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Keller, Werner. Translated by William Neil. The Bible as History, 2d rev. ed. New York: Morrow, 1981. A useful but now slightly dated overview of the archaeological record of the Near East.
Kirsch, Jonathan. The Harlot by the Side of the Road: Forbidden Tales of the Bible. New York: Ballantine Books, 1997. A fascinating assessment of some of the Hebrew stories overlooked or edited out of Sunday school lessons.
Klingaman, William K. The First Century: Emperors, Gods, and Everyman. New York: HarperCollins, 1990; HarperPerennial, 1991. An excellent survey for general readers of the hundred years in which Jesus and Paul the apostle lived, the Roman emperors ruled, and China and the rest of Asia were being transformed.
Kugel, James L. The Bible As It Was. Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press/Harvard University Press, 1997. A scholarly survey of how the Bible has been interpreted through the ages.
Küng, Hans. On Being a Christian. New York: Doubleday, 1976; Image Books, 1984. A monumental study of Christian history and theology.
Kushner, Harold S. When Bad Things Happen to Good People. New York: Schocken Books, 1981; Avon Books, 1983. A rabbi’s bestselling attempt to explain an age-old question.
Laymon, Charles M., editor. The Interpreter’s One-Volume Commentary on the Bible. Nashville, Tenn.: Abingdon Press, 1971.
Leeming, David, and Margaret Leeming. A Dictionary of Creation Myths. New York: Oxford University Press. An illustrated guide to creation stories from all over the world.
Lehner, Mark The Complete Pyramids: Solving the Ancient Mysteries. New York: Thames & Hudson, 1997. A fully illustrated compendium of every major pyramid in ancient Egypt.
Levine, Mark L., and Eugene Rachels, editors. The Complete Book of Bible Quotations from the New Testament. New York: Pocket Books, 1996. More than two thousand quotations, arranged by subjects like “Ability,” “Jealousy,” “Madness,” “Wisdom,” etc.
—. The Complete Book of Bible Quotations from the Old Testament. New York: Pocket Books, 1996. With more than four thousand quotes, a companion to the book above.
Lewis, C. S. Reflections on the Psalms. New York: Harvest Books, 1986. The noted British author of spiritual works and science fiction offers a collection of interpretation of selected psalms.
Macrone, Michael. Brush Up Your Bible. New York: HarperCollins, 1993; HarperPerennial, 1995. A light but fascinating examination of some of the most familiar verses and common phrases found in the Bible.
Mayotte, Ricky Alan. The Complete Jesus. South Royalton, Vt.: Steerforth Press, 1997. A compilation of sayings attributed to Jesus both from the Gospels and other documents that purport to record Jesus’ teachings.
Metzger, Bruce M., and Michael D. Coogan, editors. The Oxford Companion to the Bible. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. A rich and detailed reference, combining encyclopedia, dictionary, and atlas of the Bible. Thousands of entries on biblical figures and concepts, along with interpretative essays on the Bible and its impact on history, culture, literature and art, law, politics, etc.
Metzger, Bruce M., and Roland E. Murphy. The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. An ecumenical study Bible in the New Revised Standard Version with excellent notes, introductory materials, and many useful articles about Bible history. A fine study Bible.
Michaels, Jonathan A., editor. Mysteries and Intrigues of the Bible. Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House, 1997.
Miles, Jack. God: A Biography. New York: Knopf, 1995; Vintage, 1996. Winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for biography.
Occhiogrosso, Peter. The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World’s Religious Traditions. New York: Doubleday, 1994. An easygoing and very accessible guide to a wide range of faiths and spiritual movements.
Pagels, Elaine. Adam, Eve, and the Serpent. New York: Random House, 1988; Vintage Books. The author takes a scholarly yet accessible approach to questions of sin and sex and the Fall of Man.
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