The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Volume 1Geoffrey William Bromiley The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, also known as the ISBE, is an exhaustive Biblical encyclopedia that explains in detail every significant word in the Bible, and also includes historical information from the Apocrypha. It provides detailed information on the language and literature of the Bible world, their cultures and the historical and religious environments of the people of the Bible in articles by nearly 200 scholars. |
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Abimelech Acts Ahaz Alexandria altar Amarna Amorite ancient angels Antiochus Apocalypse Apocrypha apocryphal apostles Arabah Arabia Arabic Aramaic archeology Ashurbanipal Assyrian atonement authority Baal Babylon Babylonian Bible biblical Canaanite cent Christ Christian Church David death divine early Egypt Egyptian Ephesus Epistles Esarhaddon excavated faith father Gentiles Gnostic God's Gospel Gospel of Thomas Greek heaven Hebrew Hittite Holy inscriptions Israel Israelite Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews Josephus Josh Judah king kingdom later literature Lord Luke Macc means mentioned Mesopotamia Moses Palestine Paul Paul's period Persian Peter priest probably prophets Ptolemy reference reign revelation Roman Rome scholars Scripture Semitic Syria temple Testament Theological Tiglath-pileser III tion tradition translated tribe word worship Yahweh
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