Now in a flexiback softcover.With over three million copies sold, this handbook has earned an outstanding reputation as the most helpful and accessible guide to the Bible and has been called "the best book to have next to the Bible." Readers will discover fascinating, thorough, and enriching insights into the Bible with the bestselling and internationally acclaimed Zondervan Handbook to the Bible, now in a smaller and more manageable softcover edition.From the history and design of the temple in Jerusalem to God's relationship to the universe, you'll find it here. The land, cultures, battles, feast days, heroes, and villains of Scripture come alive through spectacular color-filled articles and images of meticulous clarity and detail.Special features include:- Four-color guide to all the books of the Bible- 119 articles by an international team of experts- Over 500 color photographs- 68 maps, 30 charts- Complete "Rapid Fact-Finder" reference section