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Editorial Foreword Since the inception of the Christian church, believers have found both the center and circumference of divine revelation in the sacred Scriptures. The day the church was born she had a fully authoritative Bible, the Old Testament. The need for more Scripture was recognized in due time and the authority of the books that constitute the New Testament was affirmed through a centuries-long process of canonization. The historic faith of the church is that authoritative inscribed (that is, written) revelation begins and ends with the Bible. These are fundamental theological affirmations central to this project. We declare unequivocally our commitment, and the commitment of the other editors, to the total trustworthiness, truthfulness, sufficiency, inerrancy, and infallibility of the Bible. Further, nothing is more basic to progress in the Christian life and to ministry of every kind than a working knowledge of Scripture. Our sincere hope is that this book will serve multiple purposes, such as facilitating acquisition of knowledge about the Bible, understanding the Bible's meaning and message, and providing an entree into the wider world of biblical scholarship. We stand on the shoulders of others, the editors and writers who produced the Holman Bible Dictionary (HBD). Interestingly, that project consumed six years, as has this revision and expansion. Neither edition would have been possible without the Herculean effort of general editor Trent Butler and the contributing editors of the HBD. Trent also encouraged the publisher to prepare a new edition, incorporating the best of recent biblical scholarship. We are deeply grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with so many gifted people in the completion of the Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (HIBD). Without the active and aggressive leadership, participation, patience, and support of Ray Clendenen, Steve Bond, Vicki Lee, Dean Richardson, and others at B&H this project could not have been completed. In addition, we have received invaluable assistance from secretarial assistants, especially Lisa Taylor, Lindi Fowler, and Tina Brand. The institutions where we have taught over these years have been very gracious and supportive of the project. We extend thanks to our deans, presidents, and colleagues at North Greenville College, Boyce College, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary for support, advice, and encouragement along the way. We are indebted also to hundreds of gifted writers. While our editorial design is to serve a broad audience, from lay people to students and ministers, we believe the HIBD is useful also to professors and scholars. For twelve years prior to the writing of this foreword, the HBD has been among the best-selling Bible dictionaries. We commend the HIBD to you, and we hope and pray that it proves as durable and useful and finds as wide a constituency as its predecessor. Table of Contents 1. Editorial Foreword 2. Key to Pronunication 3. Transliteration of Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic 4. Contributors 5. Time Line 6. Bible Information from A to Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O PQ R S T UV W XYZ 7. Art Credits Special Internal Features CHARTS 1. Time Line 2. Agricultural Calendar 3. Significant Dates in Old Testament History 4. The Jewish Calendar 5. The Hasmonean Dynasty 6. Parables of Jesus 7. Miracles of Jesus 8. Discourses of Jesus 9. Jewish Parties in the New Testament 10. Messianic Prophecies of the Old Testament 11. Millennial Perspectives on Revelation 12. Table of Weights and Measures SCALE RECONSTRUCTIONS 1. Lighthouse in the Harbor at Alexandria 2. Roman Archer's Machine from First Century A.D. 3. Ark of the Covenant 4. Athens 5. Ancient Babylon 6. Pool of Bethesda 7. First-Century Corinth 8. David's Jerusalem 9. Ephesus: A.D.48 -400 10. Reconstruction of the Artemesion at Ephesus 11. First-Century House in Israel 12. Eighth-Century Israelite House 13. Herod the Great's Winter Palace in Jericho 14. Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus 15. Miletus 16. Nehemiah's Jerusalem 17. Caesarea Maritima 18. First-Century Rome 19. Phoenician Trader 20. Solomon's Temple (cutaway from the side) 21. Solomon's Temple (cutaway from the top) 22. First-Century Synagogue 23. Tabernacle 24. Herod's Temple 25. Herod's Temple (floor plan) 26. Jesus' Triumphal Entry 27. Roman Siege Tower 28. Roman Battering Ram 29. Ziggurat from the Babylonian Period (605-550 B.C.) INTERNAL MAPS 1. The Migration of Abraham 2. Abraham in Canaan 3. Expansion of the Early Church in Palestine 4. Jephthah and the Ammonites 5. David Defeats the Philistines 6. The Rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire 7. The Bar Kokhba Revolt 8. Jesus in Judea and Jerusalem 9. Journey of the Spies 10. Canaan in the Fourteenth Century: The Tell El-Amarna Tablets 11. Cities of Refuge 12. Joshua's Northern Campaigns 13. Joshua's Central and Southern Campaigns 14. The Conquests of Cyrus the Great 15. David's Rise to Power 16. Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls 17. Deborah's Victory over the Canaanites 18. Egypt: Land of Bondage 19. Ehud and the Oppression of the Moabites 20. Elijah and Elisha 21. The Route of the Exodus 22. The Returns of the Jewish Exiles to Judah 23. The Ministry of Jesus around the Sea of Galilee 24. Galilee in the Time of Jesus 25. Plain of Philistia 26. Gideon's Battles with the Amalekites 27. Alexander the Great's Empire 28. Herod's Building Program 29. Hezekiah's Jerusalem 30. The Passion Week in Jerusalem 31. The Maccabean Revolt 32. Kingdom of David and Solomon 33. Kingdoms of Israel and Judah 34. Palestine in the Time of Jesus 35. Travels of Jacob 36. The Revolt of Jehu 37. Jerusalem in the Time of David and Solomon 38. Jerusalem in the New Testament Period 39. Jesus' Birth and Early Childhood 40. The Ministry of Jesus beyond Galilee 41. Jesus' Journeys from Galilee to Judea 42. John the Baptizer 43. The Journeys of Joseph 44. The Tribal Allotments of Israel 45. Limits of Israelite Settlement 46. The Reign of Josiah 47. The Judges of Israel 48. Kadeshbarnea 49. Titus's Campaigns 50. Expansion of the Christianity in the Second and Third Centuries A.D. 51. The Journey from Kadeshbarnea to the Plains of Moab 52. The Omride Dynasty 53. Climate Patterns of Ancient Palestine 54. Paul's Conversion and Early Ministry 55. The Missionary Journeys of Paul 56. Paul's Arrest and Imprisonment 57. Titus's Siege of Jerusalem 58. Samson and the Philistines 59. The Ministry of Samuel 60. David's Flight from Saul 61. Churches of the Revelation Key to Pronunciation Transliteration of Hebrew, Greek, & Aramaic Contributors † Deceased * Current information unavailable Akin, Daniel L. Dean of the School of Theology; VP of Academic Admin.; Prof. of Christian Preaching. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky Albright, Jimmy Pastor, Wyatt Park Baptist Church, St. Joseph, Missouri Allen, Leslie C. Prof. of OT. Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasedena, California Anderson, Douglas Exec. Dir., St. Luke's Community House, Nashville, Tennessee Andrews, Stephen J. Prof. of OT & Hebrew; Dir. of Morton-Seats Institute of Archaeology & Anthropology. Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri Arnold, Steve* Baldwin, Gary D. Pastor, First Baptist Church, Pineville, Louisiana Baskin, Joe Adjunct Prof. of Davis Center for Ministry Education. Shorter College, Rome, Georgia Batson, Jerry W. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Associate Prof. of Divinity, Beeson Divinity School. Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama Bean, Albert F. Associate Prof. of OT & Hebrew. Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri Beck, David R. Associate Prof. of NT & Greek. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina Beitzel, Barry J. Exec. VP. Trinity International University, Deerfield, Illinois Bellinger, W. H., Jr. Dir. of Graduate Studies in Religion. Baylor University, Waco, Texas Berry, Donald K. Prof. of Religion. University of Mobile, Mobile, Alabama Berry, Everett Pastor, Utica Baptist Church, Utica, Kentucky Betts, Terry J. Assistant Prof. of OT Interpretation, Boyce College. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky Bishop, Ronald

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