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ABC’s of the Bible, Intriguing Questions and Answers about the Greatest Book Ever Written
ed. Kaari Ward
(Reader’s Digest, 1991; dist. by Random House)
This attractive book asks more than 400 questions about the teachings of the Bible, its people, the places where they lived and fought, the laws that guarded them and the customs they followed. The answers are arrange by themes such as “Kings and Conquerors,” “Everyday Life,” “The Miraculous and Unseen” and “The Messiah.” It is enhanced by over 300 color illustrations of art, archaeology, and scenery and by 100 boxes featuring background information and tracing the origins of familiar biblical words and phrases.
World Scripture, A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts
ed. Andrew Wilson
(International Religions Foundation 1991; dist. by Paragon House)
A comparative collection of excerpts from the sacred writings of the world’s great religions, emphasizing common themes and shared beliefs, such as ultimate reality, sin, salvation and predestination. The religions represented include Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Jainism, Sikhism, Baha’i Faith, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Zoroastrianism.
Holy War in Ancient Israel
Gerhard von Rad, transl. and ed, Marva J. Dawn
(Eerdmans 1991)
Finally available in English, this little book (about 100 pp. of text), written in German in 1951, set the standard for all subsequent work on the concept of holy war as a sacred institution, undertaken as a cultic act of a religious community. An annotated bibliography by Judith E. Sanderson of Princeton Theological Seminary brings the work up to date with current research.
ABC’s of the Bible, Intriguing Questions and Answers about the Greatest Book Ever Written
