The Lion Handbook to the Bible is a great resource!
Many Christians suffer from not knowing their History. I cannot say that I don’t suffer from this currently, but I am doing something about it. If you are interested in learning more about history as it pertains to the bible then I just received an awesome resource from amazon.com. It is the Lion Handbook to the Bible shown to the right. For $25 it is an invaluable source in my bible study. Every page is high quality, glossy and full of color.