Pocket Guide to the Bible
Jossey-Bass, 2009
191 pages

A handy, hip reference to the world's all-time best seller.

It's the most influential book in Western civilization. It's sitting in practically every home in America. Yet few of us have a clue about what's going on within our Bibles' gold-lined, onionskin pages. Until now. From the Good Book's sex and violence to the thrilling development of the canon -- no, seriously: thrilling -- this is your guide to getting the most out of a book that's wilder, weirder and more entertaining than
you thought.

Here's what Publisher's Weekly said: "Well written, fun and brief -- which, when you're attempting to summarize the entire Bible, is quite an accomplishment."

Inside Pocket Guide to the Bible, you'll find:

1. Biblicabulary (A Glossary of the Good Book)

2. Cast of Characters (A to J)

3. Cast of Characters (K to Z)

4. What Happens, Part 1 (The Old Testament at Breakneck Speed)

5. What Happens, Part 2 (The New Testament at Breakneck Speed)

6. The Brief History of Holy Writ (A Timeline)

7. Versions and Perversions (A Selective Survey of Translations)

8. List Ye Be Smitten (Biblical Flotsam and Jetsam)