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Achtemeier, Paul J., general editor. The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary, rev. ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1996. An excellent, illustrated reference aimed at the layperson as well as the scholar.
Alter, Robert. The World of Biblical Literature. New York: Basic Books, 1992.
Armstrong, Karen. A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. New York: Knopf, 1993; Ballantine Books, 1994.
Baetzhold, Howard G., and Joseph B. McCullough. The Bible According to Mark Twain. New York: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1996. Irreverent writings on biblical matters by America’s great humorist.
Barthel, Manfred. Translated and adapted by Mark Howson. What the Bible Really Says: Casting New Light on the Book of Books. New York: William Morrow, 1982; Quill, 1983. Bringing recent archaeological finds and newly discovered historical data to bear on traditional interpretations of the Bible.
Bender, David L., and Bruno Leone, editors. Science and Religion. St. Paul, Minn.: Greenhaven Press, 1981. A collection of essays on such questions as creation, evolution, and genetic engineering by a group of writers who take both scientific and literal biblical approaches.
Bennett, William J., editor. The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Moral Stories. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993; Touchstone, 1996. This bestselling collection of familiar morality tales includes a number of Bible stories, which generally retell the familiar, sanitized versions.
Bierlein, J. F. Parallel Myths. New York: Ballantine Books, 1994. Examines the common themes, images, and stories found in myths (creation, flood, underworld, heroes) from various times and cultures.
Bloom, Harold, and David Rosenberg. The Book of J. New York: Grove Press, 1990. A controversial, bestselling analysis of the Books of Moses that argues that one of the chief authors of the Torah was a woman.
Boorstin, Daniel J. The Discoverers: A History of Man’s Search to Know His World and Himself. New York: Random House, 1983; Vintage, 1985.
Carter, Jimmy. Sources of Strength: Meditations on Scripture for a Living Faith. New York: Times Books, 1997. Fifty-two meditations on the Bible by the thirty-ninth president, who teaches a Bible class in his small-town church in Georgia.
Charlesworth, James H. Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Controversy Resolved. New York: Doubleday/Anchor, 1992; Anchor, 1995. Addressing recent controversies over the Dead Sea Scrolls, the author presents a balanced, scholarly consensus about the scrolls and their contribution to understanding the Bible, Jesus, and early Christianity.
Clayton, Peter A. Chronicle of the Pharaohs. London: Thames & Hudson, 1994.
Cotterell, Arthur. The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends. New York: Macmillan, 1989.
Ferlo, Roger. Opening the Bible. Cambridge, Mass.: Cowley Publications, 1997.
Feyerick, Ada. Genesis: World of Myths and Patriarchs. New York: New York University Press, 1996. Photographs and artwork illustrate this excellent survey of the historical background of the Bible’s first book.
Fox, Emmet. The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1989. A general introduction and spiritual key to the central teachings of Jesus found in the Gospel According to Matthew as interpreted by a prominent twentieth-century English mystic.
—. The Ten Commandments: The Master Key of Life. New York: Harper & Row, 1953; HarperCollins, 1993.
Fox, Everett. The Five Books of Moses: The Schocken Bible: Volume I. New York: Schocken Books, 1995. A new translation of the first five books of the Bible that attempts to restore the poetic, sometimes primitive, qualities of the ancient Hebrew.
Fox, Robin Lane. The Unauthorized Version: Truth and Fiction in the Bible. New York: Knopf, 1992. A historian’s investigation by a writer who professes to “believe in the Bible but