The Complete Literary Guide to the Bible

A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible is consideration of the Bible from a literary perspective reflecting contemporary interest in the academic world of the Bible as literature. This collection of essays addresses both specific books of the Bible and general topics dealing with the Bible. The four main sections of the book are; The Bible as Literature The Literature of the Old Testament The Literature of the New Testament and The Literary Influence of the Bible.The editors for A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible are Leland Ryken and Tremper Longman III. Contributors include:Fredrick Buechner NovelistJohn Sailhamer Trinity Evangelical Divinity SchoolWilson G. Baroody Arizona State UniversityWilliam F. Gentrup Arizona State UniversityKenneth R.R. Gros Louis Indiana UniversityWillard Van Antwerpen Indiana UniversityNancy Tischler The Pennsylvania State UniversityMichael Hagan North American Baptist SeminaryRichard L. Pratt Jr. Reformed Theological SeminaryDouglas Green Yale UniversityWilma McClarty Southern CollegeJerry A. Gladson First Christian Church Garden Grove CaliforniaRaymond C. Van Leeouwen Calvin Theological SeminaryRichard Patterson Liberty UniversityJames H. Sims The University of Southern MississippiBranson L. Woodard Jr. Liberty UniversityAmberys R. Whittle Georgia Southern UniversityJohn H. Augustine Yale UniversityMichael Travers Grand Rapids Baptist CollegeMarianne Meye Thompson Fuller Theological SeminaryJohn W. Sider Westmont CollegeCarey C. Newman Palm Beach Atlantic CollegeWilliam G. Doty The University of Alabama/TuscaloosaChaim Potak NovelistGene Warren Doty University of Missouri-RollaSidney Greidanus Calvin Theological Seminary