For decades, students, professors and general readers alike have relied upon The New Oxford Annotated Bible for essential scholarship and guidance to the world of the Bible. Now new editors and contributors have completely updated this classic work for a rising generation of scholars and readers. The result is a volume which maintains and extends the excellence the Annotated’s users have come to expect, bringing new insights, information, and approaches to bear upon the understanding of the biblical text. Enhancements include expanded annotations in a single column format; new background essays; a full index to all of the study materials (not just to the annotations) keyed to page numbers, not to citations; approximately 40 in-text, line-drawing maps; and 64-page concordance (selected editions).