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The Oxford companion to the Bible

Consists of a reference work about the people, places, events, books, institutions, religious belief, and secular influence of the Bible. Includes over seven hundred entries, ranging from brief identifications--who is Dives? where is Pisgah?--to extensive interpretive essays on topics such as the influence of the Bible on music or law. Features extended entries on religious concepts from immortality, sin, and grace, to baptism, ethics, and the Holy Spirit. Explores biblical views of modern issues such as homosexuality, marriage, and anti-Semitism, and the impact of the Bible on the secular world (including a four-part article on the Bible's influence on literature)
eBook, English, 1993
Oxford University Press, [New York], 1993
Oxford Scholarly Editions Online
Dictionary
1 online resource
9780199891023, 9780191913709, 0199891028, 0191913707
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Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
English