Brief Description:
Sixty distinguished scholars contribute valuable insight on the biblical text, including the Apocrypha.

Review Quotes:
""Of the current editions of study Bibles, in my opinion the most helpful for pastors, teachers, and all students of the Scriptures has now been issued by Abingdon Press under the dedicated guidance of Dr. Walter Harrelson."

Marc Notes:
Statement of responsibility from back cover.;Includes bibliographical references and index.

Publisher Marketing:
Sixty distinguished scholars contribute valuable insight on the biblical text, including the Apocrypha. The New Interpreter's(TM) Study Bible brings the best of biblical scholarship to the service of the Church. In this new edition based on The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible with Apocrypha, sixty distinguished scholars have provided background and insight on the biblical text. Features include extensive historical and theological annotations on the biblical text; brief introductions and outlines for each biblical book; excursuses giving further background and insight regarding particular themes and passages; and nineteen commissioned maps detailing the biblical world at various historical periods.

Contributor Bio:Harrelson, Walter
Dr. Walter Harrelson served as Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Vanderbilt Divinity School, Nashville, Tennessee, and adjunct professor in the Divinity School of Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, North Carolina. He wrote several books and many articles on the Old Testament, as well as on religion and worship in Bible lands.