From Literal to Literary: The Essential Reference Book for Biblical Metaphors

The newly updated second edition of this professional reference tool examines over 165 biblical metaphors - 15 of which are new - and includes an index to Hebrew and Greek words, an index of Bible citations, and a pronunciation guide for transliterated Hebrew and Greek words. Will be useful for sermon preparation and Christian education, especially adult Bible study groups.

James Rowe Adams is past president of The Center for Progressive Christianity and a member of both the Honorary Advisory Council for the Canadian Centre for Progressive Christianity and the Advisory Panel for the Faith Futures Foundation, which has offices in the U.S. and Australia. Adams retired from parish ministry in 1996 after serving for nearly thirty years as rector of St. Mark's Church on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Prior to St. Mark's, he served at St. Christopher's Church in Lanham, Maryland -- first as vicar and later as rector. His first post was curate at St. John's Church, Georgetown, in Washington, D.C. He is the author also of So You Think You're Not Religious? A Thinking Person's Guide to the Church (Cowley, 1989) and of So You Can't Stand Evangelism? A Thinking Person's Guide to Church Growth (Cowley, 1994), as well as several earlier publications.