THE
HARPERCOLLINS

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BIBLE

DICTIONARY

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REVISED AND UPDATED
GENERAL EDITOR

MARK ALLAN POWELL

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Barry L. Bandstra

†Lawrence E. Boadt

Joel S. Kaminsky

Amy-Jill Levine

Eric M. Meyers

Jonathan L. Reed

Marianne Meye Thompson

with the Society of Biblical Literature

PREVIOUS EDITIONS

General Editor: Paul J. Achtemeier

Associate Editors: Roger S. Boraas; Michael Fishbane; Pheme Perkins; William O. Walker Jr.