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A Dictionary of the Bible
Second Edition
W. R. F. Browning
432 pages
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3 double page maps
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196x129mm
978-0-19-954398-4
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Paperback
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08 October 2009
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- Over 2,000 authoritative, accessible, and up-to-date entries
- Clear and concise information about the important places, people, themes, and doctrines of the Bible
- Wide-ranging coverage: from earthquakes and mice to martyrs and art
- Entries on books of the Bible have been brought together in a tinted centre section for ease of access
- Valuable supplementary material including detailed maps, a chronology, a bibliography, and more
- Recommended web links - accessed and updated via the Dictionary of the Bible companion website
New to this edition - Fully revised and updated content
- New entries and references including Act of God, Old Testament and New Testament theology, Hanukkah, the Koran, mysticism, and many more
- Expansion of many existing entries, e.g. Bethlehem, idiology, Nag Hammadi, and Judas
- Entries on the books of the Bible have been brought together in a tinted centre section for ease of access
- The Dictionary of the Bible companion website through which the recommended web links are accessed and kept up to date
- Virtual thumb tabs for quick reference
A Dictionary of the Bible is the most acclaimed, accessible, and up-to-date dictionary of its kind. Containing over 2,000 authoritative entries it provides clear and concise information about all of the important places, people, themes, and doctrines of the Bible. Terms range from earthquakes and mice to martyrs and art, and new to this edition are entries on Act of God, Old Testament and New Testament theology, Hanukkah, the Koran, mysticism, and many more.
This dictionary features a detailed bibliography, biographies of Bible scholars, a conversion table of measures, weights, and values, a chronology of important dates in Biblical history, and
historical maps (showing Israel in Canaan; the near east in the time of the Assyrian Empire; Palestine under the Herods; the background of the New Testament; Rome and the East). In addition, entries on the books of the Bible have been grouped in alphabetical order and conveniently located in a tinted centre section for quick reference. Recommended web links in the appendix provide valuable extra information, these links are accessed and kept up to date via the Dictionary of the Bible companion website.
With lively and informative A-Z entries and an array of useful supplementary material, this dictionary is essential for students and teachers of theology and religious education, and it is an absorbing reference work for all readers of the
Bible.Readership: Students and teachers of religious studies and theology, members of the clergy and Christians, all readers of the Bible and anyone with an interest in religion.
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W. R. F. Browning, Cuddesdon College, Oxford (retired) Contributors:
Consultant Editors:
Richard Coggins
Formerly Senior Lecturer in Old Testament Studies, King's College London
Graham N. Stanton
Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge
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"Snappy entries elucidate hazy Biblical events." - Christopher Hirst, The Independent
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Introduction
Abbreviations
DICTIONARY
The Books of the Bible
Appendices
Measures, Weights, and Values
Important Dates in Biblical History
Select Bibliography
Web links
Maps
1. Israel in Canaan: Joshua to Samuel and Saul
2. The Near East in the time of the Assyrian Empire
3. Palestine under the Herods
4. The Background of the New Testament: Rome and the East (Jouneys of the Apostle Paul, Acts 15: 30 to 21: 15)
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