A Dictionary of the Bible (2nd edition)

Designed for the general reader, this is a thorough but concise guide to all sorts of facets of the Bible. The central section gives a brief account of each of the books of the Bible in alphabetical (not Biblical) order, while around it is an alphabetical listing of names and subjects dealt with in the whole Bible (Old and New Testaments and apocrypha).

Cross‐referencing is done minimally by see also references and more frequently by asterisks against words which have a separate entry to themselves. This helps to keep the volume “pocket‐sized” and allows for an easier flow of the...