This is a pretty dated source, but an excellent place to start gathering information.
Self Reminder: this was recommend to me as an introduction to the Torah, New Testament, and Koran. Though from the review here, I'm not sure
I'm all of feminist examinations of history (for a stellar example, see Joanna Russ' How to Suppress Women's Writing) but Walker's works are, unfortunately, far from academic, poorly researched, and badly written. It's one thing if she stuck to novels, but sadly, she presents this volume as a piece...