Complete Literary Guide to the Bible

A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible is consideration of the Bible from a literary perspective, reflecting contemporary interest in the academic world of the Bible as literature. This collection of essays addresses both specific books of the Bible and general topics dealing with the Bible. The four main sections of the book are; The Bible as Literature, The Literature of the Old Testament, The Literature of the New Testament, and The Literary Influence of the Bible.The editors for A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible are Leland Ryken and Tremper Longman III.  Contributors include:Fredrick Buechner, NovelistJohn Sailhamer, Trinity Evangelical Divinity SchoolWilson G. Baroody, Arizona State UniversityWilliam F. Gentrup, Arizona State UniversityKenneth R.R. Gros, Louis Indiana UniversityWillard Van Antwerpen, Indiana UniversityNancy Tischler, The Pennsylvania State UniversityMichael Hagan, North American Baptist SeminaryRichard L. Pratt, Jr., Reformed Theological SeminaryDouglas Green, Yale UniversityWilma McClarty, Southern CollegeJerry A. Gladson, First Christian Church, Garden Grove, CaliforniaRaymond C. Van Leeouwen, Calvin Theological SeminaryRichard Patterson, Liberty UniversityJames H. Sims, The University of Southern MississippiBranson L. Woodard, Jr. Liberty UniversityAmberys R. Whittle, Georgia Southern UniversityJohn H. Augustine, Yale UniversityMichael Travers, Grand Rapids Baptist CollegeMarianne Meye Thompson, Fuller Theological SeminaryJohn W. Sider, Westmont CollegeCarey C. Newman, Palm Beach Atlantic CollegeWilliam G. Doty, The University of Alabama/TuscaloosaChaim Potak, NovelistGene Warren Doty, University of Missouri-RollaSidney Greidanus, Calvin Theological Seminary

Leland Ryken (PhD, University of Oregon) is professor of English at Wheaton College in Illinois, where he has twice received the "teacher of the year" award. Tremper Longman III (PhD, Yale University) is a distinguished scholar and Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He is on the advisory council of the BioLogos Foundation, and is the Old Testament editor for the revised Expositor's Bible Commentary and general editor for the Story of God Bible Commentary Old Testament, and has authored many articles and books on the Psalms and other Old Testament books.