Chapter 1 Editor's Foreword Chapter 2 Reader's Notes Chapter 3 Preface: How to Read the Old Testament Historically – How to Read This Dictionary Chapter 4 Chronology Chapter 5 Abbreviations Chapter 6 THE DICTIONARY Chapter 7 Bibliography Chapter 8 About the Author
Niels Peter Lemche is professor of theology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is the author of ten books and founder and editor of the Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament. Dr. Lemche has received many grants and was head of the Copenhagen Dead Sea Scrolls Initiative until 1999.
The solid entries on ancient Israel, varied appropriately in detail
from 'Aaran' to 'Zipporah' and 'Zobah', 'administration',
'fortifications' or 'Ugarit', are accompanied by a long
bibliography in eight sections including 33 subsections. The
preface provides a succinct historical framework.
*Antiquity*
In sum, this work is a radical attempt by the author to balance and
correct biblical historiography by providing descriptions of who's
who and what's what in the Hebrew Bible.
*American Reference Books Annual*
Recommended....useful for libraries with large theological or
ancient historical collections.
*CHOICE*
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