A List of Handbooks

You can click on the titles to go to Christianbook.com to purchase them. Or you can click on “Read the BSE review” (where it appears) to see an in-depth review of the item.

Student and Compact Bible Handbooks

• Nelson’s Compact Bible Handbook, by George Knight and James Edwards
• Pocket Bible Handbook, by George W. Knight
• The Bare-Bones Bible Handbook, by Jim George
• The Bare-Bones Bible Handbook for Teens, by Jim George
• Candle Bible Handbook, by Terry Jean Day
• Layman’s Bible Handbook, by George Knight
• The Bible Companion: A Catholic Handbook for Beginners, by Ronald D. Witherup (title says it all – unique on this list)
• Student’s Guide to the Bible, by Stephen Miller
• Nelson’s Student Bible Handbook
• Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook (includes an essay in the front “How to Read and Study the Bible”)

Full-Size Bible Handbooks

• What the Bible is All About, by Dr. Henrietta Mears (a classic that has received a recent visual update)
• Halley’s Bible Handbook, by Henry Halley (another classic that has continually been in print; has a large print edition)
• The Baker Illustrated Bible Handbook, by J. Daniel Hays and J. Scott Duvall
• Complete Bible Handbook, by Stephen M. Miller
• Wilmington’s Guide to the Bible, by Harold L. Wilmington (formerly Wilmington’s Bible Handbook)
• The Key Ideas Bible Handbook: Understanding and Applying All the Main Concepts Book by Book, by Ron Rhodes (a very conservative handbook that summarizes the Bible using practice and doctrine-oriented headings)
• New Unger’s Bible Handbook, by Merrill F. Unger and Gary N. Larson
• The MacArthur Bible Handbook, by John MacArthur
• Concordia’s Complete Bible Handbook, by Edward A. Engelbrecht
• Zondervan Handbook to the Bible, Deluxe Edition,  by David Alexander and Pat Alexander
• The Catholic Bible Study Handbook, by Jerome Kodell

Introductions

• A Brief Guide to the Hebrew Bible, by Hans M. Barstad. Read the BSE review.