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Classic scholarship brought up to date. An A - Z of Bible terms,
place names, books, people and doctrine. Written by an
international team of over 150 scholars, reflecting recent advances
in research and scholarship. Maps, family trees, line drawings,
diagrams and charts clarify and expand the text. An index gives
ease of access to all significant data. The New Bible Dictionary
has stood the test of time. It has long been recognized as an
essential reference work, and it has been revised and improved for
the Bible students of today. This Third Edition updates key
articles, time charts and all bibliographies - revisions that
reflect recent developmemnts in biblical studies. A vital tool
freshly sharpened for contemporary use.
The library of Nimrud, probably established in 798 BC, was a
prestigious royal foundation whose scribes had contacts all over
the East, particularly with Nineveh. The 259 cuneiform tablets and
fragments which constituted the library mainly described magical
and medical rituals, prayers and instructions for training scribes.
All the epigraphic finds from Sir Max Mallowan's excavations of
1955-7 are described in this volume, with additional material from
the Iraq Archaeological Service's excavations of 1985.
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