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Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible

Author: David Noel Freedman; Allen C Myers; Astrid B Beck
Publisher: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, 2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"This outstanding source is the place to find definitions, personal names and their derivation, places, and concepts from the Bible. Six hundred leading scholars from a wide spectrum of theological perspectives have come together to provide almost 5,000 articles that reflect current biblical scholarship, archaeological discoveries, trends, and issues. A must for every library."--"Outstanding Reference Sources,"  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Dictionaries
Dictionnaires anglais
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: David Noel Freedman; Allen C Myers; Astrid B Beck
ISBN: 0802824005 9780802824004
OCLC Number: 44454699
Description: xxxiii, 1425 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Contents: A Sampling of Contributors & Articles Susan Ackerman, "Ark of the Covenant," "Idol, Idolatry" Dale C. Allison, Jr., "Sermon on the Mount" Gary A. Anderson, "Sacrifices and Offerings," "Worship, Israelite" David E. Aune, "Revelation, Book of," "Rome" Hector Avalos, "Illness and Health Care" Alan J. Avery-Peck, "Jews, Judaism" Randall C. Bailey, "Samuel, Books of" Samuel E. Balentine, "Prayer" Bruce C. Birch, "Samuel," "Saul" Lawrence Boadt, "Proverbs, Book of," "Wisdom, Wisdom Literature" Karla G. Bohmbach, "Names and Naming" Oded Borowski, "Agriculture" Joachim Braun, "Music, Musical Instruments" William P. Brown, "Creation," "Job, Book of" John T. Carroll, "Eschatology" Warren Carter, "Beatitudes," "Lord's Prayer" Sidnie White Crawford, "Apocalyptic" James L. Crenshaw, "Psalms, Book of" Peter T. Daniels, "Writing" William G. Dever, "Settlement: Archaeology" John R. Donahue, "Cross," "Crucifixion" Bart D. Ehrman, "Text of the New Testament" Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, "Ezra, Book of" Everett Ferguson, "Apostolic Fathers" Terence E. Fretheim, "God," "Jonah, Book of" Beverly Roberts Gaventa, "Mary," "First" and "Second Thessalonians" Sandra L. Gravett, "Old Testament as Literature" Joel B. Green, "Luke," "Luke, Gospel of" Judith M. Gundry-Volf, "Ephesians, Letter to the" Baruch Halpern, "David" Daniel J. Harrington, "1-2 Maccabees" Charles W. Hedrick, "Parables" Ronald S. Hendel, "Pentateuch," "Adam," "Jacob" Richard A. Henshaw, "Priesthood, Israelite," "Women in the Israelite Cult" Theodore Hiebert, "Land," "Poetry" Robert L. Hohlfelder, "Ships and Sailing" David C. Hopkins, "Trade, Commerce" Denise Dombkowski Hopkins, "Humanity" Donald Juel, "Christ," "Messiah" Ralph W. Klein, "Ezekiel, Book of" Gary N. Knoppers, "Chronicler's History," "Chronicles, Books of," "Solomon" Craig R. Koester, "Gospel of John," "Tabernacle" Charles R. Krahmalkov, "Phoenicia" Amy-Jill Levine, "Apocrypha" Thomas E. Levy, "Archaeology and the Bible" John M. Lundquist, "Temple" P. Kyle McCarter, "Abraham" Steven L. McKenzie, "Judah" Allan J. McNicol, "Church" Jodi Magness, "Pottery" Joel Marcus, "Mark, Gospel of" Steve Mason, "Pharisees," "Sadducees" Victor H. Matthews, "Kinship," "Law," "Nomadism, Pastoralism" Marvin Meyer, "Magic," "Nag Hammadi" Carol Meyers, "Deborah," "Haggai, Book of" Piotr Michalowski, "Amorites," "Ebla" J. Maxwell Miller, "Jerusalem" Paul Mirecki, "Gnosticism, Gnosis" James R. Mueller, "Pseudepigrapha" Roland E. Murphy, "Wisdom of Solomon," "Sirach" Kathleen S. Nash, "Time" Ben C. Ollenburger, "Interpretation, Biblical" Thomas W. Overholt, "Prophet, Prophecy" Stanley E. Porter, "Chronology of the New Testament" Mark Allan Powell, "Worship, New Testament" William H. C. Propp, "Moses" Anson F. Rainey, "Canaan, Canaanites," "Palestine, Land of" Stephen Breck Reid, "Daniel, Book of" John Reumann, "Romans, Letter to the" Calvin J. Roetzel, "Paul" Ronald H. Sack, "Babylonia" E. P. Sanders, "Jesus Christ" Brian B. Schmidt, "Afterlife, Afterdeath" Tammi J. Schneider, "Assyria" William Schniedewind, "History, Historiography" Donald Senior, "Son of Man" Gerald T. Sheppard, "Bible" Ronald A. Simkins, "Honor, Shame," "Nature," "Worldview" Mark S. Smith, "El" Lawrence Hull Stookey, "Baptism" Marvin A. Sweeney, "Jeremiah, Book of" Ron E. Tappy, "Samaria," "Shechem" Christopher Tuckett, "Gospel, Gospels," "Synoptic Gospels" Eugene Ulrich, "Dead Sea Scrolls" Seung Ai Yang, "Miracles" Frank J. Yurco, "Egypt"
Other Titles: Dictionary of the Bible
Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible /
Responsibility: David Noel Freedman, editor-in-chief ; Allen C. Myers, associate editor ; Astrid B. Beck, managing editor.
Local System Bib Number:
114906

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Gathers 5,000 alphabetically ordered articles that explain all the books, persons, places, and significant terms found in the Bible. Intended as a tool for practical Bible use, this illustrated  Read more...
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