The Essential Bible Companion
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
The Essential Bible Companion gives you what it promises: the essentials. The most vital, absolutely indispensable information you need for reading and truly understanding God’s Word. Developed by two world-class Bible scholars and the creator of The Bible in 90 Days curriculum, this unique, easy-to-use reference guide gives you clear, crisp insights into the Bible book by book.
Striking a balance between too little and too much information—between the brief introductions provided in a Bible and the potentially overwhelming detail of a standard reference handbook—this well-designed, extremely helpful volume condenses the most important information in a highly visual, easy-to-understand format. However you use it, this richly informative volume will assist you on your journey toward a well-grounded biblical faith.
- Details of each book of the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation
- Background information
- Timelines
- Introductions to important Bible characters
- All Scripture references linked to the Bibles in your digital library
Top Highlights
“The focus of creation is the establishment and maintenance of order and operation.” (Page 14)
“The Bible is all about connecting with God. Three key words will help us to get the big picture: Presence, Revelation, and Relationship. Everything God does in the Bible shows us that he deeply desires to be in relationship with us. That is why he created us.” (Page 9)
“An important secret must be recognized to understand the book of Job. Job and his friends all believe that he is on trial, but the secret is that it is God’s policies that are on trial. Satan claims that God’s policy of bringing blessing on righteous people is flawed because they will then be motivated by prosperity rather than simply the desire to be righteous. When Job begins to experience suffering, he likewise concludes that God’s policies are flawed if righteous people can be treated so harshly. So the question is established: How should God run the world with justice in mind and still promote true righteousness?” (Page 41)
“Through the plagues and the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt, the theme is constantly repeated: ‘You will know that I am the Lord Your God.’ His presence will result in revelation (you will know) and relationship (your God).” (Page 10)
“But being in the presence of a loved one is only one part of what is essential to a relationship” (Page 9)
For someone who is trying to read the Bible without getting bogged down this is an excellent book. . . . I highly recommend this book for its ease of use, content, price and attractiveness.
—Online Reviewer
- Title: The Essential Bible Companion
- Author: John H. Walton
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Print Publication Date: 2006
- Logos Release Date: 2010
- Pages: 152
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible › Introductions
- ISBNs: 9780310591429, 9780310266624, 0310591422, 0310266629
- Resource ID: LLS:ESSBBLCOMPN
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T23:42:38Z
John H. Walton is professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College Graduate School. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including Chronological and Background Charts of the Old Testament; Ancient Israelite Literature in Its Cultural Context; Covenant: God’s Purpose, God’s Plan; The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament, available in from Logos in The Essential IVP Reference Collection Version 3;and A Survey of the Old Testament.
Mark Strauss is professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary in San Diego. He has written The Davidic Messiah in Luke-Acts, available from Logos in the Library of NT Studies: JSNTS on the Gospels and Acts (16 vols.),Distorting Scripture?, The Challenge of Bible Translation and Gender Accuracy, and Luke in the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Background Commentary series. Forthcoming books include The Gospels and Jesus, Mark in the revised Expositor's Bible Commentary series, and Mark in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary series.
Ted Cooper founded Bible in 90 Days in 2002 following almost 20 years in the computer industry. Ted has served on a number of professional and charity boards and is an elder at First Presbyterian Church of Houston, where he currently serves on the Session. Ted is married to Rebecca, and they live with their three children in Houston.
Reviews
10 ratings
Ice Deep
9/18/2022
For visual teachers the book contains 202 pictures (this is a low amount, other books have more), which include site pictures, archaeological items, reconstructions, maps and a couple of paintings (good variety). In general many of the pics are low resolution and small. This is disappointing. Logos needs to tell the publishers, we want big beautiful pictures, instead of saving space. As far as the information in the book. It is good, but common. Most of the info is not that deep. For those that don't care about any of this, this is a good basic Bible Handbook.
Remel
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Richard J. Ward
1/23/2015
Pastor Scott Ingram
1/12/2015
Rusty Davidson
8/18/2013
Eric Hillegas
7/25/2013
John Vignol
7/12/2013
