The Oxford companion to the Bible </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Metzger, Bruce Manning</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">(1914-2007)</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">4:4</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Oxford Universiry</publisher> <dateIssued>1993</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">0 e</languageTerm> </language> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">ng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>874tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover</extent> <extent>24cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>The Oxford Companion to the Bible provides an authoritative one-volume reference to the people, places, events, books, institutions, religious belief, and secular influence of the Bible. Written by more than 250 scholars from some 20 nations and embracing a wide variety of perspectives, the Companion offers over seven hundred entries, ranging from brief identifications--who is Dives? where is Pisgah?--to extensive interpretive essays on topics such as the influence of the Bible on music or law.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Bruce Manning Metzger</note> <subject> <topic>The Bible -- Dictionaries</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">220.3</classification> <classification authority="ddc">B886-M60</classification> <identifier type="isbn">0195046455</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/1/27/_8089989576_140.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/1/27/_8089989576_140.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2022-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070501.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>