A Concise Dictionary of the Bible and Its Reception

This dictionary not only identifies terms and biblical figures but also examines them from the perspective of reception history--the history of the Bibles effect on its readers. Biblical books passages and characters certainly played important roles in the history of Judaism Christianity and Islam but they also influenced other religious traditions preachers writers poets artists and filmmakers. The study of such cultural effects of the Bible is an emerging field and this work promises to open new avenues of exploration.