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Religious Studies & Theology

Guides & Handbooks

The Bible Almanac
REF BS635.2.B48
Provides information on the "coinage, weights and measures, foods, means of travel, animal and vegetable life, chronology, social manners and customs, languages and literary forms, and many other aspects of human life" in biblical times. Includes illustrations, maps, tables and occasional bibliographic citations.
 
The Illustrated Guide to the Bible
BS635.2.P67 1995t
Beautifully illustrated with colored photographs, etchings, manuscripts, paintings and maps, this multifaceted book treats readers to a "reliquary of scriptural influences in all walks of life". There are "historical accounts of various Bible stories and historical treatments of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Roman rule" to name a few.