Nelson's Student Bible Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Understanding the World of the Bible

Nelson's Student Bible Dictionary presents nearly 2,000 definitions of Bible words representing the best in biblical scholarship, in a convenient and colorful design.

A portable and engaging sourcebook of biblical information that is accurate, thorough, dependable, and easy to understand. Entries covering the essential people, places, things, events, and doctrines of the Bible make it the perfect Bible dictionary for students of all ages. Photographs, illustrations, charts, maps, and topical entries make Bible study fun.

Features include:

• Alphabetically arranged articles and definitions with visual guides to the Bible and references to similar entries.
• Relevant verse references in each entry.
• Full-color photographs, tables, charts, maps, and diagrams that illustrate Bible teachings and life in Bible times.
• Full Bible history chart for visual learners.
• Easy-to-use study and teaching outlines for every book of the Bible.
• Key words in each article based on the New King James Version of the Bible, with variant names from five additional translations fully cross-referenced.

Nelson's Student Bible Dictionary is perfect for Bible students, Sunday School teachers, and ministers wanting a handy reference resource; as well as those looking for a great gift to celebrate a graduation, birthday, or other milestone event.

NOTE: Quotations are from the NKJV, but the dictionary includes references from five additional translations—the King James Version (KJV), the New American Standard Bible (NASB), the Revised English Bible (REB), the New International Version (NIV), and the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV). It can be used with any modern English translation of the Bible.

Dr. Ronald Youngblood is a graduate of Valparaiso University (BA), Fuller Theological Seminary (BD), and the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (PhD). He has served as professor of Old Testament at Bethel Seminary in St. Paul, Wheaton Graduate School, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Bethel Seminary in San Diego, and is currently serving in the same capacity at International College and Graduate School in Honolulu. He is an associate editor of the NIV Study Bible; author of 1 and 2 Samuel in the Expositor's Bible Commentary series; and a co-translator and co-editor of the Holy Bible, New International Version. He has also edited and/or written ten other volumes, including Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary, for which he was awarded the Gold Medallion Book Award by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. He serves as chairman of the board of directors of International Bible Society and frequently engages in preaching and teaching ministries at home?

F. F. Bruce (1910-1990) was Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at the University of Manchester. Trained as a classicist, Bruce authored more than 50 books on the New Testament and served as the editor for the New International Commentary on the New Testament from 1962 until his death in 1990.