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Understanding the Bible: A Reader's Introduction
by Stephen L. Harris
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 087484696X
- ISBN 13
- 9780874846966
- Seller
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About This Item
Palo Alto and London: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1985. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Remainder Second Edition. Large Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Clean and bright wrappers, light wear to extremities; tight , solid and square glued binding; remainder mark. Pages quite clean, some text pages with highlighting, Glossary has much highlighting, pencil notes on title page and former owner name. Dr. Harris provides help in understanding what the Bible actually says, For centuries, scholars of the three great world religions - Christianity, Judaism, and Islam- have studied the Bible as the authority for their beliefs yet there are disagreements on the fundamental message and meaning of the Bible. This book begins by answering questions that readers ask about the Bible and then provides historical and geographical background for the Bible's growth and development; he examines each book of the Old and New Testaments in a nonsectarian manner, A serious book for those who want a better understanding of the Bible. This second edition has expanded and updated material on archaeological discoveries, and new maps and tables. 456 pages with Glossary, Bibliography and Index. 1985, Mayfield Publishing Company, Palo Alto and London.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023336
- Title
- Understanding the Bible: A Reader's Introduction
- Author
- Stephen L. Harris
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 087484696X
- ISBN 13
- 9780874846966
- Publisher
- Mayfield Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Palo Alto and London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- BIBLE SCRIPTURE RELIGION CHRISTIANITY STUDY
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Title Page
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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