ALMANAC THE BIBLE

The Bible has long been Western civilization’s most bountiful source of religion, ethics, law, history, poetry, and storytelling. The Bible has also proved a source of mystery: Who, in reading the Bible, has not stopped to try and work out the relationships of its personalities, the geography of its places, the chronology of the ancient world, the modern equivalents of its lengths, weights and measures, the historical background of the peoples who suddenly emerge on its pages, the identification of its flora and fauna, the everyday life of its characters? The Almanac of the Bible answers these questions and many more in clear, readable articles certain to deepen every reader’s understanding of the Bible

The perfect companion to the most beloved and most-read book of all time. The Almanac of the Bible brings to life the rich, dimensions of the Bile providing a clear, balanced look at:

the Ancient Near East

Geography * Peoples * Religions * Languages

the world of the bible

Geography of the Holy Land * Places in the Bible * chronology of biblical times * Telling time * Archeological expeditions and finds * War and warfare * Musical instruments * Weights and measures * Currency * Gems and minerals * Jewelry and ornaments *Everyday life * Animals * Plants

the Old Testament

Text and canon * Summaries of the books of the Old Testament * The Tribes * The Patriarchs * The Matriarchs * The Judges * Kingship * The Kings of Israel and Judah * The Prophets * Who’s who in the Old Testament * Moses * The Temple *Holy days *Miracles *Famous quotation * u.s. towns with Old Testament names

the intertestamental period

Books of the Apocrypha * History of the period and the emergence of the Diaspora * Beginnings of the synagogue * The Jewish sects * The Dead Sea Scrolls

the New Testament

Peoples of New testament times * Languages * Text and canon * Summaries of the books of the New Testament * Jesus * The Apostles * Who’s who in the New Testament * Miracles * Parable * Famous quotations * The beginnings of the church

the post-biblical period

Bible translations * The Bible in art * The Bible in drama * The Bible in fiction * The Bible in poetry * The Bible in music * The Bible in motion pictures * Biblical themes on stamps * Quotations about the Bible

The Almanac of the Bible is the work of an international team of scholars, supervised and edited by Professor Geoffrey Wigoder, Professor Shalom M. Paul and Benedict T. Viviano, O.P.