The Oxford Companion to the Bible - Comprehensive Biblical Reference Book for Study & Research | Perfect for Scholars, Students & Religious Studies

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Easton Press collector’s edition with raised-hubs spine, gilt-decorated leather boards, sewn-in marker, gold-leaf page-edging on all sides, silk moiré endpapers, etc. Blank Easton bookplate affixed to front endpaper. Oversized and overweight. Printed on archival quality paper especially for this edition. It is acid-neutral and conforms to all guidelines established for permanence and durability by the Council of Library Resources and the American National Standards Institute. An authoritative one-volume reference to the people, places, events, books, institutions, religious beliefs, and secular influence of the Bible. Written by more than 250 scholars from some twenty countries in five continents and embracing a wide variety of perspectives, the Companion offers over seven hundred entries. Unlike other Bible dictionaries, the Oxford offers a large number of interpretive essays on classical topics such as immortality, sin, ethics, and the Holy Spirit; it deals with modern issues like homosexuality and anti-Semitism; and it also addresses the effects of the Bible on western civilization. 874 pp with bibliography and index, and 14 color maps of Old and New Testament times with separate index.