Written by a team of over 70 leading international scholars from various religious backgrounds, this definitive reference work provides students, ministers, and general readers with an authoritative non-denominational commentary on the whole Bible and a number of non-biblical writings.

`Review from previous edition It draws on a broad spectrum of critical scholarship to provide an authoritative guide to reading the books of the Bible, and is likely to dominate this section of the market for a long time to come . . . It puts the resources of scholarship at the disposal of a wide readership . . . students will derive excellent guidance from it. Those who have primarily an interest in the Bible as literature will find it a source of new insights. Preachers, teachers and pastors will find it enormously helpful. This commentary is a milestone in biblical scholarship. The editors deserve our thanks and congratulations - and a wide readership. ' Expository Times `This is the first single-volume Bible commentary to do what it says. Brilliant! ' New Directions

The only non-denominational single-volume Bible commentary available Can be used equally by Christians, Jews, and members of other religious traditions or those generally interested in the Bible A definitive commentary on the whole Bible, including the Apocrypha and some non-biblical Jewish and Christian writings from the biblical period Written by a team of over seventy internationally respected scholars from various religious backgrounds Written with a sharp awareness of new biblical scholarship that brings the Oxford Bible Commentary right up to date

The only non-denominational single-volume Bible commentary available Can be used equally by Christians, Jews, and members of other religious traditions or those generally interested in the Bible A definitive commentary on the whole Bible, including the Apocrypha and some non-biblical Jewish and Christian writings from the biblical period Written by a team of over seventy internationally respected scholars from various religious backgrounds Written with a sharp awareness of new biblical scholarship that brings the Oxford Bible Commentary right up to date