W. R. F. Browning
2,000 entries
This absorbing dictionary includes entries on the books of the Bible, customs, religions and worship, history, and theology, important places, and personalities. Providing clear explanations of technical terms, methods of interpretation, and critical analysis, as well as notes on leading biblical scholars and their contributions, it is also concerned with denominational interpretations of the themes and doctrine of the Bible.
The edition is fully updated, and features new entries on important figures and topics including: Augustine, Raymond Brown, chief priests, cynics, Marie Lagrange, liberal theology, Masoretes, Roman Catholic modernism, and Presentation of Jesus.
W. R. F. Browning is a former lecturer in New Testament Studies at Cuddesdon College, Oxford.
Revised Edition
ISBN: 019860890X
Publishing history: First published 1996 by Oxford University Press. First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback 1997. Reissued with new covers 2004
