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The Handy Bible Answer Book

by Jennifer R. Prince
Visible Ink. Apr. 2014. 432p. illus. index. ISBN 9781578594788. $21.95; ebk. ISBN 9781578594924. REF
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Prince, a public librarian, poses and answers 1,700 basic questions about the history and nature of the Bible ("What is the Bible?" "What are the names of the books in the Bible?" "What makes the Bible holy?"); each of its books, including the Apocrypha; how archaeological discoveries have contributed to understanding of the work; and the Bible and popular culture. The latter section covers everything from the "good book" and Star Trek and Star Wars to influences on stock-car racing, video games, and fashion. Biblical quotes are included when appropriate.
VERDICT Scores of similar guides are available—Jeffrey Geoghegan and Michael Homan's The Bible for Dummies (Wiley, 2002) and Know Your Bible, by Paul Kent and George Knight (expanded ed., Barbour, 2013) are quality examples. While the content and quality of this new book's bibliography (not seen) will add to the title's usefulness to Bible study groups, and the quality of the index (also not seen) will help determine its "handiness" as a reference tool for general readers, it is a good, simple, nondenominational guide that will probably be most helpful for young adults starting to learn about the ancient work. [Prince is a reviewer for and contributor to School Library Journal, an LJ sister publication.—Ed.]
Reviewed by Marcia G. Welsh, Dartmouth Coll. Lib., Hanover, NH , Mar 01, 2014
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