Cover -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PHOTO CREDITS -- BUILDING THE BIBLE -- The Intertestamental Period -- The First and Second Centuries C.E. -- The Third and Fourth Centuries C.E.: Forming the Canon -- Early Translations and Transcriptions -- The 1400s and the Printing Press -- The 1500s: The Protestant Reformation -- 1558: Enter Queen Elizabeth -- An English Bible for English Catholics -- Post-King James Translations and Adaptations -- OLD TESTAMENT -- THE PENTATEUCH -- Genesis -- Exodus -- Leviticus -- Numbers -- Deuteronomy -- HISTORICAL BOOKS -- Joshua -- Judges -- Ruth -- I and II Samuel -- I Kings -- II Kings -- I and II Chronicles -- Ezra -- Nehemiah -- Esther -- WISDOM AND POETICAL BOOKS -- Job -- Psalms -- Proverbs -- Ecclesiastes -- The Song of Solomon -- Isaiah -- Jeremiah -- Lamentations -- Ezekiel -- Daniel -- Hosea -- Joel -- Amos -- Obadiah -- Jonah -- Micah -- Nahum -- Habakkuk -- Zephaniah -- Haggai -- Zechariah -- Malachi -- NEW TESTAMENT -- GOSPELS AND ACTS OF THE APOSTLES -- Introduction to the Gospels -- The Gospel of Matthew -- The Gospel of Mark -- The Gospel of Luke -- The Gospel of John -- The Acts of the Apostles -- PAUL'S LETTERS -- Romans -- I Corinthians -- II Corinthians -- Galatians -- Ephesians -- Philippians -- Colossians -- I Thessalonians -- II Thesalonians -- I Timothy -- II Timothy -- Titus -- OTHER LETTERS -- Philemon -- Hebrews -- James -- I Peter -- II Peter -- I John -- II John -- III John -- Jude -- REVELATION -- MORE ABOUT THE BIBLE -- APOCRYPHA -- THE BIBLE AND ARCHAEOLOGY -- THE BIBLE AND POP CULTURE -- GLOSSARY -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- Y -- VERSIONS OF THE BIBLE -- WORKS CONSULTED -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q-R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X, Y, Z.