For anyone wanting an easily assimilated overview of the Bible, The Compact Survey of the Bible is made to order. Each of the 66 chapters contains a clear, concise examination of every book of the Bible. The well-planned format helps give an immediate grasp of the general contents of each book plus imporant background details showing the context in which the book was originally written.
If you are looking for a survey-type reference, this is very good and very helpful, especially if you are a beginning Bible student. It gives a brief, yet comprehensive outline of each book as well as the main messages and themes for each. Thus, this is what you need if you'd like to get the gist of a book before diving deeper into the expository/commentary study material. Also, it's interdenominational.
The Bible made easy
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I have recently started attending a bible study. As I was reading the various books of the bible I had a lot of questions. I needed something in plain english that summarized the individual books. This book does just that. It gives you a summary of what you are reading and what you should be getting out of the chapter. You also get the handy outlines that help in a bible study group. I would recommend this for anyone (young or old) who is reading the bible. It will make everything a lot clearer to you.
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