“FOR MANY YEARS,
THE NRSV HAS BEEN MY STANDARD BIBLICAL
TEXT BOTH FOR DAILY USE AND FOR QUOTATION
IN MY BOOKS. I PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE
ITS CAREFUL FIDELITY TO THE ORIGINAL
TEXTS.”
—John Polkinghorne
RESOURCES
The following Harper San Francisco books are terrific resources for expanding your knowledge of and appreciation for the NRSV. From ancient holy texts, and the original “good news” to a New York Times bestseller that explores the mistakes and changes that ancient copyists made to the New Testament, this list of resources is certain to deepen, intensify, and challenge your experience and relationship with the NRSV.
There is something here to satisfy a variety of curiosities.
HarperCollins
Bible Commentary
by James L. Mays
ISBN: 0060655488
ISBN 13: 9780060655488
$49.50
The one reference everyone who reads
the Bible needs: a completely revised
definitive one-volume commentary
on every book of the Bible by the
best and most lucid scholars in the
world.
The
HarperCollins Bible Dictionary
by Paul J. Achtemeier
ISBN: 0060600373
ISBN 13: 9780060600372
$47.50
The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary
puts the latest and most comprehensive
biblical scholarship at your fingertips.
Here is everything you need to know
to fully understand the Old Testament,
the Apocrypha, and the New Testament.
The
Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation
by Michael O. Wise and Martin G.
Abegg
ISBN: 0060692014
ISBN 13: 9780060766627
$24.95
A fully revised and updated edition
of our translation of the complete
Dead Sea Scrolls, making it the definitive
translation of the Scrolls in English.
The
Other Bible
by Willis Barnstone
ISBN: 0060815981
ISBN 13: 9780060815981
$29.95
The Other Bible gathers in
one comprehensive volume ancient,
esoteric holy texts from Judeo-Christian
tradition that were excluded from
the official canon of the Old and
New Testaments, including the Gnostic
Gospels, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the
Kabbalah, and several more.
Misquoting
Jesus
by Bart Ehrman
ISBN: 0060859512
ISBN 13: 9780060859510
$14.95
New York Times bestseller,
now in paperback, that explores the
mistakes and changes that ancient
copyists made to the New Testament
that greatly impacted the Bible we
use today.
The
Bible with Sources Revealed
by Richard E. Friendman
ISBN: 006073065X
ISBN 13: 9780060730659
$22.95
One of the world’s foremost
experts on the Bible offers a new
visual presentation of the Five Books
of Moses, unlocking their complex
and fascinating tapestry of sources.
Early
Christian Doctrines
by J.N.D. Kelly
ISBN: 006064334X
ISBN 13: 9780060643348
$17.95
Dr. Kelly lucidly summarizes the
genesis of Christian thought from
the close of the apostolic age to
the Council of Chalcedon in the fifth
century—a time teeming with
fresh and competing ideas.
Idioms
in the Bible Explained and a Key
to the Original Gospels
George M. Lamsa
ISBN: 0060649275
ISBN 13: 9780060649272
$14.95
World-renowned Bible translator and
commentator George M. Lamsa explains
nearly one thousand crucial idioms
that will enrich reading of the Old
and New Testaments for students and
general readers alike.
The
Lost Gospel: The Book of Q and
Christian Origins
by Burton L. Mack
ISBN: 0060653752
ISBN 13: 9780060653750
$15.95
The first book to give the full account
of the lost gospel of Jesus's original
followers, revealing him to be a
Jewish Socrates who was mythologized
into the New Testament Christ.
Who
Wrote the New Testament? The Making
of the Christian Myth
by Burton L. Mack
ISBN: 0060655186
ISBN 13: 9780060655181
$17.95
In this groundbreaking and controversial
book, Burton Mack brilliantly exposes
how the Gospels are fictional mythologies
created by different communities
for various purposes and are only
distantly related to the actual historical
Jesus.
The
Gospel of Jesus: A Historical Search
for the Original Good News
by James M. Robinson
ISBN: 006085829X
ISBN 13: 9780060858292
$14.95
A pioneering examination of what
Jesus’s original audience heard
as “the good news” before
the church institutionalized his
message.
The
Old Testament Speaks: A Complete
Survey of Old Testament History
and Literature
by Samuel J. Schultz
ISBN: 0062516744
ISBN 13: 9780062516749
$29.95
The Old Testament Speaks offers a
clear picture of the archaeological,
geographical, historical, and linguistic
dimensions of God's covenant with
his people from the time of Abraham
to the coming of the Messiah.
The
HarperCollins Study Bible
by Harold W. Attridge
ISBN: 0061228400
ISBN 13: 9780061228407
$39.95
The landmark general reference Bible
(with over 150,000 copies sold) that
offers the full text of the New Revised
Standard Version, now completely
revised and updated by leading biblical
scholars, including new introductions
and notes, diagrams, charts, and maps—25 percent
revised or new material.
The
Renovar Spiritual Formation Bible
by Richard J. Foster
ISBN: 0060671076
ISBN 13: 9780060671075
$39.95
The foremost names in Christian spirituality
and biblical scholarship come together
to provide a unique study Bible that
rediscovers Scripture as living and
active text of spiritual formation.
HarperCollins
Concise Atlas of the Bible
by James B. Pritchard
ISBN 13: 0062514997
ISBN 13: 9780062514998
$25.95
The best and most comprehensive Bible
atlas to date, compiled by an international
team of fifty scholars.
The
Good Book: Reading the Bible with
Mind and Heart
by Peter Gomes
ISBN: 0060088303
ISBN 13: 9780060088309
$16.95
This New York Times bestseller
(over 200,000 copies sold) is widely
acclaimed for its brilliance, compassion,
relevance, and for opening a new
dialogue on the need for biblical
literacy and biblical guidance in
today’s world.
Reading
the Bible Again for the First Time:
Taking the Bible Seriously but
Not Literally
by Marcus Borg
ISBN: 0060609192
ISBN 13: 9780060609191
$14.95
Reading the Bible Again for the
First Time shows how we can freshly
appreciate all the essential elements
of the Old and New Testaments—from
Creation and Exodus stories to the
Gospels, Paul, and Revelation—in
an intelligent and contemporary way.
