![]() ![]() These concrete pictures with their hidden force have struck sharp and lasting impressions on our minds. To aid readers, extensive references for further study are provided, along with an index to all verses containing references to these plants, which enables the reader to quickly locate the plant of interest in its textual setting.Ī Christianity Today 1999 Book of the Year!Every reader of the Bible has encountered the powerful, comforting and sometimes puzzling imagery of Scripture. In addition, the book surveys the history of Bible plant literature from the time of the Greeks and Romans to the present and reviews and correlates it with Bible plant hermeneutics. Based on these materials, Musselman provides several new plant identifications for controversial biblical passages. Incorporating new research on their use, the text also reviews recent analytical studies of plants used in materials and technology as well as ancient grains, beer production, medicine, tensile materials, soap, and other articles. The book draws on Lytton John Musselman's extensive field investigations from Beirut to Borneo and from the Atlas to the Zagros mountains and includes his original images of each plant. This book describes and illustrates each plant mentioned in the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha. This A to Z dictionary includes more than *1,700 full-color pages *400 color illustrations, maps, and photos *5,000 articles by leading evangelical scholars The Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary is an informative, colorful, and easy-to-understand resource that will be an indispensable reference for your own personal study or in preparation for teaching. Its articles cover theological topics, biblical words, biblical imagery, and historical topics. It contains articles on major topics as well as places and people, even if they just appear in a single verse in the Bible. This comprehensive dictionary intends to help people read the Bible with increased understanding and confidence. ![]() For example, the places named in the Bible can seem strange, and the number of people mentioned is virtually countless. If we are honest, though, the Bible is not always easy to understand. Thus the importance of the Bible for our spiritual formation cannot be overstated. In the pages of the Bible, we come to know God through Jesus Christ. ![]()
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