Mills Watson E. (Ed.). Mercer Dictionary of the Bible

Mercer University Press, 1990. — 1094 p.The Mercer Dictionary of the Bible represents the labor of more than 225 of the members of the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion. Four years in the making, this 1 ,088-page volume includes approximately 1,450 articles, 150 illustrations, and 64 pages of four-color photographs and original maps. Outlines of every canonical book, bibliographies, and extensive crossreferencing combine to insure the usefulness of the Dictionary.
From Aaron to Zostrianos, this comprehensive work includes articles on the biblical books and characters, on most significant biblical concepts and terminology, as well as articles on the latest methods and theories developed for their interpretation. Also, major attention is given to the individual documents discovered at Qumran and Nag Hammadi, as well as to the New Testament Apocrypha and early patristic texts.