Asimov Isaac. Asimov's Guide to the Bible - Two Volumes in One - The Old and New Testaments

Asimov Isaac. Asimov's Guide to the Bible - Two Volumes in One - The Old and New Testaments
Wings Books, Random House, 1988. — 673 p. — ISBN 051734582X.For most of the last two thousand years, the Bible has been the most popular history book in Western civilization, and yet its meaning is obscured by an overwhelming number of mysterious passages. Armed with scientific expertise and qualified speculations, Dr. Asimov attempts to illuminate events of the Old and New Testaments by letter us in on the actual historical, geographical, and biographical aspects of those first four thousand years of human civilization. Originally published in two volumes, this book brings an important fund of knowledge to any reader of the Bible - yet it also makes absorbing reading for anyone with an interest in history. And because it is completely indexed and cross-referenced, it will prove a valuable encyclopedia of Biblical knowledge. Asimov's Guide to the Bible shows Dr. Asimov at his professional and informal best: he adheres to no rigid rules and digresses where he feels digression will be useful. This volume is as provocative and entertaining as it is informative and comprises a significant contribution to the studies of the greatest best seller of all time - the Bible.