The most extensive Bible dictionary ever created:
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The first major Bible dictionary to be published in America in 30 years
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 6 volumes of approximately 1,200 pages each
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â More than 6,000 entries
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â More than 7,000,000 words
-        Nearly 1,000 contributors €•all the biggest names from around the world
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Multicultural and interdisciplinary in scope
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â An unprecedented interfaith exploration of the Bible
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Illustrated throughout with easy-to-find references
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Endpaper maps of the Near Eastern world keyed to text for quick location of archaeological and biblical sites
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Extensively cross-referenced for comprehensive coverage of topics
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Easy-to-read article and chapter headings for speedy location of material
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Full bibliographic references following all major entries
Â
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
-        €œMinor entries€ on personal and place-names that go well beyond the one- or two-sentence descriptions found in other Bible dictionaries
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 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 €œoffspring€ or €œsibling€ of rabbinic Judaism?)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 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
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â A richness of information unequaled in the history of biblical studies
Â
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. MalherbeۥNew Testament
Birger A. PearsonۥEarly Christianity
Jack M. SassoonۥBible and Ancient Near East
William R. SchoedelۥEarly Christian Literature
