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Ecclesiastes.  Word Biblical Commentary.  Dallas, TX: Word, 1992. lxix + 170? pp. $22.99.\nSBC Library Should Have:\nDemy, Timothy J. and Stuart, Gary P., eds.  Suicide: A Christian Response.  Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1998.  490 pp.  $22.98.\nHouse, H. Wayne, ed.  Israel: The Land and the People.  Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1998.  348 pp.  $17.88.\nReference Books\nand Commentaries You Should Buy\nAn Annotated List of over 500 Suggested Volumes\n225 OT and 140 NT and 41 Bibliography\n\u000fTable of Contents\n\u0013 TOC \\f  \u0014Abbreviations\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc480627807 \\h \u00144\u0015\nPreface to the Second Edition\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc480627808 \\h \u00145\u0015\nPreface to the Third Edition\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc480627809 \\h \u00148\u0015\nReference Books\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc480627810 \\h \u00149\u0015\nIntroduction\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc480627811 \\h \u00149\u0015\nNIV Study Bibles\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc480627812 \\h \u00149\u0015\nConcordances\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc480627813 \\h \u001411\u0015\nBible Dictionaries and Encyclopedias\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc480627814 \\h \u001412\u0015\nOne Volume Commentaries on the OT or NT\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc480627815 \\h \u001413\u0015\nBible Atlases\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc480627816 \\h \u001414\u0015\nSystematic Theologies\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc480627817 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