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60600373 |
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(AEA)4CDB27D7A3FE455182C36ED8CA6AF63F |
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AEA |
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AEA |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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BS 440 .H231 1996 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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Achtemeier, Paul J. |
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63526 |
| 245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The HarperCollins Bible dictionary. / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
general editor Paul J. Achtemeier ; associate editors Roger S. Boraas... [et al.] ; with the society of Biblical Literature. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Harper Collins Publishers, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c1996. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxiv, |
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1256 p.: ill. |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Rev. and updated ed. of: Harper's Bible dictionary. c1985 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
This edition has been expanded and revised, with approximately 25 percent of the material either new or updated. The number of contributors has also increased, from 179 to 193. The work has retained the two-column format, with 16 single-column articles interspersed throughout (including "Art in the Biblical Period," "Jesus Christ," and "The Temple"), and it is well illustrated. Many of the longer articles include a brief bibliography (most of which have been updated from the first edition). Though not a flawless work (e.g., the article "Manasseh" treats only the 14th king of Judah but neither the patriarch nor the tribe of Israel that also bear that name), it is outstanding in terms of scholarship and writing. All biblical studies collections should have this new work (balanced by New Bible Dictionary, InterVarsity, 1996. 3d ed., which represents current evangelical scholarship), even if they already own the previous edition. Browning's (New Testament studies, Cuddleson Coll., Oxford) dictionary is different in several ways. It is the work of one person. Few of the articles are more than a page long (though "Jesus" merits two and a half pages). The only illustrations are four two-page black-and-white maps at the end of the volume, and the bibliography is limited to a one-page select list of titles. The tone of the writing is at times casual, and Browning makes rather blunt statements. For instance, he declares the Bible's report of the number of Israelites who left Egypt in the exodus?600,000 men plus women and children, according to the book of Exodus?"unbelievable." Browning is certainly knowledgeable regarding the Bible and biblical studies, and he offers some interesting observat |
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Bible |
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sears |
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local |
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