Historical Backgrounds to Bible People is a valuable tool to help one study characters who had some bearing on the biblical record. Dr. Lewis discusses sixty-three persons who are identifiable with some specific biblical character.

He compiles and summarizes for convenient usage the historical and archaeological evidence which is available about these characters, information both in and out of the Bible. In the process Lewis summarizes a century and a half of research and analysis, plus the context in which any historical or archaeological evidence arises.