Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations for the Books of the Bible -- What Is the Bible? -- How the Bible Became "the Bible" -- The Origins of the Hebrew Bible Text -- The Torah Scroll -- Public Reading of the Torah -- A Short History of Bible Translations -- The Matter of Gender in the JPS Torah Translation -- Storytelling in the Bible -- Biblical Law -- Biblical Poetry -- The Books of the Prophets -- Wisdom Literature -- Methods of Bible Study -- Commentaries on the Bible -- Midrash -- Summaries of the Books of the Bible -- Glossary -- Family Tree of the Torah -- Weights and Measures in the Bible -- Timeline of Biblical Events -- Chronology of the Prophets -- Chronology of the Monarchies -- Familiar Quotations from the Bible -- Maps of Biblical Lands -- A Short List of Recommended Books and Websites -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Contributors -- Index.