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050 00 $aBS570$b.O94 2001
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245 04 $aThe Oxford guide to people & places of the Bible /$cedited by Bruce M. Metzger, Michael D. Coogan.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2001.
263 $a0104
300 $axxii, 374 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates :$bmaps ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 1 $a"Offering a wealth of reliable information, The Oxford Guide to People & Places of the Bible 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.".
520 8 $a"Readers will find entries on virtually every major figure who walked across the biblical stage. Here are 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.
520 8 $aThe New Testament is likewise well covered, 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. Articles also define groups who figure in the Bible, such as Angels, Archangels, and Demons, the Magi, the Tribes of Israel, and Women. Entries on the significant places of the Bible, both ancient and modern, include 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.
520 8 $aThe guide includes a detailed index for ease of use, and 14 pages of color maps, providing an accurate, detailed portrait of the biblical world."--BOOK JACKET.
630 00 $aBible$vBiography$vEncyclopedias.
630 00 $aBible$xGeography$vEncyclopedias.
700 1 $aMetzger, Bruce M.$q(Bruce Manning),$d1914-2007.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50031688
700 1 $aCoogan, Michael David.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93028137
852 00 $beuro$hBS570$i.O94 2001