The MacArthur Bible Handbook

by John F. MacArthur Jr.

Book Overview

The MacArthur Bible Handbook is the ultimate book-by-book survey of the Bible, including charts, graphs, and illustrations from today's leading expository teacher. A unique reference tool that is committed to quality and biblical teaching--will help you easily understand each book of the Bible, its historical context, and its place in Scripture. Bible Book Basics at a Glance The meaning of each Bible book's name Who wrote it The date and setting The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785249680
• ISBN13: 9780785249689
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

A useful tool

Understanding the Bible is a daunting task. Dr MacArthur lends a helping hand in the form of his Study Guide. Sharing details, book by book of each author, geographical locations, Times and key characters. A very helpful tool.

Good Basic Bible Handbook

Being a student from The Masters Seminary and knowing many of the professors who contributed to the Handbook, I definitely recommend this book as a good basic level accessory to Biblical study. Top notch scholarship done within a Biblical worldview.

A Great Bible Handbook

I am pleasantly surprised by this handbook. John MacArthur did a masterfully wonderful job researching and combining his sermons together to write this great book. This is not your typical Bible handbook like "Nave's". Instead the MacArthur "Handbook" is like what you would find in a study Bible at the beginning of each book of the Bible. BUT the MacArthur "Handbook" goes into far more detail. This indepth MacArthur Bible handbook gives you an "Introduction to the Bible", "How We Got The Bible", and "How to Study the Bible". It also gives you an indepth book-by-book examination of all 66 books of the Bible. Not only that, this MacArthur handbook also has much to offer by examining each of the 66 books by its author, the date approximately written, the meaning of each book, background and settings, key people, key words, key doctrines, interpretive challenges, God's Character, book outline, answers to tough questions, and how to further study each book. As well as there is "A Harmony of The Gospels", "Introduction to the Intertestamental Period", "Overview of Theology", and too much more to state here. This is an excellent resource for anyone studying the Bible and is a must have in any library.

Very valuable study resource.

This text has been very valuable in my studies. It has created a detailed construct that has allowed me to understand the Bible as a united story rather than a collection of books... it has helped me to understand the entire context of the Bible. This handbook even helps to facilitate deeper book-by-book studies as well. The book is well-worth the cost!

An excellent resource

This wonderful resource is an in-depth, book-by-book examination of the entire Bible. Each book is given its own chapter, and is explained with such information as why it is titled as it is, its author and date, background and setting, key people in the book, historical and theological themes, key doctrines, and interpretive challenges. Also included for each boo is an outline, and several "tough questions" and their answers. I hope that the above description shows that this is an excellent resource for any serious Bible student, because it definitely is. As with all of Dr. MacArthur's works, this book is a work of Biblical exposition excellence, and is a worthwhile addition to any Christian's library. I refer to this book often, in my studies, and would not want to be without it. I give this book my highest recommendations!