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Who's who in the Bible
Reader's Digest Association
出版Reader's Digest Association, 1994
主題Biography & Autobiography / GeneralReligion / Biblical Studies / GeneralReligion / Biblical Biography / GeneralReligion / Biblical Reference / Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
ISBN08957761899780895776181
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=BK5aAAAAYAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This biographical dictionary contains entries for approximately "500 men and women from the Bible (Hebrew and Christian Scripture and Apocrypha of the Revised Standard Version) or important to biblical history, but not mentioned by name (Alexander the Great, for example). The individuals are in alphabetical order by Anglicized spelling. . . . Each entry includes pronunciation and original name (Hebrew, Greek, Latin) as well as a literal meaning, if there is one. Analysis of the person's importance to Judeo-Christian history {may be} offered, . . . and chapter and verse from the Bible are cited. . . . The index covers topics as well as people. . . . The color illustrations are taken from classical paintings, illuminations, stained glass, and photographs of objects, plus 50 drawings original to this work. Ten maps show the Middle East inBiblical times."