Written for the average Bible student--not for the scholar--this edition provides clear, concise entries for more than 3,400 of the people, places, things, and doctrines of Scripture.
A superb three-volume dictionary of the Bible, filled with pictures, maps, and diagrams, most in full color.
Through the articles, sidebars, charts, maps, and full-color images included in this volume, the text of the Old and New Testaments will come alive for you as never before.
For 25 years the Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary has been the go-to Bible reference resource for lay Bible students, teachers, pastors, academic courses, and libraries.
It is comprehensive, with extensive cross-referencing to related articles; it includes authoritative articles on the books of the Bible; and it provides a ready reference to up-to-date scholarship from biblical studies, archaeology, ...
Through the articles, sidebars, charts, maps, and full-color images included in this volume, the text of the Old and New Testaments will come alive for you as never before.
Tremper III Longman. committed incest, and became pregnant, thus Lot became the ... 3:10), and determine the best date for an event (when to massacre Jews [Esther 3:7; 9:24]). The concept that God directed the course of events also led ...
Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary is the most comprehensive and up-to-date Bible dictionary available.
Students, laypeople, pastors, and teachers will enjoy this one-volume dictionary of the Bible and its world.
We are not providing a basic TOC with first-letter-browsing only, this is structured down to the very entry. Also this edition provides a detailed annotation regarding the history of the Bible with almost 6000 words.
Presents an illustrated dictionary for children that features 750 entries for people, ideas, events, places, plants, animals, foods, and items from the Bible.