This is the first one-volume resource to introduce readers to the Bible by providing a complete overview of the world of biblical history and scholarship, plus commentary on the text.

This one-stop study volume combines a cultural guide to the biblical world with a fully annotated Bible. Its notes feature the reflections of Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Jewish scholars.

• Twenty-three insightful articles on aspects of the history, literary background, and culture of the biblical era.
• A special index of people, places, and themes of the Bible.
• 36 pages of full-color New Oxford Bible Maps, with index.
• With Apocrypha, making it an excellent study Bible for Catholics.
• Indexable
• 1,824 pp.
• Font size 9