This course guidebook accompanies the Teaching Company audio book of the same name. It consists of a detailed account of the content of the audiobook lectures, in a 180 page paperback. The contents are faithful to Prof. Ehrman's lectures. organized in the same fashion. Each "lecture" chapter begins with a multi-paragraph summary that presents the lecture's scope, followed by a detailed outline, with headings and subheadings in turn followed by a list of "essential reading", "suggested reading", and "questions to consider." Following the lectures, the book offers an historical Timeline, a Glossary of terms, concepts, and major figures, Biographical Notes on a few of the major figures of history and scholarship, and an Annotated Bibliography. The book is mainly meant as a supplement to the audio lectures; however, in could stand alone as a summary of their contents. ( )