his readable, scholarly volume gives you invaluable information about the background, content, and message of the Old Testament, as well as the latest interpretative options. This second edition features a new chapter on archaeology and the Old Testament by Robert E. Cooley, and other key chapters have been updated and expanded by leading scholars in the field of biblical studies: Leslie C. Allen, John E. Hartley, Robert L. Hubbard Jr., William B. Nelson Jr., Nancy Heidebrecht, and John E. McKenna. Also, updated endnotes and bibliographies, plus additional charts, illustrations, maps, and a new chapter on archaeology make this a phenomenal resource.