Exploring the Bible (PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION) - Softcover

Harris, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0078038405 ISBN 13: 9780078038402

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2013

Synopsis

Designed for the introductory Biblical studies course, this text surveys both the Old and New Testaments. This book takes a clear and honest presentation of the passages in the Bible from the legacy of Genesis to the book of Revelation. Narratives include Jesus’s life and teachings and the promises of heaven and a new earth as they are outlined in the book of Revelation.

About this title

About the Author:

Stephen L. Harris is Professor Emeritus of Humanities and Religious Studies at California State University, Sacramento, where he served ten years as department chair. A Woodrow Wilson Fellow, he received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell University. A member of the Society of Biblical Literature, his publications include Understanding the Bible (8th edition, 2011); The Old Testament: An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (with Robert Platzner); Classical Mythology: Images and Insights (with Gloria Platzner); Exploring the Bible; and Fire Mountains of the West: The Cascade and Mono Lake Volcanoes, a survey of volcanic hazards on the U.S. Pacific Coast; and for National Geographic Books, Restless Earth, a study of global earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. He contributed the chapter on Archaeology and Volcanism to the Encyclopedia of Volcanoes (Academic Press, 2000).

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0078038405
• ISBN 13: 9780078038402
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 512