It's been a marathon to get it done, but I just completed a short (224 pages) volume on biblical studies. The proof is to arrive tomorrow. Here's what it says on the back cover:

In this book, Dr. Smith introduces readers of the English Bible to the linguistic, cultural, and historical backdrop of the biblical narratives. The presentation grows out of his experience in a university classroom where students face, for the first time, the cultural divide that separates our modern assumptions from the realities of the ancient Middle East.

While based on serious scholarship, Cultural Perspectives on the Bible: A Beginner’s Guide is written in a non-technical style that allows the beginner to recognize some of the cultural differences that color the understanding of biblical texts.

Rob Smith is both an ordained Presbyterian minister and a college instructor. He is the author of several books of fiction as well as a volume of literary criticism entitled, Hogwarts, Narnia, and Middle Earth: Places Upon a Time. In 2006, the Frost Foundation of Lawrence, Massachusetts honored him with its annual Robert Frost Poetry Award. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Westminster College in Pennsylvania and master and doctoral degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary.

I plan to use it as a textbook for a course on the English Bible that I'm going to teach at the Firelands campus of Bowling Green State University.