The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, An Illustrated Encyclopedia (Volume 4: R-Z)

Volume IV -- In lucid, readable style, this illustrated encyclopedia of modern scholarship is an immediate reference for all Bible students. The Dictionary features:* More than 7500 entries, with many terms not found in earlier works* Full length articles on each book of the Bible, the Apocrypha and other extra-canonical books, including the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Gnostic manuscripts; and on great theological concepts and doctrines of the Bible* Pronunciations, Hebrew or Greek origin, derivatives, variant spellings, identification, and occurrences* 24 pages of maps in full color