This readable guide to the Bible is full of facts and pictures about the arts, culture, geography, geology, theologies, philosophies, and lifestyles of biblical times and features over 5,000 entries. It contains concise definitions of persons, places, objects and events, summaries of the books of the Bible, black and white maps of the ancient world from the time of Abraham to the height of the Roman Empire, and hundreds of black and white illustrations. This dictionary also includes information about archaeological finds in the Holy Land.
