Esdras (3 Esdras in Slavonic, 4 Esdras in Vulgate Appendix)

(Note: In the Latin Vulgate, Ezra–Nehemiah are 1 and 2 Esdras.)

(d) in an appendix to the greek bible

4 Maccabees

The New Testament

the gospels

Introduction

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

The Acts of the Apostles

letters/epistles in the new testament

Introduction

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Philippians

Colossians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

Introduction to the Pastoral Epistles

1 Timothy

2 Timothy

Titus

Philemon

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

2 Peter

1 John

2 John

3 John

Jude

Revelation

General Essays, Tables

the canons of the bible

The Hebrew Bible

The Greek Bible

Textual Criticism

Languages of the Bible

Translation of the Bible into English

interpretation

The Hebrew Bible's Interpretation of Itself

The New Testament Interprets the Jewish Scriptures

Jewish Interpretation in the Premodern Era

Christian Interpretation in the Premodern Era

The Interpretation of the Bible: From the Nineteenth to the Mid‐twentieth Centuries

Contemporary Methods in Biblical Study

The Geography of the Bible

cultural contexts

The Ancient Near East

The Persian and Hellenistic Periods

The Roman Period

tables

Timeline

Chronological Table of Rulers

Weights and Measures

Time (including Calendar)

Parallel Texts

Chapter/Verse Differences

translations of ancient texts

glossary

index to the study materials

color maps follow the last page of text