A standard text on biblical investigation, with descriptions of the excavations, the deciphering of ancient documents, and the informed arguments concerning the reliability of the Bible. New techniques have brought much additional information to light; some theories have been confirmed, others badly shaken.

First published in 1962, Negroes with Guns is the story of a southern black community's struggle to arm itself in self-defense against the Ku Klux Klan and other racist groups. Frustrated and angered by violence condoned or abetted by the local authorities against blacks, the small community of Monroe, North Carolina, brought the issue of armed self-defense to the forefront of the civil rights movement. Under the leadership of Robert F. Williams (1925-1996),...