The twenty-four chapters in this companion to the Bible are written for those new to the academic study of the Bible. After the editor’s two-page introduction, essays of interest to NT studies include those by J. C. Okoye on the formation of the Bible; S. J. Binz, Carvalho, and C. Setzer on Bible translations; L. J. Hoppe on geography and archaeology; Carvalho on methods of biblical interpretation; G. A. Yee on the Bible and art; P. K. Tull on the theological reading of the Bible; J. C. Endres on the OT Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha; A. J. Levine on Jewish biblical interpretation; E. Stewart on the social and historical context of the Greco-Roman world; S. C. Martin on NT Christologies; F. Bovon on early Christian apocrypha; E. L. Martin on the Christian Bible and the Jews; S. Calef and L. Brink on the Synoptic Gospels and Acts; H. W. Morisada Rietz on the Gospel of John, Johannine letters, and Revelation; Brink on the Pauline letters; and A. C. Niang on the Catholic Epistles and Hebrews. Each essay includes questions for discussion and a bibliography for further study. A time line of biblical history, seven maps, and three charts are included along with numerous color images throughout.