Recomended Bible dictionary?

[J.R]

I’m asking for recomendations for a good Bible dictionary and reasons why if you don’t mind.

I already have McKenzie’s; "Dictionary of the Bible."

Thank you and God Bless all here.

 

[Huiou_Theou]

I am not sure of your background, but as a matter of research –
lexicons are very valuable rather than dictionaries. Dictionaries tend to be very biased, lexicons are less so.

If you are doing cross examination of dictionaries with scriptural texts, and the catechism, then I would also recommend doing so with the aid of perhaps some of the Latin ECF commentaries on the scriptures you are studying (Eg. Augustine, John Crysostom are very good with the psalms, and have Gospel commentaries.).

If you are doing a study which includes non-catholic bias – and are interested in different views, then Vines expository dictionary tends to be one that a plurality of denominations will accept.

Best wishes.

 

[cialovesyou]

Try the “Anchor Bible Dictionary”.
It is edited by Raymond Brown, who was on the Pontifical Biblical Commission.

 

[mdgspencer]

Yes the “Dictionary of the Bible” is the best. After that I suggest getting “Dictionary of Biblical Theology,” edited by Xavier Leon-Dufour, a French Catholic scholar. It provides in-depth explanations of terms such as “ascension,” “faith,” “prophet,” and “Pentecost.”
A previous poster must have inadvertenly provided the wrong title when he recommended the Anchor Bible Dictionary. I work in a library and just went and looked at it. Raymond Brown’s name doesn’t appear in this publication. It is a liberal Protestant reference work.

 

[awalt]

If you like McKenzie, ie a real dictionary, there is no better. I have hardly found a question about the Bible that I can’t find the answer in. It’s almost required in our archdiocese diaconate program!