Running commentary Difficult concepts clearly explained Technical explanations Maps, charts, religious practices, beliefs of ancient people discussed 6 5/8 X 9 1/8 % Font size: 6
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Running commentary Difficult concepts clearly explained Technical explanations Maps, charts, religious practices, beliefs of ancient people discussed 6 5/8 X 9 1/8 % Font size: 6
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Very reader friendly Bible. Whether you are seeking to understand the Word on a personal level, or studying the Bible in a more disciplined setting, this volume will illuminate it for you. There are well-written explanatory notes and sidebar essays throughout, helpful maps and charts, a basic concordance, glossary and index. The apocryphal books included in this version are 18 books or parts of books that are ... "works outside the canon adopted in Palestine; that is they form no part of the Hebrew scriptures, although the original language of some of them was Hebrew. They are all, except The Second Book of Esdras, in the Greek version of the Old Testament made for the Greek speaking Jews in Egypt and known as the Septuagint. Gentile converts to Christianity over-whelmingly outnumbered those of Jewish origin, and so the Bible in Greek--the international language--with the extra books included in it, came to be adopted as the Bible of the early Church, and many early Christian writers quote them as scripture. With the exception of The First and Second Books of Esdras and The Prayer of Manasseh, the Roman Catholic Church recognizes these writings as part of the Old Testament, and designates them as deuterocanonical, that is added later to the canon. They are included in the Latin Vulgate Bible." They are also used in the Anglican and Episcopalian lectionaries and accepted in whole or part by the Greek and Eastern Orthodox religions. (Quoted text is from The Oxford Study Bible {Revised English Bible, with Apocrypha}, edited by M. Jack Suggs, et.al, 1992 Oxford Univ. Press, New York