The New Oxford Annotated Bible With Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version
Michael Coogan & Marc Brettler & Carol Newsom & Pheme Perkins
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jan 20, 2018
Words:
1762391
Flesch:
85.87
DDC:
220.52043
FAST Tags:
Education,
Bible,
Bible.--Apocrypha
LCC:
BS1692
Book Details
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Description:
For over 50 years students, professors, clergy, and general readers have relied on The New Oxford Annotated Bible as an unparalleled authority in Study Bibles. This fifth edition of the Annotated, thumb-indexed and in a protective two-piece box, remains the best way to study and understand the Bible at home or in the classroom. This thoroughly revised and substantially updated edition contains the best scholarship informed by recent discoveries and anchored in the solid Study Bible tradition.
Introductions and extensive annotations for each book by acknowledged experts in the field provide context and guidance.
Introductory essays on major groups of biblical writings - Pentateuch, Prophets, Gospels, and other sections - give readers an overview that guides more intensive study.
General essays on history, translation matters, different canons in use today, and issues of daily life in biblical times inform the reader of important aspects of biblical...