Bible, Religion and Theology: Yale Anchor Bible Dictionary and Commentaries

The most extensive Bible dictionary ever created:

• With over 7 million words of authoritative content, the Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary remains the gold standard reference for Biblical Studies. It is an unprecedented interfaith exploration of the Bible that is interdisciplinary in scope
• The first major Bible dictionary to be published in America in 30 years that includes six volumes of approximately 1,200 pages each
• More than 6,000 entries, 7,000,000 words, and nearly 1,000 contributors
• Endpaper maps of the Near Eastern world keyed to text for quick location of archaeological and biblical sites
• Articles on pseudepigraphic and apocryphal texts, Nag Hammadi tractates, and individual Dead Sea Scrolls, including the most recently published sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls as well as articles illustrating the literary artistry of the biblical text
• A richness of information unequaled in the history of biblical studies

Edited by David Noel Freedman

Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries span over 89 volumes and is one of the most trusted and long-running scholarly commentaries series for Biblical Studies scholars. This prestigious commentary series represents the pinnacle of biblical scholarship.

• Draws from the wisdom and resources of Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish scholars from around the world.
• Includes a book-by-book translation and exegesis of the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Apocrypha to make available all the significant historical and linguistic knowledge which bears on the interpretation of the Bible