Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Digital Verbum Edition
Overview
This completely revised and updated edition of Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary is the most comprehensive and up-to-date Bible dictionary available. Designed, written, and edited with the needs of general readers in mind. A wealth of background information is found in more than 7,000 encyclopedic entries on the people, places, things, and doctrines of the Bible. Written in plain language, not scholarly jargon. Includes tables, charts, pronunciation guides, and over 500 full-color in-text photographs. Cross-referenced to the KJV, NKJV, NIV, NRSV, and REB. Winner of the Gold Medallion Award.
The preface to this volume states that this resource includes indexed maps to biblical places. Those maps are provided in another resource, the Nelson’s Bible Map Collection and are integrated to Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary. For instance, if you click on "see Map 3" in this resource, it will automatically pull up the Map Collection and display the map relating to its dictionary entry! You can purchase the Nelson’s Bible Map Collection here.
Top Highlights
“Modern scholars, however, believe this identification is highly unlikely.” (source)
“Isaiah was a writer of considerable literary skill. The poetry of his book is magnificent in its sweep. A person of strong emotion and deep feelings, Isaiah also was a man of steadfast devotion to the Lord. His vision of God and His holiness in the Temple influenced his messages during his long ministry.” (source)
“Elisha ministered for about 50 years in the northern kingdom of Israel, serving God during the reigns of Jehoram, Jehu, Jehoahaz, and Joash.” (source)
“According to the chronology in 1 Kings 11:42, Solomon was about 20 years old when he was crowned. He assumed leadership of Israel at a time of great material and spiritual prosperity. During his 40-year reign (970–931 b.c.), he expanded his kingdom until it covered about 50,000 square miles—from Egypt in the south to Syria in the north to the borders of Mesopotamia in the east.” (source)
“Sarah was his half-sister; they had the same father but different mothers (Gen. 20:12).” (source)
Ronald Youngblood (Ph. D., Dropsie College) is professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Bethel Seminary San Diego.
F. F. Bruce (1910-1990) was Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at the University of Manchester in England. During his distinguished career, he wrote many bestselling commentaries and books, including Paul, Apostle of the Heart Set Free, A Mind for What Matters and several titles published by InterVarsity Press. He also served as general editor of The New International Commentary on the New Testament.
Roland Harrison (1920-1993) received his Bachelor of Divinity, an M. Th. and a Ph. D. from the University of London. He was Professor of Old Testament at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto and was the General Editor of the New International Commentary on the Old Testament. He is the author of Old Testament Times and Biblical Hebrew.
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