The Essential Bible Handbook is a comprehensive, up-to-date, guide to Scripture for anyone wanting to read the Bible for personal and group study. This practical and easy-to-read reference source includes introductions to each book, with commentary, historical background, practical application, and guides to the meaning of Scripture. Throughout you will find illustrations, charts, maps, glossaries, study aids, timelines, lists of important and essential Bible facts, and introductions to heroes of the faith. The Essential Bible Handbook will deepen your experience of God as you read, teach, and study the Bible.<BR>Resources include: outlines of every book in the Bible, along with introductions to the content of each; maps of the Holy Land during Old Testament times, and the life of Jesus; guides to major biblical events, people, and ideas; timelines of biblical history; illustrations of the Tabernacle, the Temple, and other important biblical places; instructions on how to pronounce biblical names; a glossary of important biblical terms; helpful introductions to how to read the Bible, the authority of Scripture, the Geography of the Holy land, and many more topics.