DICTIONARY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT: HISTORICAL BOOKS
Editors: Bill T. Arnold and Hugh G.M. Williamson
IVP. 1,060 pages. £32.99
ISBN 1 84474 094 9
This book, as its name suggests, is not a book that you read through systematically — though the reviewer found it tempting as he turned the pages!
Inevitably this review has been selective and random in the material assessed. The Dictionary is compiled for the general reader rather than the scholar and so is very accessible. It is not a dictionary of the history of these books, but covers a wide range of topics, including history and archaeology. Experts in the fields are used to give up-to-date and thorough coverage. The articles are generally well referenced, enabling the reader to pursue items at greater depth.
