Dictionary of Deities & Demons in the Bible
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Selected by CHOICE as an "Outstanding Academic Book of 1996", and now extensively revised, this is the only major reference work describing the gods, angels, demons, spirits, and semidivine heroes found in the Bible. More than 400 alphabetically arranged articles...
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Selected by CHOICE as an "Outstanding Academic Book of 1996", and now extensively revised, this is the only major reference work describing the gods, angels, demons, spirits, and semidivine heroes found in the Bible. More than 400 alphabetically arranged articles by over 100 leading experts cover every deity whose name occurs in the Hebrew and Greek scriptures and apocrypha. An indispensible resource for students and scholars from a broad range of disciplines. 998 pages, from Eerdmans.
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Selected by Choice as an "Outstanding Academic Book of 1996" and now extensively revised, the Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible, co-published by Eerdmans and Brill, is the only major reference work describing the gods, angels, demons, spirits, and semidivine heroes found in Scripture.Written by 100 leading experts in the field, the more than 400 alphabetically arranged articles cover every deity whose name occurs in the Hebrew and Greek scriptures, including the Apocrypha. In this second edition of the Dictionary, thirty entries appear for the first time. More than 100 others have been brought up to date with the latest research. A typical entry contains: -- discussion of each deity named and its meaning; -- the religio-historical background of each deity and the biblical passages in which it is found; -- an up-to-date bibliography and cross-references to related information found in the dictionary.Unique in subject matter and exhaustive in coverage, this volume willbe an indispensable resource tool for scholars and students from a broad range of disciplines.
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PRODUCT DETAIL
- Catalogue Code 128171
- Product Code 0802824919
- EANÂ 9780802824912
- Pages 998
- Department Academic
- Category Reference
- Sub-Category Dictionaries/encyclopaedias
- Publisher Eerdmans
- Publication Date Dec 1998
- Dimensions 260 x 184 x 44mm
- Weight 1.973kg
Der Toorn K Van
Van Der Horst is Professor of New Testament, Early Christian Literature, Ancient Judaism and Hellenism at Utrecht University, the Netherlands.