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The New Oxford Annotated Bible With Apocrypha

The New Oxford Annotated Bible With Apocrypha The New Oxford Annotated Bible With Apocrypha

Students, professors and general readers alike have relied upon The Oxford Annotated Bible for essential scholarship and guidance to the world of the Bible for nearly four decades. Now a new editorial board and team of contributors have completely updated this classic work. The result is a volume which maintains and extends the excellence the Annotated's users have come to expect, bringing new insights, information, and approaches to bear upon the understanding of the text of the Bible.

The new edition includes a full index to all of the study material (not just to the annotations), and one that is keyed to page numbers, not to citations. And, to make certain points in the text clearer for the reader, there are approximately 40 in-text, line drawing maps and diagrams.

With the best of the Annotated's traditional strengths, and the augmentation of new information and new approaches represented in current scholarship, the Third Edition will serve as the reader's and student's constant resource for a new century.

About the Author

Michael Coogan is Professor of Religious Studies at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, and director of publications for the Harvard Semitic Museum. Carol Newsom is at Candler School of Theology, Atlanta, Georgia.

Paperback: 2180 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; College edition (January 25, 2001)

The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament Volume One
The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament Volume One The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament: Apocrypha

The most esteemed body of books left out of the Bible, the Old Testament Apocrypha is of interest to historians, religious scholars, and ordinary laypeople alike. For more than 70 years this version, edited by R.H. Charles, has been the definitive critical edition. Out of print for years, Apocryphile Press is proud to make it available once more to scholars and the curious.

Paperback: 700 pages
Publisher: Apocryphile Press (November 1, 2004)

The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, Volume Two
The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, Volume Two The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, Volume Two

Of all the books left out of the Bible, only the Apocrypha rivals the Pseudepigrapha in popularity and importance. This edition of the Pseudepigrapha was edited by R. H. Charles and was the definitive critical edition for over 70 years.

Paperback: 800 pages
Publisher: Apocryphile Press (November 1, 2004)

The Urantia Book
The Urantia Book The Urantia Book

Love

Love is truly contagious and eternally creative. (p. 2018) “Devote your life to proving that love is the greatest thing in the world.” (p. 2047) “Love is the ancestor of all spiritual goodness, the essence of the true and the beautiful.” (p. 2047) The Father’s love can become real to mortal man only by passing through that man’s personality as he in turn bestows this love upon his fellows. (p. 1289) The secret of a better civilization is bound up in the Master’s teachings of the brotherhood of man, the good will of love and mutual trust. (p. 2065)

Prayer

Prayer is not a technique of escape from conflict but rather a stimulus to growth in the very face of conflict. (p. 1002) The sincerity of any prayer is the assurance of its being heard. … (p. 1639) God answers man’s prayer by giving him an increased revelation of truth, an enhanced appreciation of beauty, and an augmented concept of goodness. (p. 1002) …Never forget that the sincere prayer of faith is a mighty force for the promotion of personal happiness, individual self-control, social harmony, moral progress, and spiritual attainment. (p. 999)

Suffering

There is a great and glorious purpose in the march of the universes through space. All of your mortal struggling is not in vain. (p. 364) Mortals only learn wisdom by experiencing tribulation. (p. 556)

Angels

The angels of all orders are distinct personalities and are highly individualized. (p. 285) Angels....are fully cognizant of your moral struggles and spiritual difficulties. They love human beings, and only good can result from your efforts to understand and love them. (p. 419)

Our Divine Destiny

If you are a willing learner, if you want to attain spirit levels and reach divine heights, if you sincerely desire to reach the eternal goal, then the divine Spirit will gently and lovingly lead you along the pathway of sonship and spiritual progress. (p. 381) …They who know that God is enthroned in the human heart are destined to become like him—immortal. (p. 1449) God is not only the determiner of destiny; he is man’s eternal destination. (p. 67)

Family

Almost everything of lasting value in civilization has its roots in the family. (p. 765) The family is man’s greatest purely human achievement. ... (p. 939)

Faith

…Faith will expand the mind, ennoble the soul, reinforce the personality, augment the happiness, deepen the spirit perception, and enhance the power to love and be loved. (p. 1766) “Now, mistake not, my Father will ever respond to the faintest flicker of faith.” (p. 1733)

History/Science

The story of man’s ascent from seaweed to the lordship of earthly creation is indeed a romance of biologic struggle and mind survival. (p. 731) 2,500,000,000 years ago… Urantia was a well developed sphere about one tenth its present mass. … (p. 658) 1,000,000,000 years ago is the date of the actual beginning of Urantia [Earth] history. (p. 660) 450,000,000 years ago the transition from vegetable to animal life occurred. (p. 669) From the year A.D. 1934 back to the birth of the first two human beings is just 993,419 years. (p. 707) About five hundred thousand years ago…there were almost one-half billion primitive human beings on earth. … (p. 741) Adam and Eve arrived on Urantia, from the year A.D. 1934, 37,848 years ago. (p. 828)

From the Inside Flap

What’s Inside?

Parts I and II

God, the inhabited universes, life after death, angels and other beings, the war in heaven.

Part III

The history of the world, science and evolution, Adam and Eve, development of civilization, marriage and family, personal spiritual growth.

Part IV

The life and teachings of Jesus including the missing years. AND MUCH MORE…

Excerpts

God, …God is the source and destiny of all that is good and beautiful and true. (p. 1431) If you truly want to find God, that desire is in itself evidence that you have already found him. (p. 1440) When man goes in partnership with God, great things may, and do, happen. (p. 1467)

The Origin of Human Life, The universe is not an accident... (p. 53) The universe of universes is the work of God and the dwelling place of his diverse creatures. (p. 21) The evolutionary planets are the spheres of human origin…Urantia [Earth] is your starting point. … (p. 1225) In God, man lives, moves, and has his being. (p. 22)

The Purpose of Life, There is in the mind of God a plan which embraces every creature of all his vast domains, and this plan is an eternal purpose of boundless opportunity, unlimited progress, and endless life. (p. 365) This new gospel of the kingdom… presents a new and exalted goal of destiny, a supreme life purpose. (p. 1778)

Jesus, The religion of Jesus is the most dynamic influence ever to activate the human race. (p. 1091) What an awakening the world would experience if it could only see Jesus as he really lived on earth and know, firsthand, his life-giving teachings! (p. 2083)

Science, Science, guided by wisdom, may become man’s great social liberator. (p. 909) Mortal man is not an evolutionary accident. There is a precise system, a universal law, which determines the unfolding of the planetary life plan on the spheres of space. (p. 560)

Life after Death, God’s love is universal… He is “not willing that any should perish.” (p. 39) Your short sojourn on Urantia [Earth]…is only a single link, the very first in the long chain that is to stretch across universes and through the eternal ages. (p. 435) …Death is only the beginning of an endless career of adventure, an everlasting life of anticipation, an eternal voyage of discovery. (p. 159)

About the Author

The text of The Urantia Book was provided by one or more anonymous contributors working with a small staff which provided editorial and administrative support during the book's creation. The book bears no particular credentials (from a human viewpoint), relying instead on the power and beauty of the writing itself to persuade the reader of its authenticity.

Leather Bound: 2097 pages
Publisher: Urantia Foundation; Box Lea edition (August 25, 2015)

The Apocryphal New Testament: A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in an English Translation

The Apocryphal New Testament: A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in an English Translation The Apocryphal New Testament: A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in an English Translation

From the Back Cover This collection of apocryphal texts supersedes the best-selling edition by M. R. James, which was originally published in 1924, and regularly reprinted. Several new texts have come to light since 1924 and the textual base for some of the apocrypha previously translated by James is now more secure, as in several cases there are recently published critical editions available. Although a modest appendix to James's edition was added in 1953, no thorough revision has previously been undertaken. In this volume, J. K. Elliott presents new translations of the texts and has provided each of them with a short introduction and bibliography directed to those who wish to pursue further the issues raised in the texts, or to consult the critical editions, other versions, or general studies. The translations are in modern English, in contrast to James's deliberate imitation of the language of the Authorized Version. The collection is designed to give readers the most important and famous of the Christian apocrypha, together with a select sample of gnostic texts. Full translations of the earliest texts are printed.

About the Author

J. K. Elliott (Editor)

Paperback: 774 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; First Paperback Edition edition (December 22, 2005)

The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English

The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English

From Library Journal

This one-volume translation of the Dead Sea Scrolls joins those of Florentino Garcia Martinez (The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated, Eerdman's, 1996) and Michael Wise and others (The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation, LJ 12/96) and is the latest edition of The Dead Sea Scrolls in English, first published in 1962. In a 90-page introduction, Vermes (emeritus, Jewish studies, Wolfson Coll., Oxford) briefly summarizes the 50-year history of scrolls research. He presents an overview of the sectarian community associated with the scrolls (whom he identifies as the Essenes), its history, and its beliefs. Though dubbed "complete" (the preface explains that "meaningless scraps or badly damaged manuscript sections are not inflicted on the reader"), Vermes's translation is generally the most selective of the three. This sometimes saves the reader from the possible frustration of line upon line of brackets and ellipses, but it gives a limited idea of the extent of the textual material available. However, the translation is good and has stood as the standard for many years. As with Bibles, libraries should have more than one version of the Dead Sea Scrolls.?Craig W. Beard, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham Lib. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Hardcover: 648 pages
Publisher: Allen Lane / The Penguin Press; 1st edition (July 1, 1997)

The Gnostic Scriptures: A New Translation with Annotations and Introductions (The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library)

The Gnostic Scriptures: A New Translation with Annotations and Introductions (The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library) The Gnostic Scriptures: A New Translation with Annotations and Introductions (The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library)

"Bentley Layton's "The Gnostic Scriptures is the one indispensable book for the understanding of Gnosis and Gnosticism. No other translations are within light-years of Layton's in eloquence, pathos, and accuracy, while no other commentaries match his as an introduction to this perpetually relevant religious stance. Layton is particularly brilliant in his appreciation of Valentinus, the central Gnostic visionary, whose "Gospel of Truth is marvelously served in this translation." --Harold Bloom, author of "The Book of J and "The Western Canon

"Bentley Layton's "The Gnostic Scriptures" is the one indispensable book for the understanding of Gnosis and Gnosticism. No other translations are within light-years of Layton's in eloquence, pathos, and accuracy, while no other commentaries match his as an introduction to this perpetually relevant religious stance. Layton is particularly brilliant in his appreciation of Valentinus, the central Gnostic visionary, whose "Gospel of Truth" is marvelously served in this translation." --Harold Bloom, author of "The Book of J" and "The Western Canon"

About the Author:

Bentley Layton was educated at Harvard University and taught for five years in Jerusalem at the Ecole biblique et archeologique francaise. He worked in Cairo with UNESCO Technical Subcommittee to reconstruct the Coptic Gnostic manuscripts of Nag Hammadi and then taught at Yale University, where he was appointed to the Goff Professorship of Religious Studies. He is the recipient of fellowships from American Council of Learned Societies, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Guggenheim Foundation and past President of the International Association of Coptic Studies.

Paperback: 337 pages
Publisher: Independently published (January 9, 2018)


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The Two Babylons: The Only Fully Complete 7th Edition! The Two Babylons: The Only Fully Complete 7th Edition!

The Two Babylons: The Only Fully Complete 7th Edition! The Two Babylons: The Only Fully Complete 7th Edition!

Fully Illustrated High Res. Images. Complete and Unabridged. Expanded Seventh Edition.

This is the first and only seventh edition available in a modern digital edition. NOTHING is left out! New material not found in the first six editions!!! Available in eBook and paperback edition exclusively from CrossReach Publications. See below for A. W. Pink's glowing review and an intro by Alexander Hislop.

"In his work on “The Two Babylons” Dr. Hislop has proven conclusively that all the idolatrous systems of the nations had their origin in what was founded by that mighty Rebel, the beginning of whose kingdom was Babel (Gen. 10:10)."--A. W. Pink, The Antichrist (1923)

There is this great difference between the works of men and the works of God, that the same minute and searching investigation, which displays the defects and imperfections of the one, brings out also the beauties of the other. If the most finely polished needle on which the art of man has been expended be subjected to a microscope, many inequalities, much roughness and clumsiness, will be seen. But if the microscope be brought to bear on the flowers of the field, no such result appears. Instead of their beauty diminishing, new beauties and still more delicate, that have escaped the naked eye, are forthwith discovered; beauties that make us appreciate, in a way which otherwise we could have had little conception of, the full force of the Lord's saying, "Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these."

The same law appears also in comparing the Word of God and the most finished productions of men. There are spots and blemishes in the most admired productions of human genius. But the more the Scriptures are searched, the more minutely they are studied, the more their perfection appears; new beauties are brought into light every day; and the discoveries of science, the researches of the learned, and the labours of infidels, all alike conspire to illustrate the wonderful harmony of all the parts, and the Divine beauty that clothes the whole. If this be the case with Scripture in general, it is especially the case with prophetic Scripture. As every spoke in the wheel of Providence revolves, the prophetic symbols start into still more bold and beautiful relief. This is very strikingly the case with the prophetic language that forms the groundwork and corner-stone of the present work. There never has been any difficulty in the mind of any enlightened Protestant in identifying the woman "sitting on seven mountains," and having on her forehead the name written, "Mystery, Babylon the Great," with the Roman apostacy.

About the Author

Alexander Hislop (1807 - 1865) was a Free Church of Scotland minister famous for his outspoken criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church. Alexander's brother, Stephen Hislop became well known in his time as a missionary to India and a naturalist.

Alexander was for a time parish schoolmaster of Wick, Caithness. Also editor of the Scottish Guardian newspaper. He was ordained in 1844 at the East Free Church, Arbroath, where he became senior minister in 1864. He wrote several books, his most famous being The Two Babylons: Papal worship Revealed to be the worship of Nimrod and His wife.

Paperback: 143 pages
Publisher: Independently published (September 18, 2017)

The Two Babylons

or

The Papal Worship

Proved To Be

The Worship Of Nimrod And His Wife

by the late Rev. Alexander Hislop

First published as a pamphlet in 1853--greatly expanded in 1858


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Definitions


Akbar:
[Chaldean] A mouse, also signifies "The mighty one," in Turkish and some other Eastern dialects became kbar, as in the Moslem saying "Allar Akbar," meaning "God is Great." Synonym: Abir. {SEE: Definitions/ Gheber}

Aber:
Signifies a "wing."

Abir:
Synonym of Gheber.

Adad:
"The One God."

Adonai:
[Hebrew] "The Lord."

Adonis:
Or, Adon. The "Huntsman" that Venus cried over, the same as Tammuz. {SEE: Definitions/ Tammuz}

Agathodaemon:
A god depicted as a winged asp.

Agni:
Hindu god of fire. Wore an open tiara with 2 horns.

Aithio Pais:
Title of Bacchus; i.e., "the son of Ethiops."

Akmon:
Name applied to the king of the gods. From Chaldean form of Hebrew word, khmn, "the burner." Khmn becomes Akmon, just as the Hebrew word for blood, dem, became adem in Chaldean.

Ala mahozim:
"The god of fortifications," the Egyptian Osiris, also celebrated as "the strong chief of the buildings."

Alma Mater:
"Virgin mother."

Alorus:
Possibly from Al-our, "god of fire," or Al-ltur, "the burning god."

Amarusia:
Aphrodite's name in Athens, meaning "the mother of gracious acceptance" from the word, ama, "mother"; and, retza, "to accept graciously." Name also applied to Diana.

Ammas:
Greek form of the Chaldean word, Ama, meaning mother. Greek name of the Babylonian Rhea.

Amon:
Father of the Egyptian god, Khons or Khonso, known as "the hidden god."

Apis:
Another name for Saturn, "the hidden one." The calf Apis, known in Egypt as Hepi, or Hapi, mystically representative of the Egyptian, Osiris. In Chaldea Hap means "to cover," in Egyptian "to conceal." {SEE: Definitions / Athor}

Aphrodite:
"The wrath-subduer." From the Chaldean word, aph, "wrath"; and radah, "to subdue." The feminine emphatic is the word radite. Legend has it that Aphrodite could soothe the anger of Jove and "the most mean spirits of gods and men" with her charm.

Ashta:
[Chaldee] Means both "the woman" and "fire."

Asshur:
[Chaldean] "To make strong." (Note: the word Asher means "to prosper.")

Astarte:
Asht-tart,"the woman that made towers." Tart comes from the Hebrew verb tr, "to go around," or "to be round," "to surround," or "encompass." The masculine form of the word, tor, used for "a border, or row of jewels round the head." The feminine, turis, is Greek form of turit, with the "t" in Greek converted to an "s." In Hebrew, Ashtoreth, "the woman that made the encompassing wall." The name Astarte also signified, "maker of investigations."

Astraea:
From Ash-trai-a, "the maker of investigations."

Atergatis:
(alternate spelling: Atargatis) Fish goddess of Syria, called the mother of Semiramis & at times said to be Semiramis.

Athena:
Name of Minerva in Athens. Means "the lady"; from the Hebrew, Adon, meaning, "the lord," which became Athan, femine form of Athana, hence Athena in the Attic dialect.

Athor:
A goddess in Egypt, her name means "habitation of God." The female counterpart of Apis, which is a "spotted cow." The Egyptian, Venus. (Note: the Druids worship a spotted cow.)

Atys:
Also, Attis, or Attes. From Greek word Ate, which signifies "error of sin." Derived from Chaldean word Hata, "to sin," signifying "the sinner.

Aurora:
Wife of Orion. Aur-ora physically means "pregnant with light"; and ohra, "to conceive" or be "pregnant" is origin of the Greek word for "a wife."

B' hai:
"Life-restoring," from the Chaldee hia or haya, "to live, to restore life"; hia became haya in Greek and haya with the diggamma prefixed becomes B'haya; so in Egypt Bai signifies soul or spirit.

Baal:
"The lord."

Baal-aberin:
"Lord of wings," the "winged one."

Baal-abirin:
"The Winged One." (Pronounced nearly the same as Baal-aberin) Refers to Nimrod, as the "lord of the mighty-ones."

Baal-aph:
"Lord of wrath," "an angry man."

Baal-berith:
"Land of the covenant," used idolatrously of the false messiah as mediator and head of the covenant of grace.

Baal-lashon:
"Lord of tongue," "an eloquent man."

Bacchus:
"The lamented one"; from Bakhah ,"to weep" or "lament." The revelries of Bacchus were suppose to purify the soul

Bacchus Ichthys:
The fish. (Note: if Bacchus was called a fish, and Bacchus was Nimrod, then Oannes, also must be Nimrod.)

Baitulos:
Greek name for the swaddled, anointed stone prevalent in many myths and legends. From B'hai and also, tli, tleh, or tloh; combined, B'hai-tuloh, "life-restoring child." {SEE: Definitions / B'hai}

Baitz:
[Hebrew; Feminine] Means "egg," male form is Baitza. In Chaldee and Phoenician becomes Baith or Baitha. The words Baith and Baitha are pronounced same as the word for house in Chaldee and Phoenician .

Balder:
"Seed of Baal," from the Chaldean form of Baal-zar. The Hebrew "z" often became a "d" in later Chaldee.

Bar:
In the mysteries Bar signified corn to the common man; but to the initiated it was recognized to mean "the son."

Bassareus:
Same as Kissos; also worshipped in Greece under the name of Bassareus. Meaning signifies both "the house of grapes," or "the vintage gatherer" and "the encompasser with a wall" , the latter identifies him with the Egyptian, Osiris, "the strong chief of the buildings," and the Assyrian, Belus, "who encompassed Babylon with a wall." From the Chaldean word Batzar.

Bee:
In Chaldea the word for bee, dabar, also signified a "word." {SEE: Definitions / Dabar}

Beel-zebub:
"Lord of the fly," an Oriental fly-destroying god. In very hot countries, swarms of flies are often a terrible nuisance. The name also refers to Satan because, Baal-zebub, means "the restless Lord." In Job, it is said of Satan that he, "goeth to and fro in the earth, and walketh up and down it..." The word zebub when referring to a fly comes from a Arabic root, which signifies "to move from place to place, like flies, without settling." Hence the secret meaning of Baal-zebub "Lord of restless and unsettled motion."

Bel:
[Chaldean] "The confounder," "to mix," also "the heart." Name of the great Babylonian god, originally given as a title to Cush. Name later passed down to his deified descendants. As "The Confounder," his symbol was the club. In Chaldea the name of a club comes from the word Hephaitz, "to break in pieces or scatter abroad." (Vulcan's Hammer) {SEE: Definitions / Hephaistos} {SEE: Symbols / Sacred Heart}

Bellona:
In Chaldean, "the lamentar of Bel." From Bel and onah, "to lament."

Beltis:
(equivalent of, Baalti) translated "My Lady." In Latin, i>mea Dominia. In Italian, Maddonna.

Ben-Almet-Ishaa:
[Chaldean] "Son of the virgin of salvation." {See: Druids / Heimdal}

Benoth:
"Child-bearing." Benah, the verb from which benoth comes, means both to "bring forth children" and "to build houses." The "bringing forth of children" metaphorically regarded as "building up the house," or the family.

Berkha:
"A fugitive," also means "a he-goat."

Bona Dea:
"The good goddess" of Rome whose mysteries were celebrated by women in extreme secrecy.

Brahm:
From the Hebrew, Rahm.

Cannibal:
From the Chaldean Cahna-bal, "Priest of Baal." Cahna is emphatic form of Cahn, "a priest."

Cardinal:
From the word cardo, "a hinge." Hence, cardinal, "priests of the hinge."

Cecrops:
Founder of Athens, 1500 BC.

Ceres:
Greek and Roman goddess. The same as Isis. Worshipped as "the Mother of Corn. She was the mother of He-Siri, "the seed,," more frequently known in Assyria as "Bar," "the Seed," or "the corn." Worshipped by most for giving them corn for nourishment of their bodies, but those initiated into the mysteries adored her for the gift of heavenly food that nourished their souls.

Centaur:
In Chaldee is Kentaur (the c is hard, and so k), from kehn, "a "priest," and tor, "to go around"; meaning "priest of the revolver." {SEE: Definitions / Sun}

Centaurus:
Same as Kronos ,or Saturn. Represented the same as the astrological sign Saggitarius, "the archer." {SEE: Definitions/ Khons; Consus}

Chaos:
"God of confusion," by laws of Chaldaic pronunciation, Chaos is simply a form of Chus, or Cush. Also, khus pronounced khawos/khaos.

Chon:
Or Khon, means "lamentar."

Cush:
{SEE: Definitions / ChaosCup}

Consus:
A Latin god, "the god of hidden counsels," or "the concealer of secrets" looked upon as patron of horsemanship and said to have produced the horse. Also identified with Neptune. {SEE: Definitions / Khons}

Consus:
[Latin] Latin god of horse-races. {SEE: Definitions/ Khons}

Cup:
In sacred language of the mysteries the name of a cup is Khus. {SEE: Definitions / Chaos}

Cuth:
It is well known that the name Cush is often found as Cuth. In certain dialects this becomes Cuath. {SEE: Definitions / Khuth}

Cyclops:
Also, kuclops, from khuk, "king," and lohb, "flame. This god, or creature was portrayed as having three eyes; one in the forehead

Dabar:
[Chaldean] Signifies "bee"; also "word." Before Jesus came to earth, Rev. Hislop says, "the ancient Jews commonly spoke of the Messiah, or the son of God , under the name of Dabar, or the 'word'." 1 Samuel 3:1 says "the word of the lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision," and 3:21, "And the Lord spake to Samuel by the word of the Lord."

Dagon:
A fish-god of the Philistines and the Babylonians. Jerome calls him, "the fish of sorrow." The same as Janus. In the Babylonian Mysteries he was the incarnation of Noah. {SEE: Definitions /Janus}

Dero:
The same as Zero in later Chaldee.

Despoina:
Greek Domina, "the lady."

Deucalion:
A name connected with the Flood, a term used by water-worshippers. Dukh-kalien means "to purify by washing." From dukh, "to wash," and khaleh, "to complete" or "perfect."

Deva:
From the Chaldee Thov; a Sanskrit word. Generic name for "God" in India akin in meaning to Brahm. From the Sanskrit Div.

Dionysus:
From the Chaldee, DVon-nusu-s, "the sin-bearer."

Div:
(Also, Shiv) Sanskrit; means "to shine," from the Chaldee Ziv.

Domina:
[Latin] "Lady."

Eanus:
{SEE: Definition / Janus}

Ebn Hatul:
[Chaldean] "The stone bound in swaddling band," found in many myths and legends. A similar Chaldean word Ebn-Hat-tul signifies "a sin-bearing son." FromHat or Hata, "sin," and tul or ntl, "to support."

El-Bar:
[Hebrew] "God the Son," name under which Ninus was worshipped in Babylon. Under this very name Berosus, the Chaldean Historian, names El-bar second in the list of Babylonian sovereigns. Also in Ninevah he was known under this name. In Egypt he was known as simply Bar. Bar meaning "son"; El meaning "God." In Chaldean this becomes Ala-Bar; Greek becomes Ala-Par.

Enos:
Also, Innus. Ancient Raman name of Pan, a generic name for fallen man.

Er-Rahman:
From the Hebrew Rahm. Turkish title for "The All-Merciful One."

EssNn:
"King-bee," name of the chief priest of the Ephesian Diana. {SEE: Definitions / Dabar}

Ichor:
The bards of classical Greece used the word ichor when they referred to the blood of a divinity, showing their remembrance of the virtue of "the blood of God."In Chaldean the word ichor signifies "The precious thing."

Indra:
"King of the gods" and god of the rain. Another form of Vishnu.

Innus:
Also, Enos, ancient Roman name of Pan, a generic name for fallen man.

Ish-nuh:
{SEE: Defintitions / Vishnu}

Isis:
Greek form of H' isha, the woman.

Janus:
"The god of the gods," says of himself, "The ancients...called me Chaos." Proper name is Eanus. In ancient Chaldee E-anush signifies "the man, this name was applied to the Babylonian messiah to identify him with the promised seed of the woman. The Egyptian form is Ph'anesh. Represented as a two-headed god, "who had lived in two worlds."

Jsha:
"The woman."

Juno:
"Queen of Heaven," signifies "the Lady"; which in Greekis Hera, "The dove" {SEE: Definitions/ Ops}

Juno Covella:
"The dove that binds with cords." On certain occasions, Romans combined their goddess' titles of Juno and Khubele; hence, Juno Covello.

Kamut:
In Egypt: "husband of his mother." The name that Linus, or Osiris known as when referred to as "husband of his mother."

Kentaur:
[Chaldean] Also, Centaur (the c is hard, and so k), from kehn, "a priest," and tor, "to go around"; meaning "priest of the revolver." {SEE: Definitions/ Sun; Centauras}

Khans:
[Egyptian] "the huntsman." Comes from a word that signifies "to chase." {SEE: Definitions/ Consuls; Khans}

Kheber:
[Arabic] Also gheber, "The mighty one." In Chaldean the word is Aakbar. In Turkish and some other Eastern dialects became akbar, as in the Moslem saying "Allar Akbar," meaning "God is Great." (Synonym: Abir)

Khesa or Khesha:
[Chaldean] "gathering in grapes," and "fortifying," or more accurately, "to render inaccessible," from, BA, meaning "in," and tar, meaning "to compass."

Khubby:
signifies both "bind with cords," and also, "to travail in birth."

Khubele:
"The binder with cords," pronounced Sybil.

Khaki-hold:
"King of the world." Name of Nimrod as the universal king, as such his symbol was the bull's horn. (Example: "the cuckold's horn")

Kissios:
Greek name for Ivy and one of the names of Bacchus. From the Chaldean word khesa.

Kon:
Or Con. Means "laminator."

Kronos:
"The horned one." From krn, "a horn." Krn, the verb which kronnos comes from, signifies either "to put forth horns," or "to send forth rays of light." Nimrod was deified as "the horned one," and this name/title stuck in referenceto "the shiner" or "the light-giver."

Kuanyin:
Pagan mother goddess of the Chinese of Canton.

Khuth:
Or Khuath, Chaldean form of the Hebrew Khus, meaning "a cup."

Lakshmi:
"Mother of the Universe" of India. The consort of Vishnu, known for her gracious, and genial manners.

Lateinos:
[Greek] In the Latin form, Latium Latinus, and Lateo, means "to lie hid." From the Chaldean word Lat, "to lie hid." In Latopols, today Esneh, a city in Egypt, the fish Latus was worshipped beside the Egyptian MinervaApollo's mother-wife in Greek was called Leto, or in Doric, Lato, feminine of Lat. The Roman name signifies "the lamenter of Lat." In Borrow's Gypsies in Spain, or Zincali, vol. ii. p.113, "This image grim, whose name was LAUT, Bold Mahmoud found when he took Sumnaut." Virgil makes Latinus the 3rd in descent from Saturn and contemporary with Eneas (Eneid, lib. vii. 11 pp. 45-49)

Leukothea:
Also, leukothoe. Has a double meaning, derived from lukhoth, "to light" or "set on fire"; or lukoth, "to glean."

Lucifer:
A son of Aurora.

Ma Tsoopo:
[Chinese] "holy mother," from Ama Tzupah, "gazing mother." Same as Shing Moo, in the province of Fuh-kien. Mu is a form of Mut or Maut, name of a mother-goddess in Egypt, and shngh in Chaldee means "to look" or "gaze."

Mahozim:
Also, Mauzzim. Signifies "munitions," or "fortifications."

Mamacona:
"Mother-Priestess." This word is almost pure Hebrew, from ama, "a mother"; and cohn, "priest."

Mars:
Also, Mavors. "The causer of rebellion." Roman form of the Chaldean Mar or Mavor, the rebel. Known as Momrs among the Oscans of Italy. Meaning

Maut:
Egyptian goddess-mother, Khons was her son. She wore a vulture's head-dress. {See: Definitions / Rhea}

Mavors:
Also, Mars. "The causer of rebellion." Roman form of the Chaldean Mar or Mavor, the rebel; also known as Momrs among the Oscans of Italy.

Melissa:
"A bee," the sweetener, or producer of sweetness, from mltz, "to be sweet." Melissa, a common name of the priestesses of Cybele. {SEE: Definitions/ Mylitta}

Melitta:
"The Mediatrix," the feminine form of Melitz, a "mediator," which in Chaldee becomes melitt. The word melitz is used in the book of Job and translated to mean interpreter. Melitta is a title under which Semiramis was worshipped in Babylon in the "unbloody sacrifice."

Melkart:
From Melek-kart, "king of the walled city," kir, the same as the Welsh Caer, signifies "an encompassing wall," or a "city completely walled around."

Memnon:
"Son of the spotted one."

Merodach:
"The Great Rebel." From Mered "to rebel" and Dakh, "the Great."

Mighty:
In the Greek Septuagint, translated in Egypt, the term mighty as is used in Gen. in references to Nimrod is also the ordinary name of a Giant.

Minerva:
[Egyptian] the lady.

Mithra:
Title that Tammuz was worshipped under his role of "mediator." Depicted in sculpture as a lion with a bee in his mouth {SEE: Definitions / Dabar}

Mizraim:
Scriptural name for Lord of Egypt. Evidently from the name of a son of Ham and grandson of Noah. In the Hebrew of Genesis is Metzrim. Metzr-im signifies the "enclosure or embanker of the sea"; the word being derived from im the same as yam, "the sea," and tzr, "to enclose" with formative "m" prefixed.

Molk-Gheber:
"The mighty king." Origin of the name Moloch mentioned in the Bible.

Moloch:
"King." From the word Molk.

Momis:
Also, Moumis. "The spotted one." {SEE: Definitions / Nimr}

Moneta:
The emphatic form of a Chaldean word meaning an "image."

Muftis:
The Turkish "interpreters" of the Koran. From the same verb muftis comes, also miftah, "a key."

Mulciber:
(Common spelling) The Roman "c" is hard. From the epithet gheber. The Parsees, or fire-worshippers of India are still calledGhebers. {See: Definitions / Ghebers}

Muth:
Death. Son of Rheia and Kronos.

Mylitta:
From mhz, "to be sweet"; in Greek is Mulitta, signifies "the Mediatrix." The Hebrew melitz, is in Chaldee melitt. The feminine of melitz is melitza from which comes melissa, "a bee."

Myrionymus:
Goddess with "ten thousand names." (Note: Any relationship to the word myriad?)

Narcissus:
"Child of Cush." In Greek, Narkissos. Naar signifies "child" and kissos, "Cush."

Nebo:
Babylonian god. The prophetic god attributed as leader of the cause which brought about the division of tongues.

Nebrod:
Greek name for Nimrod, found in Greek Septuagint.

Nebros:
Means "spotted fawn" emblem of the Bacchus of Greece.

Nimr:
Leopard.

Nimrod:
Signifies "the subduer of the leopard" from nimr, and rada or rad, "to subdue." (Note: the normal definition of Nimrod has to do with rebellion or revolt)

Ninevah:
From Nin-nevah meaning "the habitation of Ninus." (Note: Major part of the ruins of Ninevah are called Nimroud to this day}

Ninus:
[Hebrew] From nin, a son.

Nor:
[Chaldean] A child.

Nun:
[Chaldean] "The son." In Chaldea is either Nin or Non. Same as Ninus. The feminine form of Non, "a son," is Nonna, "a daughter"; which is the Popish canonical name for a Nun, and Nonnus in like manner was in early times the designation for a monk in the East.

Nur:
In Chaldean Nour signifies "birth. Nur cakes are "birth-cakes."

Oannes:
[Greek] A fish-god. Probably from He-anesh, "the man." Compare to the Irish conversion of H' into O', i.e., H'Brien, intoO'Brien.

Omorka:
"The mother of the world." From am, "mother," and arka, "earth." The first letter, aleph, in both words often pronounced as o.Am, "mother," comes from am "to support," pronounced omOma, "mother" is one of the names of Bona Dea.

Ophiani
Or Ophites: Serpent-worship. Cult of professing Christians who heretically held to the doctrine that Christ was the "seed of the serpent," the same as the pagan messiah.

Ophthalmitis:
Title of Minerva, or Athena in Greece; goddess of "the eye."

Ops:
"The flutterer." Blasphemous name of goddess/holy spirit of the mysteries.

Oro:
Tahitian god of war. Horus ,or Orus, of Egypt, the son of Osiris, also is a god of war.

Orpheus:
Synonym for Bel. {SEE: definition / orv}

Orv:
[Hebrew] In Chaldee becomes orph signifying "to mix" and also "a willow-tree." Among the Greeks Orpheus symbolized as a willow-tree.

Osiris:
Greek form of He-siri, "the seed." Plutarch recorded that "Osiris was black," and that his son, Horus, "was of a fair complexion"

Ouranos:
From aor, or our, "light, and an, "to act upon" or "produce"; meaning "the enlightener" or "the shiner." Sanchuniathon called Ouranos the son of Elioun, which may be interpreted as "the most high."

P'ouro:
Name of the sun, identified with Royal serpentP'ouro signifies both "the fire, and "the king." From this comes the epithet "Purros the 'fiery' is given to the 'Great seven-Crowned Serpent'. Note, the word purros does not exclude the idea of "red," because the sun-god was painted red to identify him with Moloch, the god of fire and blood.

Pan:
"He who turns aside." Generic name for fallen man.

Parsees:
The fire-worshippers of India.

Peter:
In primitive Chaldea, not the Apostle, but the pagan Peter who had the keys to the Mysteries of Janus and Cybele.

Petr:
In Egypt petr was "the grand interpreter." From ptr, "to show."

Pharoah:
Title of the Pontiff-Kings of Egypt. The Egyptian form of the Hebrew word He-Roe. In Genesis pharoah in Hebrew is phe-roe. Pheis the Egyptian definite article. It was not shepherd-kings that the Egyptians abhorred, but Roi-Tzan, "Shepherds of cattle." {SEE: Definitions / Hero}

Pitho:
Or Pitys. The wife of Pan. From the verb puth or pet, meaning "to beguile." {See: Definitions/ Python}

Pitys:
[See: Definitions / Pitho; Python]

Phoroneus:
Has many meanings, generally means "to cast off," but the pertinent meaning is "apostate." Also signifies "to set free." The sons of Noah that were not infected by the heresies of the apostatcy called him Phoroneus, or "Apostate," at the same time Nimrod's own followers called him by the same name, but they meant "deliverer" or "emancipator." From Pharo, also pronounced Pharang, or Pharong, meaning "to cast off," "to make naked," "apostasize," "to set free." {SEE: Definition / Feronia; Theseus}

Pluto:
(A synonym for Saturn) From the word lut, "to hide"; with the Egyptian prefix becomes P'lut.

Priest:
In Chaldee is spelt khn, different dialects supply the vowel to make it kohn, kahn, or kehn.

Pyracmon:
"The purifying burner." One of the 3 Cyclops in Virgil's, Enid. From pur the Chaldean form of bur, "to purify" and Akmon, "the burner."

Python:
Name of the serpent. From the verb puth or pet, meaning "to beguile." {See: Definitions / Pitys}

Rada:
"To subdue." Also, rad.

Rahm:
"The merciful," or "compassionate one" also signifies the "womb" as the seat of compassion.

Rekh:
From Egypt, name of the "pure or purifying spirit." Also, "spittle." Spittle was the mystical symbol of the "Spirit" in the Mysteries. {SEE: Definition / Rikh}

Rhea:
In the active sense signifies "the gazing woman"; in the passive "the woman gazed at," i.e., "the beauty." Also signifies, in one of its meanings, a vulture.

Rikh:
Signifies "a sweet smell" or "odor of sweetness." The similarity of this word rikh to rekh accounts for how and why spittle in pagan and today's Roman Catholic ceremonies is equated with a sweet odor. {SEE: Definitions / Rekh]

Rome:
The original name for Rome was Saturnia, "the city of Saturn."

Rosary:
Possibly from the Chaldean word ro, meaning "thought"; and, shareh, "director"; a "thought-director." {SEE: Symbols / Rosary; Sacred Heart}

Rosh-Gheza:
In memory of the mutilation that Nimrod's body went thru at his death, he was called Rosh-Gheza, "the mutilated prince." Rosh-Gheza also signifies "clipped or shaved head."

Royal:
An adjective derived from the article Roe meaning "a shepherd." The word roe is the origin of the French word roi, "a king," from whence the adjective royal, and from ro which signifies "act the shepherd." Frequently pronounced reg; with "sh" affixed, meaning "he who is" or "who does." In turn comes regsh,"he who acts the shepherd," origin of the Latin Rex or Regal.

Sacca:
[Babylonian] Title of the goddess mother as the dwelling place of god. In the emphatic, Sactya, "the Tabernacle." Goddesses of India represented as wielding power of the gods they represent are called "Sacti."

Sacta:
{SEE: Definitions / Sacca}

Sacti:
[India] {SEE: Definitions / Sacca}

Saros:
[Babylonian] Name for a great cycle of time. Probable origin of the Chaldee word zer, "to encompass."

Satan:
{SEE: Definition/ Teitan}

Saturn:
"The hidden god." In Chaldee pronounced Satur, but is spelt stur. Note how close the Chaldee pronunciation Satur is to the "Dance of the Satyrs." The Babylonian fire-god, who is, although an infernal god, identified also, as Phoroneus, the "deliverer." The Latin and, Roman "god of the mysteries."

Saturnalia:
A festival that celebrated the birth of Saturn.

Satyrs:
Companions of Bacchus and "danced along with him" [Elion Hist. p.22] referring to the Satyric Dance. Remember Bacchus referred to as "bull-horned." The Satyrs also had their horns and it would seem that the Satyric Dance is a counterpart of the American Indian Buffalo Dance, in imitation of the Satyric "horned-divinities."

Semele:
[Babylonian] "The image." Name of the Babylonian goddess.

Seth:
"The appointed one." Synonymous to Shem.

Shem:
"The appointed one." Also signifies "to desolate," or "lay waste."

Shemesh:
[Early Chaldean] "The servant."

Shinar:
"The land of the regenerator." From, shene, "to repeat," and naar, "childhood."

Shing Moo:
[Chinese] "Holy mother." Same as Ma Tsoopo, in the province of Fuh-kien. From Ama Tzupah, "gazing mother." Mu is a form of Mutor Maut, name of a mother-goddess in Egypt, and shngh, in Chaldee, signifies "to look" or "gaze."

Shiv:
Form of the word Div.

Shur:
[Hebrew] Name for a bull, or a ruler.

Soma:
Or Som in India. The name for the moon.

Spittle:
{SEE: Definition /Rekh}

Succoth-Benoth:
"The tabernacle of child-bearing." Often thought to be plural, referring to booths or tabernacles used for infamous purposes.

Sun:
In early Chaldean, Shemesh, meaning "the servant." The name Tor, "the revolver," in reference to the sun is a synonym of the Greek Zen or Zan applied to Jupiter which signifies "the encircler" or "encompasser." Origin of the word sun. In Anglo-Saxon,sunna, and in Egypt the term snnus refers to the sun's orbit. Hebrew zon or zawon, to "encircle" becomes in Chaldee don ordawon.

Surya:
In Hinduism, is god incarnate of the sun. Is the sun.

Suttee:
Title bestowed on a widow in India who burns herself on her husband's funeral pyre.

Tammuz:
"Perfecting fire." "To perfect," "to purify." A sun-god; god of fire.From tam, "to make perfect," and muz, "fire." (Note: Recorded in a Zoroastrian verse, "All things are the progeny of one fire. The father perfected all things, and delivered them to the second mind, whom all nations of men call the first." The fire is the father of all, and the 2nd mind is obviously the child who replaced Nimrod.) Spoken of in Ezekial. Commonly called Bacchus among classical writers. {SEE: Definitions / Adonis}

Taurus:
From The Chaldean word tur. {SEE: Definitions / Tur}

Teitan:
Satan's name among the Devil-Worshippers of Kurdistan is Sheitan, which is from the Chaldean Teitan. The Chaldean language often transforms the "sh" or "s" into "t." (Examples: Hebrew shekel and Chaldean tekel; Hebrew seraphim and Chaldean teraphim, the Babylonian counterfeit of the heavenly Cherubim or Seraphim.)

Thalasius:
Roman god of marriage. Thelatti, means "belonging to the rib," and with the Roman termination becomes Thalatthius or "Thalasius, the man of the rib," i.e., Adam.

Thalatth:
"The rib." Chaldean form of the Hebrew word, tzalaa, in the feminine. Tzaloa is the word used in Genesis that is translated asrib in the KJV. Thalatta is one of the names referring to the Babylonian goddess.

Thav:
[Chaldean] "Good." Also, pronounced Thev, and emphatic in Theva, or Thevo; "the good."

Theseus:
Seems to have come from nthes, meaning "to loosen." (Note: the temple ofTheseus, at Athens was a sanctuary for slaves and others fleeing persecution "in memory of Theseus, while he lived, was an assister and protector of the distressed." -Potter. vol. i. p. 36.) {SEE: Definition / Feronia; Phoroneus}

Thoune:
"The lamented goddess." A synonym for Bacchus, "the lamented god." Feminine form of Thouneus. Thyoneus in Latin. From the passive participle of thn, "to lament."

Thusht:
"To loosen," or "set loose," "to free." The root being the Chaldee, nthsh, from which the initial "n" has been dropped.

Tid:
[Scandinavian] "Time." Hence, Hoeg-tid, "festival time."

Titania:
Rites of Teitan, which have a prominent place in the Mysteries of Egypt and Greece. {SEE: Definition / Teitan}

Tur:
[Chaldean] Same as shur. In Latin, becomes Taurus.

Typho:
"The evil one." Different individuals in Egypt were called Typho, but one of the most noted called by this title was Seth. {SEE: Definition / Seth}

Typhon:
The malignant Serpent or Dragon, universally regarded as the Devil, author of all wickedness.
Vishnu:
"The man Noah," or "the man of rest." A god of India, known as the preserver or saviour of men, worshipped as the great Victim-Man. Sanskrit form of the Chaldee Ish-nuh. Hindu god of which all Avatars are presented as crowned with a 3 point coronet.

Yezidis:
Devil worshippers of Koordistan.

Yule:
From Chaldean, meaning "infant," or "little child."

Zer:
[Chaldean] To encompass.

Z'emir-amit:
The branch-bearer

Zernebogus:
Pagan Anglo-Saxon god, described as "black, malevolent, ill-omened Divinity." From the Chaldean, Zer-Nebo-Gus denoting "the seed of the prophet Cush."

Zeira:
Greek form of the Chaldean zero. Also, became in Greek zoro. For example zuro-ashta became zuroaster.

Zero:
In Chaldee "the Seed." A circle in Chaldee was zero, or zer.

Zero-asta:
"The seed of the woman," name also signifies Ignigena, or "born of the fire."

Ziera:
Means a zone or enclosing band. A Greek word from the Chaldean zer, to encompass, and zero, "the seed." Also pronounced zeraa, becoming ziera.

Ziera Kissou:
[Greek] Meaning either a "band or circlet of Ivy" or "the seed of Cush." From Ziera and Kissoi.

Ziv:
[Chaldean] "Brightness" or "splendor"

Zor-adas:
"The only seed," also, Zoroadus or Zorades.

Zoroaster:
Originally speaking of God's promise of the "seed of a woman," corrupted by the Babylonian religious system which was used by Semiramis as the means to deify her son. Because Ashta also signifies fire, came to be the origin of the fireworshippers, or the worshippers of "the seed of fire."

Zuhro:
(Or zuhre) "The shiner." In Chaldee, zhr, "to shine." Used in the participle active, The priesthood prompted the meaning to encompass the idea of zuro, "the seed."

Zuro-asha:
"Seed of the woman," also known as Zeroastes.



Source of Definitions:

Hislop, Rev. Alexander. The Two Babylons; or the Papal Worship: Proved to be the Worship of Nimrod and His Wife. Loizeaux Brothers: Neptune, New Jersey. 1959.

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Publisher: Zondervan; Supesaver ed. edition (September 1, 2001)

Zondervan Pictorial Encylopedia of the Bible, Vols. 1-5
Zondervan Pictorial Encylopedia of the Bible, Vols. 1-5 The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible (5 Volume Set)

From the Back Cover

The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, the result of more than ten years of research and preparation, provides Bible students with a comprehensive and reliable library of information. Varying viewpoints of scholarship permit a well-rounded perspective on significant issues relating to doctrines, themes, and biblical interpretation. Well-organized and generously illustrated, this encyclopedia will become a frequently used resource and reference work because of its many helpful features: - More than 5,000 pages of vital information of Bible lands and people - More than 7,500 articles alphabetically arranged for easy reference - Hundreds of full-color and black-and-white illustrations, charts, and graphs - Thirty-two pages of full-color maps and hundreds of black-and-white outline maps for quick perspective and ready reference - Scholarly articles ranging across the entire spectrum of theological and biblical topics, backed by recent archaeological discoveries - Two hundred and thirty-eight contributors from around the world. The editors have brought to this encyclopedia the fruit of many years of study and research.

About the Author

Merrill C. Tenney was professor of theological studies and dean of the Graduate school of Theology at Wheaton College.

Hardcover: 5 volume set More than 5,000 pages
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing House; Second Printing edition (March 15, 1975)

HarperColins Bible Dictionary
HarperColins Bible Dictionary HarperCollins Bible Dictionary

The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary puts the latest and most comprehensive biblical scholarship at your fingertips. Here is everything you need to know to fully understand the Old Testament, the Apocrypha, and the New Testament. An unparalleled resource, The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary explains every aspect of the Bible, including biblical archaeology, culture, related writings such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Bible‘s influence on Western civilization, biblical history, theological concepts, modern biblical interpretations, flora nad fauna, climate and environment, crafts and industry, the content of individual books of the bible, and more.

The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary features:

  • Contributions by 193 noted experts on the Bible and the ancient Near East
  • More than 3700 entries covering the Bible from A to Z
  • Outlines for each book of the Bible
  • 590 black–and–white photographs
  • 53 color photographs
  • An updated pronunciation guide
  • 72 black–and–white maps
  • 18 color maps
  • Dozens of drawings, diagrams, and tables

About the Author

Paul J. Achtemeier is Professor of Biblical Interpretation at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. A widely respected authority on the Bible, he is the author or co-author of 14 books, former editor of the quarterly Interpretation, and New Testament editor of the Interpretation Biblical Commentary Series. Professor Achtemeier has also been chief executive officer and president of the Society of Biblical Literature, and president of the Catholic Biblical Association.

The Editorial Board of the revised edition of The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary includes associate editors; Roger S. Boraas, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Religion, Uppsala College; Michael Fishbane, Ph.D., Nathan Cummings Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Chicago Divinity School; Pheme Perkins, Ph.D., Professor of Theology (New Testament), Boston College; and William O. Walker, Jr., Ph.D., Professor of Religion, Trinity University.

The Society of Biblical Literature is a seven-thousand-member international group of experts on the Bible and related fields. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Amazon.com Review

For the maps alone, this book is worth it. Following 1,250 pages that describe and explain the people, places, terms, and events of the Bible from Aaron to Zurishaddai, the 16 spectacular maps detail the political entities and boundaries of biblical times, bringing the historic times to vivid life. A fascinating book, an impressive collection of scholarship, and a possession to cherish, the 188 contributors and five editors show what can be produced if you don't cut corners on excellence. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Hardcover: 1178 pages
Publisher: HarperOne; Rev Upd Su edition

Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary Old and New Testament

Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary Old and New Testament Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary Old and New Testament

A Nelson exclusive. Study the meaning of biblical words in the original languages-without spending years learning Greek or Hebrew. This classic reference tool has helped thousands dig deeper into the meaning of the biblical text. Explains over 6,000 key biblical words. Includes a brand new comprehensive topical index that enables you to study biblical topics more thoroughly than ever before.

Hardcover: 1184 pages
Publisher: Thomas Nelson; 2nd Edition edition (August 26, 1996)


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