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The most Comprehensive English language Bible encyclopedia. Pius Library also owns the printed set of 6 volumes which is kept on permanent reserve (available at the circulation desk).
The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible by Katharine Doob Sakenfeld (Editor)
Call Number: Pius Reference BS440 .N445 2006
ISBN: 9780687054275
Publication Date: 2006
The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible in five volumes was published more recently but, although it is a comprehensive reference work, it is not quite as comprehensive as the Anchor Bible Dictionary.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible by Michael D. Coogan (Editor-In-Chief)
Call Number: Pius Reference BS440 .O93 2011
ISBN: 9780195377378
Publication Date: 2011
The two-volume Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible contains almost 120 in-depth entries on each of the canonical books of the Bible, major apocryphal books of the New and Old Testaments, important noncanonical texts, and thematic essays on topics such as canonicity, textual criticism, and translation.
Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical and Post-Biblical Antiquity by Edwin M. Yamauchi; Marvin R. Wilson
Call Number: Pius Reference BS440 .Y37 2014
ISBN: 9781619708617
Publication Date: 2016
The Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical & Post-Biblical Antiquity is unique in its focus on the the manners, customs, and cultural practices of the biblical world.
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