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Title The Oxford guide to people & places of the Bible / edited by Bruce M. Metzger, Michael D. Coogan
Published Oxford, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, ©2001
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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 374 pages) : 14 color maps
Summary Provides more than 300 articles that cover everyone from Adam and Eve to Jesus Christ and everywhere from the Garden of Eden to Golgotha and Gethsemane. Includes entries on Hebrew Bible figures such as Cain and Abel, Noah and Methuselah, Abraham and Isaac, David and Goliath, Solomon and Sheba, Moses and Aaron, Naomi and Ruth, and Samson and Delilah. Also covers the New Testament with pieces on Peter and Paul, John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene, the apostles (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), Pontius Pilate and Judas Iscariot, and of course Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Provides entries on groups of people who figure in the Bible, such as angels, archangels, and demons, the Magi, the tribes of Israel, and women. Looks at significant places of the Bible, both ancient and modern, including kingdoms and countries (Egypt, Assyria, Mesopotamia) and cities (Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Sodom and Gomorrah), as well as geographical features such as the Sea of Galilee and Mount Hebron
Analysis mensen
people
religie
religion
handleidingen
guide books
naslagwerken
reference works
bijbel
bible
Religion (General)
Dictionaries - Social Sciences
Religie (algemeen)
Woordenboeken - Sociale wetenschappen
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-355) and indexes
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SUBJECT Bible -- Biography -- Encyclopedias
Bible -- Geography -- Encyclopedias
Bible -- Biography -- Encyclopedias
Bible fast
Subject BIBLES -- General.
RELIGION -- Biblical Reference -- General.
RELIGION -- Biblical Reference -- Handbooks.
Biography
Geography
Mensen.
Plaatsen (geografie)
Genre/Form encyclopedias.
collective biographies.
Biographies
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias.
Biographies.
Encyclopédies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Metzger, Bruce M. (Bruce Manning), 1914-2007.
Coogan, Michael David.
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0199891281
9780199891283
9780199760572
0199760578
9780199881925
0199881928
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