Research guides: Bible: Bible Dictionaries

Dictionaries of the Whole Bible

Each of these works includes articles about Biblical persons, places, events, concepts, and institutions. The articles are normally brief; they note the most relevant Scriptural passages, but usually do not include any bibliographies.

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible.
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Edited by David Noel Freedman.
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2000.
For print version locations, see the UofT Library Catalogue.
Similar print only works: The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (edited by Mark Allan Powell) and Catholic Bible Dictionary (edited by Scott Hahn).
The Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary.
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Edited by Tremper Longman III.
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 2013.
Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary.
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Edited by Trent C. Butler.
Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman, 2003.
The Oxford Companion to the Bible.
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Edited by Bruce M. Metzger and Michael D. Coogan.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
For print version locations, see the UofT Library Catalogue.

Dictionaries of Specific Parts of the Bible

Dictionary of the Old Testament - Pentateuch.
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Edited by T. Desmond Alexander and David W. Baker.
Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2003.
For print version locations, see the UofT Library Catalogue.
Dictionary of the Old Testament - Historical Books.
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Edited by Bill T. Arnold and H.G.M. Williamson.
Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2005.
For print version locations, see the UofT Library Catalogue.
Dictionary of the Old Testament - Prophets
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Edited by Mark J. Boda.
Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2012.
For print version locations, see the UofT Library Catalogue.
Dictionary of the Old Testament - Wisdom, Poetry, and Writings.
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Edited by Tremper Longman, III, and Peter Enns.
Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2008.
For print version locations, see the UofT Library Catalogue.
Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels
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Edited by Joel B. Green and Scot McKnight.
Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1992.
For print version locations, see the UofT Library Catalogue.
Dictionary of Paul and His Letters
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Edited by Gerald F. Hawthorne and Ralph P. Martin.
Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1993.
For print version locations, see the UofT Library Catalogue.
Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Developments
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Edited by Ralph P. Martin and Peter H. Davids.
Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1997.
For print version locations, see the UofT Library Catalogue.
Dictionary of New Testament Background.
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Edited by Craig A. Evans and Stanley E. Porter.
Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000.
For print version locations, see the UofT Library Catalogue.