Bible Dictionaries

HarperCollins Bible Dictionary: Achtemeier, Paul J. (San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1996); An easy-to-use one-volume dictionary.
The Illustrated Bible Dictionary: Douglas, J.D. et al. (London: Inter-Varsity Press, 1994); An illustrated three-volume dictionary with full-colour pictures, maps, and diagrams. Accessible, easy-to-use.
The Anchor Bible Dictionary: Freedman, David Noel (ed.) (New York: Doubleday, 1992); A comprehensive six-volume Bible dictionary available in hardcover and CD-ROM. In addition to definitions, these books include maps and illustrations.
The Oxford Companion to the Bible: Metzger, Bruce M., and Michael D. Coogan (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993); An excellent resource for information about the places, events, institutions, and religious beliefs in the Bible. Deals with issues of concern to contemporary Christians such as human sexuality, gender, and ecology.
The New Strong's Complete Dictionary of Bible Words: An English Index to Hebrew and Greek Words: Strong, James (Vancouver: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1996); This index contains over 14,000 biblical words in English. It provides the Hebrew or Greek words that lie behind each word, along with brief definitions, and the number of times each occurs in the Bible.

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