Study Guide For Bible Students Wishing to Cross-Reference Secular Historical Information
This guide has been written for two reasons. First, it was originally to help my own mother, who has commenced a study of ancient cultures as an adjunct to her Bible study, in order to get a more well-rounded historical picture of the cultures mentioned in the Old and New Testaments. Second, believing this could be useful for other history students, I have edited this into a study guide for others interested in doing research in this vein, for both secular and religious study of the Bible. It is my hope this proves valuable in that regard. Aside from public domain documents, this guide will recommend no particular secular historical books. Most general world history texts and many secular studies of particular geographic areas mentioned below will be more than adequate for this purpose. I do not wish to prejudice anyone into believing only certain texts are ideal. I have outlined certain topics to do more in-depth study on for clarification of certain topics only touched on in the...