A Companion to the Bible Author:T.W. Manson "The book is designed to help students of the Bible to a fuller and deeper understanding of the Biblical revelation in his historical setting. Part I deals with the Scriptures themselves, their Nature and Authority, the Biblical Languges. The Apocrypha and Pseydepigrapha are included. Part II is concerned with the Land and the People--Archaeo... more »logy, Geography and History. Part III is devoted to the Religion of the Bible--its early Hebrew background, its development in Israel, the Life and Teaching of Jesus Christ, the Apostolic Age, the Primitive Church. There are useful Appendices and Outline Maps."« less