Illustrated Dictionary and Concordance of the Bible by Geoffrey Wigoder, Shimon Gibson (Editor)

Synopsis

Authoritative, comprehensive, up-to-date: The new revised edition of The Illustrated Dictionary & Concordance of the Bible is an essential resource for anyone seeking to fully understand the message and meaning of the Bible. Prepared by a distinguished team of international scholars, this handsome, fully illustrated, 1000+ page reference book provides clear, concise entries that identify and describe every person and place in the Old and New Testaments. These informative entries explain the significance, historical as well as scriptural, of each name.

In addition, this one-volume encyclopedia features separate entries on every book in the Bible, major religious concepts and relevant general topics. The coverage is both wide and deep: The Illustrated Dictionary & Concordance of the Bible describes biblical rituals, feast days, home life, plants, animals, and much more. Other entries cover important families, tribes, dynasties, kings, priests, cities, and entire civilizations—from Assyria, Mesopotamia and Egypt to Greece and Rome. This updated edition also includes references to recent archaeological discoveries and other new advances in biblical scholarship.

This encyclopedic dictionary doubles as a concordance. Distinctly colored citations identify the location of every biblical reference to each person and place, enhancing the book's usefulness as a companion to biblical study or research.

The new, completely redesigned The Illustrated Dictionary & Concordance of the Bible is a visually striking work. This attractive volume contains over 1,500 full color illustrations, including photographs of Biblical sites, flora and fauna; classical age artwork and manuscripts; each fully captioned and linked to the text. In addition, this millennium edition contains two new features: scores of redrawn maps that clarify the location of key places and events; and an awesome set of cutting-edge satellite photograph maps of the Holy Land.

Whether you are a student, a scholar, a member of the clergy, or simply a religious seeker, The Illustrated Dictionary & Concordance of the Bible will enrich your knowledge and appreciation of the Bible-as history, as literature, and as testimony of faith.

Biography

GEOFFREY WIGODER (General Editor) received his Doctor of Philosophy at Oxford University. The major accomplishments of this famed scholar are almost too numerous to name. He served as the editor-in-chief of the 16-volume Encyclopedia Judaica; co-edited The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia; edited A Dictionary of Christian-Jewish Dialogue; and was the founding editor of Dialogues, a newsletter devoted to interfaith discussions among Christians, Jews, and Muslims.

SHALOM M. PAUL (Editor, Old Testament) received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, Professor of Bible at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, has also taught Bible at the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York; Spertus College in Chicago; the University of California, San Diego; Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He was editor of The Bible and Civilization and Biblical Archaeology. Among his other publications are Studies in the Book of the Covenant in the Light of Cuneiform and Biblical Law, and many scholarly articles on the Bible and the ancient Near East.

BENEDICT T. VIVIANO, O.P. (Editor, New Testament) received degrees in philosophy and theology from the Aquinas Institute, River Forest, Illinois; the Pontifical Bible Institute, Rome; and Duke University. He has written extensively and is currently professor of New Testament at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.

EPHRAIM STERN (Editor, Biblical Archaeology) received his Ph.D. from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, where he chairs the Institute of Archaeology. He authored Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Volume 2 and was a major contributor to the 4-volume New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land. . A world-renowned archaeologist, he has directed excavations of sites such as Tel Mevorakh and Tel Dor and participated in many others such as Hazor, Masada, and Beersheba.

SHIMON GIBSON (Editor, New Edition) is a British-born archaeologist who completed his PhD requirements at the Institute of Archaeology in London.. He is the author of more than one hundred research articles, the co-author of two scientific monographs on the antiquities of Jerusalem, co-editor of the Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land, and is the author of a book on nineteenth-century photographs of Jerusalem and the headline-making book, The Cave of John the Baptist. As a field archaeologist, he has directed numerous digs and is currently in charge of excavations at Jerusalem's Mount Zion.