With more than 150,000 copies sold, the HarperCollins Study Bible has become the standard general reference for understanding the full meaning of this sacred book. This classic has now been completely revised and updated by today's leading biblical scholars under the aegis of the Society for Biblical Literature. This revolutionary, in-depth, general-reader reference Bible offers the full text of the New Revised Standard Version, coupled with state-of-the-art notes by sixty of the world's leading biblical experts. Reflecting a diversity of scholarship without a religious agenda, this peerless reference work is presented in a lively format for a new generation of readers.

Some of the features are:

• Newly commissioned introductory essays on the archaeology and religion of ancient Israel and the New Testament world, the social and historical context of the biblical books, and biblical interpretation
• Essays by leading experts in the field on how the Bible was formed based on the latest critical scholarship
• Completely new introductions and notes for select biblical books, plus a full revision and updating of all others
• Twice as many notes as the New Oxford Annotated Bible
• Extensive maps, tables, and charts

All formats of the HarperCollins Study Bible, Revised Editionwill be available in September 2006.

• Hardcover Edition — $44.00 ($57.95 Can.) — 0-06-078685-X
• Student Edition-Unjacketed — $34.00 ($44.95 Can.) — 0-06-078683-3
• Trade Paperback Edition — $29.00 ($38.50 Can.) — 0-06-078684-1

Citation: , " HarperCollins Study Bible," SBL Forum , n.p. [cited March 2006]. Online:http://sbl-site.org/Article.aspx?ArticleID=512