The Oxford Bible commentary /

The Oxford Bible commentary / edited by John Barton and John Muddiman. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2001. - xxv, 1386 p. : 14 col. maps 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [1331]-1345) and index.

Offers verse- by-verse explanations of every books of the Bible by the world's leading scholars, and provides everything to a reader.Alongside commentaries of the individual books, it often included a host of general articles ranging from "Biblical Weights and Measures" to the "Doctrine of the Person of Christ". It tried to a Commentary, Bible Dictionary,Introduction( in the technical sense,i.e. ana analysis of evidence for date, authorship, sources etc.,) and Biblical Theology. Each article concludes with a bibliography of works cited. But in addition at the end of the volume there is an aggregated bibliogarpahy that points the reader towards the most imporytnat specialist works in Englishon the separate books of the Bible, and also major reference woprks, introductions , theologies etc..

9780199277186

BS 491.2 / .Ox22 2001