Second extensively revised edition
Hardback
Publication Date: 10/11/1998
The Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible is the single major work of reference on the gods, angels, demons, spirits and semi-divine heroes whose names occur in the biblical books. First published in 1995 and chosen by "Choice" as Best Reference Work of 1996, an extensively revised edition was published in 1998. Arranged in the order of the Latin alphabet, the more than four-hundred names are those found in the books of the Hebrew and the Greek Bible, Old and New Testament, including the Apocrypha. There are entries on divine names recognized as such by the biblical authors; divine names in theophoric toponyms and anthroponyms; secular terms which occur as divine names in neighbouring civilizations, conjectural divine names, at times based on textual emendation, proposed by modern scholarship; and humans who acquired a semi-divine status in tradition. A typical entry contains a discussion of the pertinent name, its meaning, the religio-historical background, relevant biblical passages and an up-to-date bibliography. Extensive indices and cross-references provide easy access to the rich information of the dictionary. The Dictionary of Deities and Demons is the fruit of a common effort of a group of more than a hundred international scholars from a variety of traditions.
- ISBN:
- 9789004111196
- 9789004111196
- Category:
- Biblical commentaries
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 10-11-1998
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Brill
- Country of origin:
- Netherlands
- Edition:
- 2nd Edition
- Pages:
- 962
- Dimensions (mm):
- 250x170x56mm
- Weight:
- 1.96kg
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