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

by Keith George, George Arthur Buttrick, George Arthur Buttrich

All avenues of biblical inquiry are explored in this comprehensive reference source. Bibliogs. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0687192730
• ISBN13: 9780687192731
• Release Date: January 1962
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Length: 964 Pages
• Weight: 3.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 1.8" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Too much concern with form criticism.

I bought the first four volumes in 1967. I bought the Supplementary volume when it was first published. I use the set often. It has a wealth of knowledge. But, too often basic information about the meaning of the biblical text or biblical themes is short-changed in favor of devoting space to specualtions about form critical topics that yield no useful information. This is especially true in articles related to the Gospels. An index to help the user find discussions of particular Greek or Hebrew words could be helpful. Still, this is a classic resource and deservedly so.

An Excellent Bible Dictionary

I am a college senior and I used this book to research a large paper. I found this to be a very useful tool. I really like the way the books of the Bible are broken down into different sections. This makes it easy to understand. I also like the way that the book explains something and then gives the specific verse(s) in the Bible it deals with. I really found this to be an excellent and useful book. I looked at several different Bible dictionaries and this one is the best I have found. I highly recommend it.