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The SPCK Bible Guide - An Illustrated Survey Of All The Books Of The Bible - Their Contents, Themes And Teachings

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An easy to follow navigational tool for readers who want to gain a broad overview of the Bible, with running commentary on every book in the Old and New Testaments. Illustrated with more than 160 full colour pictures, it includes a unique colour-coding system for the themes, providing readers with an easy visual means of finding related content.


About the author

Henry Wansbrough OSB is a Benedictine monk based at Ampleforth Abbey in Yorkshire. He is former Chairman of the Oxford University Theology Faculty, and former Master of St Benet's Hall Oxford. He is editor of the New Jerusalem Bible and author of more than 20 books. In writing this book, he was assisted by R. P. Nettelhorst, Professor of Bible and Biblical Languages at Quartz Hill School of Theology, who contributed the chapter-by-chapter summaries.

Summary

A navigational tool for readers who want to gain a broad overview of the Bible, grasp its major themes and understand its key teachings. Both Old and New Testaments are broken down into easy-to-manage sections - each containing a narrative summary, key quotations, and a helpful commentary explaining the essential concerns of the original authors.

Product details

Authors Henry Wansbrough
Publisher O'Reilly
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 21.02.2013
 
EAN 9780281069453
ISBN 978-0-281-06945-3
No. of pages 288
Weight 905 g
Illustrations Illustrations
Subjects Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works

RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Christianity, Bible studies: for individual or small group study, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

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