The Oxford Bible Commentary

Written by a team of more than 70 Christian and Jewish scholars from around the globe, The Oxford Bible Commentary is one of the most comprehensive one-volume commentaries available. Edited by John Barton and John Muddiman, the entries are arranged in biblical order, with verse-by-verse discussions of meaning, context and language. If the tome is too hefty or unwieldy to use, never fear: each book comes packaged with a sampler CD-ROM, which allows readers to easily search and cross-reference the books of Genesis and Matthew. The entire text is available on CD-ROM for an additional fee. (Oxford, $65 1,488p ISBN 0-19-875500-7; Dec.)