Here some of the books that I have found especially interesting and useful in trying to understand and get the most out of reading the Bible:
The List
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- The Art of Biblical Narrative by Robert Alter
- Asimov’s Guide to the Bible, volume 1: The Old Testament by Isaac Asimov
- Asimov’s Guide to the Bible, volume 2: The New Testament by Isaac Asimov
- The Bible with Sources Revealed: A New View into the Five Books of Moses by Richard Elliott Friedman
- Daily Life in Palestine at the Time of Christ by Henri Daniel-Rops
- The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism, edited by John J. Collins and Daniel C. Harlow
- The Great Code: The Bible and Literature by Northrop Frye
- A History of Israelite Religion in the Old Testament Period, volume 1: From the Beginnings to the End of the Monarchy by Rainer Albertz
- A History of Israelite Religion in the Old Testament Period, volume 2: From the Exile to the Maccabees by Rainer Albertz
- An Introduction to the Books of the Old Testament by W.O.E. Oesterley and Theodore H. Robinson
- The Macmillan Bible Atlas by Yohanan Aharoni and Michael Avi-Yonah
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