Harper's Bible Dictionary

Harper's Bible Dictionary

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name = Harper's Bible Dictionary
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author = Paul J. Achtemier
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country = United States
language = English
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subject = Bible studies
genre = Non-fiction
publisher = Harper and Row
pub_date = 1985
media_type = Print (Hardback)
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isbn = ISBN 0060698632
oclc = 12262764
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Harper's Bible Dictionary is a scholarly reference book of the Bible, containing the texts of the Old Testament, the Apocrypha, and the New Testament. It is written by 180 members of the Society of Biblical Literature, edited by Paul J. Achtemier, and containing 3500 articles and 400 photographs.

It has a LCC of BS 440.H237. [ [http://library.furman.edu/resources/subject/relig/religref.htm Religion Resources] ]

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