The documented case that the Twelve Steps came from specific Biblical passages — $57 with free U.S. shipping (more than $65 in individual retail value).
Where did the Twelve Steps actually come from? Not from theory — from the Book of James, the Sermon on the Mount, and 1 Corinthians 13, read nightly in the homes where early A.A. was born. These three volumes lay out the evidence, passage by passage:
The Good Book and the Big Book: A.A.’s Roots in the Bible — Dick B.’s best-known work, with more than 200,000 copies in print. The verse-by-verse record of how the Big Book’s language and the Twelve Steps’ ideas trace to Scripture.
The Golden Text of A.A.: God, the Pioneers, and Real Spirituality — what the first members actually believed, said, and did, in their own recorded words.
The James Club and the Original A.A. Program’s Absolute Essentials — the Book of James, the Sermon on the Mount, and 1 Corinthians 13: the three Bible segments some of the Akron pioneers called absolutely essential, and how they used them.
Together they are the Scriptural spine of by far the most comprehensive scholarly record of the roles God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Bible played in early A.A.’s astonishing successes — 22 years of primary-source research by Dick B., J.D., CDAAC.
The Bible and Early A.A. Trio: $57, free U.S. shipping. Printed to order, ships in 2–5 business days, 30-day money-back guarantee.
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Want the whole record? These three volumes are part of the complete 31-volume Dick B. A.A. History Reference Set — every book, $297 with free U.S. shipping, more than $400 below individual retail. See the full Reference Set.