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B I B L E I N T E R P R E T A T I O N

b. Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form, and Background of the Old Testament , William Sanford La Sor; David Allan Hubbard, and Frederick William Bush. (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1985)

3. New Testament

a. New Testament History , F. F. Bruce. (Anchor, 1972)

b. Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus , Joachim Jeremias. (Fortress, 1979)

III. Bible Handbooks, Study Bibles, and Guides to Biblical Imagery

A. Bible handbooks

1. Definition: Bible handbooks and study Bibles are useful for obtaining information about author, date, and circumstances in which book was written (Their World).

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2. Example: Halley’s Bible Handbook (Grand Rapids: Zondervan)

B. Study Bibles

1. Definition: study Bibles offer in-the-context commentary from a scholar or group of interpreters connected to a particular translation of the Scriptures.