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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. Includes entries on Hebrew Bible figures such as Cain and Abel, Noah and Methuselah, Abraham and Isaac, David and Goliath, Solomon and Sheba, Moses...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, N.Y. :
Oxford University Press,
©2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. Includes entries on 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. Also covers the New Testament 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. Provides entries on groups of people who figure in the Bible, such as angels, archangels, and demons, the Magi, the tribes of Israel, and women. Looks at significant places of the Bible, both ancient and modern, including 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 374 pages) : 14 color maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-355) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0199891281 9780199891283 9780199760572 0199760578 9780199881925 0199881928 |