The IVP Bible Dictionary Series: Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch

Editors: Alexander, T. Desmond and Baker, David W.
Publication Year: 2002
Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Single-User Purchase Price: $60.00
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ISBN: 978-0-8308-1781-8
Category: Religion & Theology - Judaism
Image Count: 13
Book Status: Available
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The Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch is designed to be your first stop in the study and research of the Pentateuch, on which the rest of the Bible is built.

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    • Preface
    • How to Use This Dictionary
    • Abbreviations
    • Transliterations
    • List of Contributors
    • A
    • AARON
    • AARONIC/AARONIDE PRIESTHOOD.
    • AARON'S ROD.
    • ABEL
    • ABIHU.
    • ABIMELECH
    • ABRAHAM
    • ABRAHAMIC COVENANT(S).
    • ABRAM.
    • ABORTION.
    • ADAM
    • ʾĀDÔN ĂDŌNNAY.
    • ADULTERY.
    • AGRICULTURE
    • ALIEN, FOREIGN RESIDENT
    • ALIENATION.
    • ALPHABET.
    • ALTAR OF INCENSE.
    • ALTARS
    • AMARNA TEXTS.
    • AMMONITES.
    • AMORITES.
    • ANACHRONISMS.
    • ANCESTORS, VENERATION OF.
    • ANCESTRAL RELIGION.
    • ANGEL OF THE LORD.
    • ANIMAL HUSBANDRY.
    • ANIMALS.
    • APODITIC LAW.
    • ARCHAEOLOGY
    • ARK, NOAH'S.
    • ARK OF THE COVENANT.
    • ARK OF THE TESTIMONY.
    • ARMY.
    • ARTS AND CRAFTS
    • ASHER
    • ASSEMBLY, SACRED.
    • ASTROLOGY.
    • ASYLUM.
    • ATONEMENT.
    • ATONEMENT, DAY OF
    • ATRAHASIS EPIC.
    • AUTHORITY.
    • AUTHORSHIP OF THE PENTATEUCH
    • AZAZEL.
    • B
    • BABEL
    • BALAAM
    • BALAK.
    • BAN.
    • BARLEY.
    • BASIN, BRONZE.
    • BATTLE.
    • BEASTS OF BURDEN.
    • BELIEVING.
    • BENJAMIN
    • BESTIALITY.
    • BETROTHAL.
    • BEZALEL.
    • BIRDS.
    • BLASPHEMY
    • BLESSINGS AND CURSES
    • BLOOD
    • BLOOD KINSHIP.
    • BODILY INJURIES, MURDER, MANSLAUGHTER
    • BOOK OF THE COVENANT
    • BORDERS
    • BOUNDARIES.
    • BREASTPIECE.
    • BREATH OF LIFE.
    • BURGLARY.
    • BURIAL AND MOURNING
    • BURNT OFFERING.
    • C
    • CAIN
    • CALEB
    • CALENDAR.
    • CALF, GOLDEN.
    • CAMELS.
    • CAMP.
    • CANAAN.
    • CANAANITES.
    • CASUISTIC LAW.
    • CATTLE.
    • CENSUS.
    • CHAOS.
    • CHARACTER FORMATION.
    • CHERUBIM
    • CHIEF PRIEST.
    • CHIEFDOM.
    • CHILDREN.
    • CHOSEN PLACE.
    • CHRISTOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION.
    • CHRONOLOGY
    • CIRCUMCISION
    • CITIES OF REFUGE
    • CITY, TOWN, CAMP
    • CLAN.
    • CLASSICAL HEBREW.
    • CLAY.
    • CLEAN.
    • CLOTHING PREPARATION.
    • CLOUD.
    • COMPOSITION CRITICISM.
    • NTAMINATION.
    • COSMOGONY.
    • COSMOLOGY
    • COVENANT
    • COVENANT AT MOAB.
    • COVENANT CODE.
    • COVENANT OF WORKS.
    • COVENANT RENEWAL.
    • CRAFTS.
    • CREATIO EX NIHILO.
    • CREATION
    • CREATOR.
    • CROPS.
    • CURSES.
    • D
    • D.
    • DAILY OFFERING.
    • DAN
    • DATE OF EXODUS.
    • DAUGHTERS OF MAN.
    • DAUGHTERS OF ZELOPHEHAD.
    • DAY OF ATONEMENT.
    • DEAD SEA SCROLLS.
    • DEATH.
    • DEBT, REMISSION OF.
    • DECALOGUE
    • DESERT.
    • DEUTERONOMIC COVENANT.
    • DEUTERONOMIST.
    • DEUTERONOMY, BOOK OF
    • DEVOTIONAL INTERPRETATION.
    • DISEASE.
    • DIVINATION, MAGIC
    • DIVINE NAMES.
    • DIVINE PROMISES.
    • DIVORCE.
    • DOCTRINAL INTERPRETATION.
    • DOCUMENTARY HYPOTHESIS.
    • DOMINION.
    • DONKEYS.
    • DOUBLETS.
    • DREAMS
    • DUST.
    • DWELLING, DIVINE.
    • E
    • E.
    • EARTH.
    • EDEN, GARDEN OF
    • EDOMITES.
    • EGYPT, EGYPTIANS
    • EGYPTIANS.
    • EL ELYON.
    • ELDERS.
    • ELEAZAR
    • ELECTION
    • ELOHIM.
    • ELOHIST.
    • ENDOGAMY.
    • EPHOD.
    • EPHRAIM.
    • ESAU, EDOMITES
    • ETHICAL INTERPRETATION.
    • ETHICS
    • ETHNICITY.
    • EVE
    • EVIL
    • EXILE
    • EXODUS, BOOK OF
    • EXODUS, DATE OF
    • EXODUS ROUTE AND WILDERNESS ITINERARY
    • F
    • FAITH
    • FALL
    • FAMILIES.
    • FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
    • FAMINE.
    • FARMING.
    • FATHERHOOD OF GOD.
    • FAVOR.
    • FEASTS.
    • FEMINIST INTERPRETATION.
    • FERTILITY.
    • FESTIVALS AND FEASTS
    • FIGS.
    • FIRMAMENT.
    • FIRSTBORN.
    • FIRSTFRUITS
    • FLOCKS.
    • FLOOD
    • FOLKTALE.
    • FOOD PREPARATION.
    • FOODS, CLEAN AND UNCLEAN
    • FOREIGNER.
    • FORGIVENESS.
    • FORM CRITICISM
    • FORMGESCHICHTE.
    • FRAUD.
    • FULFILLMENT.
    • G
    • GAD
    • GARDEN OF EDEN.
    • GATTUNGSGESCHICHTE.
    • GENDER OF GOD.
    • GENEALOGIES
    • GENESIS, BOOK OF
    • GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES.
    • GILGAMESH EPIC.
    • GIRGASHITES.
    • GLORY.
    • GOATS.
    • GOD.
    • GOD, NAMES OF
    • GOLDEN CALF
    • GRACE
    • GRADATIONS OF HOLINESS.
    • GRAIN.
    • GRAIN OFFERING.
    • GRAPES.
    • GROUND.
    • GUILT.
    • GUILT OFFERING.
    • H
    • HAGAR
    • HAM.
    • HARAN
    • HARDNESS OF HEART
    • HARLOTRY.
    • HEALTH.
    • HEART, HARD.
    • HEBREW, CLASSICAL.
    • HEIFER, RED.
    • HERDS.
    • ḤĒREM
    • HERMENEUTICS
    • ḤESED.
    • HEXATEUCH.
    • HIGH PRIEST.
    • HIGHWAYS.
    • HISTORICAL CREDO.
    • HISTORICAL CRITICISM
    • HITTITES.
    • HIVITES.
    • HOBAB.
    • HOLINESS.
    • HOLINESS CODE.
    • HOLY AND HOLINESS, CLEAN AND UNCLEAN
    • HOLY CAMP.
    • HOLY OF HOLIES.
    • HOLY PLACE.
    • HOLY WAR.
    • HOMOSEXUAL ACTS.
    • HONEY.
    • HONOR AND SHAME
    • HORSES.
    • HOSPITALITY.
    • HOUSEHOLD GODS.
    • HOUSEHOLDS.
    • HUMANITY.
    • I
    • IDOLATRY.
    • IDOLS, IDOLATRY, TERAPHIM, HOUSEHOLD GODS
    • ILLNESS.
    • IMAGE OF GOD
    • IMAGO DEI.
    • IMPERIALIST INTERPRETATION.
    • IMPURITY.
    • INCEST.
    • INGATHERING, FEAST OF.
    • INHERITANCE.
    • INIQUITY.
    • INJURY.
    • ISAAC
    • ISHMAEL
    • ISRAELITES
    • ISSACHAR
    • J, K
    • J.
    • JACOB
    • JACOB'S LADDER.
    • JAHWIST.
    • JAPHETH.
    • JEALOUS GOD.
    • JEBUSITES.
    • J, E, D, P.
    • JETHRO
    • JOSEPH
    • JOSEPH CLANS.
    • JOSEPH NARRATIVE.
    • JOSHUA
    • JOSIANIC REFORM.
    • JUBILEE.
    • JUDAH
    • JUDGE
    • JUSTICE.
    • KIDNAPPING.
    • KING, LAW OF.
    • KINSHIP.
    • L
    • LABAN.
    • LAMPSTAND.
    • LAND, FALLOW.
    • LAND, FERTILITY, FAMINE
    • LANGUAGE OF THE PENTATEUCH
    • LAVER, BRONZE.
    • LAW
    • LAW, ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN.
    • LAW COLLECTIONS.
    • LEADERSHIP, ELDERS
    • LEAH.
    • LEATHER WORK.
    • LEGEND.
    • LEVI, LEVITES
    • LEVITES.
    • LEVITICUS, BOOK OF
    • LEX TALIONIS.
    • LIBERATION INTERPRETATION.
    • LIFE, DISEASE AND DEATH
    • LIGHT.
    • LINEAR GENEALOGY.
    • LITERACY.
    • LITERARY/NARRATIVE CRITICISM
    • LITERARY STRUCTURE OF THE PENTATEUCH
    • LOT
    • LOTS, CASTING.
    • LOVE.
    • M
    • MAGIC.
    • MANASSEH.
    • MANNA
    • MANSLAUGHTER.
    • MÄRCHEN.
    • MARK OF CAIN.
    • MARRIAGE CUSTOMS.
    • MARVEL.
    • MASORETIC TEXT.
    • MEASURES.
    • MEDICAL CARE.
    • MELCHIZEDEK
    • MENORAH.
    • MERCY.
    • MERNEPTAH STELA.
    • MESSIAH
    • METAL WORKING.
    • MIDIAN, MIDIANITES.
    • MIDRASHIC INTERPRETATION.
    • MIRIAM
    • MISP0 AT” I9I9 M+.
    • MOABITES.
    • MODERN INTERPRETATION.
    • MONOTHEISM.
    • MORAL OBLIGATION.
    • MORALITY.
    • MORTALITY.
    • MOSAIC AUTHORSHIP.
    • MOSES
    • MOST HOLY PLACE.
    • MOUNT SINAI.
    • MOURNING.
    • MURDER.
    • MURMURING
    • MYTH.
    • N
    • NADAB AND ABIHU
    • NAHOR
    • NAMES, DIVINE.
    • NAMES, PERSONAL.
    • NAMES, PROPER.
    • NAPHTALI
    • NARRATIVE CRITICISM.
    • NARRATOLOGY.
    • NATIONS, TABLE OF
    • NATIONS OF CANAAN
    • NATURAL LAW.
    • NAZIRITE VOW.
    • NEPHILIM.
    • NEW MOON.
    • NEW YEAR.
    • NOAH
    • NOAHIC COVENANT.
    • NOAH'S SONS.
    • NOMADISM.
    • NOVELLA.
    • NUMBERS, BOOK OF
    • NUMBERS, LARGE.
    • O
    • OFFERINGS.
    • OLIVES.
    • OMEN.
    • ONOMASTICS.
    • ORAL TRADITION.
    • ORDER.
    • ORIGINAL SIN.
    • ORPHAN
    • P, Q
    • P.
    • PARADISE.
    • PASSOVER, FEAST OF.
    • PASTORAL SOCIETY.
    • PATRIARCHAL PROMISES.
    • PATRIARCHAL RELIGION.
    • PATRIARCHY.
    • PEACE.
    • PEACE OFFERING.
    • PENTATEUCHAL CRITICISM, HISTORY OF
    • PENTECOST.
    • PERIZITTES.
    • PESHITTA.
    • PHARAOH
    • PILGRIMAGE FEASTS.
    • PILLAR OF FIRE.
    • PLAGUES.
    • POETICS.
    • POLLUTION.
    • POLYGAMY.
    • POMEGRANATES.
    • POSTMODERN INTERPRETATION.
    • POTTERY.
    • POVERTY.
    • PREACHING FROM THE PENTATEUCH
    • PRESENCE, DIVINE.
    • PRIESTLY CLOTHING
    • PRIESTLY SOURCE.
    • PRIESTS, PRIESTHOOD
    • PRIMEVAL HISTORY.
    • PROGENY.
    • PROMISED LAND.
    • PROMISES, DIVINE
    • PROPHECY.
    • PROPHETS, PROPHECY
    • PROSTITUTION.
    • PROTOEVANGELIUM.
    • PUNISHMENT, DIVINE.
    • PURIFICATION OFFERING.
    • PURITY.
    • R
    • RAAMSES AND PITHOM.
    • RACHEL.
    • RAINBOW
    • RAPE.
    • REBEKAH.
    • RED HEIFER
    • RED SEA.
    • REFUGE.
    • RELIGION
    • REPARATION OFFERING.
    • REPENTANCE
    • REST, PEACE
    • RETRIBUTION, PRINCIPLE OF.
    • REUBEN
    • REUEL.
    • RIGHTEOUSNESS.
    • ROADS.
    • ROBBERY.
    • ROD, STAFF
    • ROYAL GRANT COVENANT.
    • S
    • SABBATH, SABBATICAL YEAR, JUBILEE
    • SABBATICAL YEAR.
    • SACRED.
    • SACRED ASSEMBLY.
    • SACRIFICE OF ISAAC.
    • SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS
    • SAGA.
    • SALVATION.
    • SAMARITAN PENTATEUCH.
    • SANCTUARY.
    • SARAH
    • SATAN.
    • SCAPEGOAT.
    • SEA.
    • SEA CREATURES.
    • SEA OF REEDS.
    • SEA TRAVEL.
    • SEASONS.
    • SEDUCTION.
    • SEERS.
    • SEGMENTED GENEALOGY.
    • SEMITIC LANGUAGES.
    • SEPTUAGINT.
    • SERPENT
    • SETH
    • SEXUALITY, SEXUAL ETHICS
    • SHALOM.
    • SHAME.
    • SHEEP.
    • SHEM
    • SICKNESS.
    • SIGNS AND WONDERS
    • SIMEON
    • SIN, GUILT
    • SIN OFFERING.
    • SINAI.
    • SINAI THEOPHANY.
    • SINAITIC COVENANT.
    • SITZ IM LEBEN.
    • SKIN DISEASES.
    • SLAVE, SLAVERY
    • SLAVERY.
    • SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
    • SOCIAL STRUCTURE
    • SOCIAL-SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES
    • SOJOURNER.
    • SONS OF GOD, DAUGHTERS OF MAN
    • SOOTHSAYERS.
    • SOURCE CRITICISM
    • SPIRITISTS.
    • SPOIL, PLUNDER.
    • STAFF OF GOD.
    • STEALING.
    • STRUCTURALISM.
    • SUBDUE.
    • SUZERAIN-VASSAL TREATIES.
    • T
    • TABERNACLE
    • TABERNACLES, FEAST OF.
    • TABLE OF NATIONS.
    • TABLE OF THE PRESENCE.
    • TAMAR
    • TAMID.
    • TARGUMS.
    • TELL DEIR ‘ALLA TEXTS.
    • TEMPLE, COSMOS AS.
    • TEMPTATION.
    • TEN COMMANDMENTS.
    • TEN WORDS.
    • TENT OF MEETING.
    • TERAH
    • TERAPHIM.
    • TESTING
    • TETRAGRAMMATON.
    • TETRATEUCH.
    • TEXTUAL CRITICISM
    • THEFT AND DEPRIVATION OF PROPERTY
    • THEOGONY.
    • THEOLOGY OF THE PENTATEUCH
    • THEOMACHY.
    • THEOPHANY
    • TÔLĚDÔT,.
    • TORAH.
    • TOWER OF BABEL.
    • TOWN.
    • TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
    • TRADITIONSGESCHICHTE.
    • TRANSCENDENCE OF GOD.
    • TRANSPORTATION.
    • TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION
    • TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL.
    • TREE OF LIFE.
    • TRIBES OF ISRAEL.
    • ÜBERLIEFERUNGSGESCHICHTE.
    • UNCLEAN.
    • UNLEAVENED BREAD, FEAST OF.
    • U, V
    • UR
    • URIM AND THUMMIM.
    • USURY.
    • UTNAPISHTIM.
    • VILLAGE.
    • VISIONS.
    • W, X, Y, Z
    • WANDERING IN WILDERNESS.
    • WAR CAMP.
    • WARFARE
    • WEALTH AND POVERTY
    • WEEKS, FEAST OF.
    • WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
    • WHEAT.
    • WIDOW
    • WILDERNESS, DESERT
    • WOMEN
    • WONDERS.
    • WORLDVIEW.
    • WORSHIP.
    • WRATH.
    • WRITING
    • YAHWEH.
    • YAHWIST.
    • YHWH.
    • YOM KIPPUR.
    • ZEBULUN
    • ZELOPHEHAD, DAUGHTERS OF
    • ZIPPORAH.
    • ZIUSUDRA.
    • ZOOLOGY
    • Maps