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Published by Baker Books a division of Baker Publishing Group P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287 www. bakerbooks. com

This book was adapted from The Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics, published in 1999 by Baker Academic.

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Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www. zondervan. com

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Italics in Scripture quotations reflect the author’s emphasis.

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I wish to thank those who gave valuable help in the preparation of this manuscript. My assistants Bill Roach and Joel Paulus have been most helpful. Most of all, I would like to thank my devoted wife, Barbara, for her love, support, sacrifice, and great proofreading skills that made this and all my other volumes possible.

Contents

Cover 1 Title Page 3 Copyright Page 4 Dedication 5

Ab-Al 7 An-An 17 Ap-Ar 23 At-Ay 39

Ba-Be 48 Bi-Bu 51

Ca 64 Ce-Cl 73 Co-Cr 96

Da-De 110 Di-Du 125

Eb-En 129 Ep-Eu 135 Ev 139 Ex 155

Fa-Fi 159 Fl-Fo 173 Fr 180

Ge-Gn 186 Go-Gr 194

Ha-He 214 Hi 227

Ho-Hu 242

Il-Im 255 In-Is 262

Ja-Je 268 Jo-Ju 278

Ka 287 Ki 295 Ku 300

La-Le 302 Li-Lu 309

Ma-Me 316 Mi 322 Mo 360 Mu-My 366

Na 380 Ne 383 Ni-No 401

Ob-Ol 405 On-Or 410

Pa 418 Pe-Ph 431 Pl-Po 438 Pr-Pu 452

Q 464 Qu 467

Ra-Red 476 Rei-Res 481 Rev-Ru 506

Sa-Sc 517

Se-Sy 529

Te-Th 536 Tr 551

U 567

Va-Ve 568 Vi-Vo 577

Wa-We 585 Wh-Wi 589 Wo 596

Z 601

Bibliography 605 Article Index 643

Index of Scripture and Apocrypha 649

About the Author 665 Back Ads 666

Back Cover 670