Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jonathan Robie <jonathan.robie AT datadirect-technologies.com>]

My oldest daughter, Marissa, is graduating, and she is asking for a 
one-volume commentary on the Bible as one possible graduation gift. I'm a 
little stumped, because the ones I have used are rather old or require 
knowledge of Greek. Is there anything reasonably in keeping with our 
current state of knowledge that is reliable and informative?

She is particularly interested in historical background, which is what she 
can't get from the text per se. She is also interested in overview 
information that ties together the different texts.

Jonathan