The most extensive Bible dictionary ever created: - The first major
Bible dictionary to be published in America in 30 years - 6 volumes
of approximately 1,200 pages each - More than 6,000 entries - More
than 7,000,000 words - Nearly 1,000 contributors -all the biggest
names from around the world - Multicultural and interdisciplinary
in scope - An unprecedented interfaith exploration of the Bible -
Illustrated throughout with easy-to-find references - Endpaper maps
of the Near Eastern world keyed to text for quick location of
archaeological and biblical sites - Extensively cross-referenced
for comprehensive coverage of topics - Easy-to-read article and
chapter headings for speedy location of material - Full
bibliographic references following all major entries Inside you'll
find: - Exciting articles on pseudepigraphic and apocryphal texts,
Nag Hammadi tractates, and individual dead Sea Scrolls-including
the very latest on the most recently published sectarian Dead Sea
Scrolls - "Minor entries" on personal and place-names that go well
beyond the one- or two-sentence descriptions found in other Bible
dictionaries - Outstanding summaries of the latest research on the
historical Jesus - Fascinating new articles discussing the growing
reappraisal of early Christianity's relationship with Judaism (was
Christianity an "offspring" or "sibling" of rabbinic Judaism?) -
Many articles illustrating the literary artistry of the biblical
text - Intriguing discussions of everyday life in Bible
lands-including articles that help us to understand health and
disease, the role of animals and plants in the ancient ecosystem,
and the demographics of human settlement in ancient Palestine - A
richness of information unequaled in the history of biblical
studies Edited by David Noel Freedman Editorial Consultants: Hans
Dieter Betz-Greco-Roman Religin James H. Charlesworth-Apocrypha and
Pseudepigrapha Frank More Cross-Old Testament William G.
Dever-Archaeology A. Kirk Grayson-Mesopotamia and Assyriology Peter
Machinist-Bible and Ancient Near East Abraham J. Malherbe-New
Testament Birger A. Pearson-Early Christianity Jack M.
Sassoon-Bible and Ancient Near East William R. Schoedel-Early
Christian Literature
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