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• Bible -- Introductions
• Bible. Matthew -- Introductions
• Bible. New Testament -- Introductions
• Bible. Old Testament -- Introductions
• Philosophy -- Introductions
• Qur'an -- Introductions
• Talmud -- Introductions

• The Bible: Beacon Light of History (Boston and Chicago: Associated Authors, c1935), by Albert Field Gilmore (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adventuring Through the Bible: A Comprehensive Guide to the Entire Bible, by Ray C. Stedman (multiple formats at raystedman.org)
• The Bible Book by Book: A Manual for the Outline Study of the Bible by Books (second edition, 1916), by Josiah Blake Tidwell (HTML at verselink.org)
• An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures (10th edition, 4 volumes; London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts, 1856), by Thomas Hartwell Horne, ed. by Samuel Davidson and Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Bible Book by Book: A Manual for the Outline Study of the Bible by Books, by Josiah Blake Tidwell (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Bible Period by Period: A Manual for the Study of the Bible by Periods, by Josiah Blake Tidwell (Gutenberg ebook)

• Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist (Philadelphia and Toronto: Winston, 1959), by Edgar J. Goodspeed (PDF at Wayback Machine)

• Toward Understanding the New Testament (c1990), by Obert C. Tanner, Lewis M. Rogers, and Sterling M. McMurrin (HTML at Signature Books)
• The Story of the New Testament (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1921), by Edgar J. Goodspeed (multiple formats at archive.org)
• New Testament Introduction (1915), by Louis Berkhof (multiple formats at CCEL)
• The Literature and History of New Testament Times, by J. Gresham Machen (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Making of the New Testament, by Benjamin Wisner Bacon (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Books of the New Testament, by Leighton Pullan (Gutenberg ebook)

• Introduction to the Old Testament, by John Edgar McFayden (Gutenberg text)
• A Key to The Old Testament: or, A Summary View its Several Books, Pointing Out the Instructions and Mysteries Which They Contain (London: J. Booker; et al., 1817), by Henry Rutter
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Old Testament Life and Literature, by Gerald A. Larue (HTML at infidels.org)
• The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament, by Charles Foster Kent (Gutenberg text)
• The Literature of the Old Testament, by George Foot Moore (Gutenberg ebook)

• The Problems of Philosophy, by Bertrand Russell
  • HTML at ditext.com
  • Gutenberg text
• The Tree of Philosophy (third edition), by Stephen Palmquist (HTML in Hong Kong)
• Initiation Into Philosophy (1914), by Émile Faguet, trans. by Home Gordon (Gutenberg text)
• Initiation into Philosophy (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1914), by Émile Faguet
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• The Will to Doubt: An essay in philosophy for the general thinker, by Alfred H. Lloyd (Gutenberg ebook)

• The Coran, Its Composition and Teaching, and the Testimony it Bears to the Holy Scriptures, by William Muir (HTML at answering-islam.org)
• An Introduction to the Glorious Qur'an, by Bahram Samii (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)

• The Talmud: An Analytical Guide to its History and Teachings (New York: Bloch Pub. Co., c1952), by Isaac Unterman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Talmud: Selections From That Ancient Book, Its Commentaries, Teachings, Poetry, and Legends; Also, Brief Sketches of the Men Who Made and Commented Upon It (Philadelphia: Leary's Book Store, c1876), ed. by H. Polano
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • page images at MOA
  • HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com

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