The best books on The Bible
recommended by Nicholas King
The Bible is not always an easy read. Nor is it always obvious how or where to start reading it. Here, Nicholas King, a Jesuit priest and biblical scholar, chooses five books to help you start getting to grips with what is, arguably, the world's all-time bestselling book.
Interview by Benedict King
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1A History of the Bible
by John Barton -
2An Introduction to the New Testament
by Raymond E Brown -
3Jesus the Jew: a Historian’s Reading of the Gospels
by Geza Vermes -
4The Misunderstood Jew: the Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus
by Amy-Jill Levine -
5Seeing the Word: Refocusing New Testament Study
by Markus Bockmuehl
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