The Handy Bible Answer Book: Understanding the World's All-Time Bestseller

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The Bible can be a daunting work to master, but the new, easy-to-use companion The Handy Bible Answer Book makes this endeavour less intimidating with easy-to-understand explanations to common questions about the Bible. From its origins and history to the meanings of chapters, verses, and parables, The Handy Bible Answer Book is user-friendly, avoiding dogma and defining key terms, people, places and events. It will bring richness and context to both experienced Bible readers and those reading it for the first time.

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serve(s) as a first starting point for exploring the Bible. Recommended Booklist

a good, simple, nondenominational guide that will probably be most helpful for [those] starting to learn about the ancient work. Library Journal

This book can serve as a general introduction into the reading of the Bible.... This book should be placed on the general library shelves.... It is an interesting book. ARBA Online

[T]he text is informative, and contentious issues are handled judiciously. [I]t is written and presented in a highly accessible manner. The text is easy to read. The resource may be useful in Christian home schooling and Christian charter school settings. VOYA Reviews

An easy-to-navigate reference tool ... can be used and read by anyone trying to tackle the overwhelming tome for the first time or for those who have many queries about it but are not sure where to begin. Readers wont have to look much further than Princes well-researched guide. School Library Journal

... a very comprehensive exploration of the books and people of the Bible, while maintaining an easy-to-read question and answer style. ... a worthy purchase ... Children's Literature

This book explains what the Bible says about thousands of topics. It usually interprets the Bible neither through a conservative or liberal lens. So, if you like our web site, you will love this book. ReligiousTolerance.org

Author Bio

Jennifer R. Prince is a youth services librarian at a public library in North Carolina. She holds a bachelor's degree in literature from UNC at Asheville and a master's in library and information science from UNC at Greensboro. A long-time book reviewer for local newspapers and professional journals, including a weekly column about books for children and teens in the "Asheville Citizen-Times" and reviews in the "School Library Journal," Ms. Prince has made a lifelong habit of reading and studying the Bible and participating in many in-depth Bible studies. She is excited that her first book is "The Handy Bible Answer Book." Ms. Prince lives in Fairview, North Carolina.