Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Editor's Foreword Chapter 2 Reader's Notes Chapter 3 Preface: How to Read the Old Testament Historically – How to Read This Dictionary Chapter 4 Chronology Chapter 5 Abbreviations Chapter 6 THE DICTIONARY Chapter 7 Bibliography Chapter 8 About the Author

About the Author

Niels Peter Lemche is professor of theology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is the author of ten books and founder and editor of the Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament. Dr. Lemche has received many grants and was head of the Copenhagen Dead Sea Scrolls Initiative until 1999.

Reviews

The solid entries on ancient Israel, varied appropriately in detail from 'Aaran' to 'Zipporah' and 'Zobah', 'administration', 'fortifications' or 'Ugarit', are accompanied by a long bibliography in eight sections including 33 subsections. The preface provides a succinct historical framework.
*Antiquity*

In sum, this work is a radical attempt by the author to balance and correct biblical historiography by providing descriptions of who's who and what's what in the Hebrew Bible.
*American Reference Books Annual*

Recommended....useful for libraries with large theological or ancient historical collections.
*CHOICE*