Dictionary

OF THE

Old Testament:

Pentateuch

Editors:

T. Desmond Alexander

David W. Baker

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch/editors, David

Baker, T. Desmond Alexander.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN 0-8308-1781-6 (cloth: alk. paper)

1. Bible. O.T. Pentateuch—Dictionaries. I. Baker, David W.

(David Weston), 1950-. II. Alexander, T. Desmond.

BS1225.52.D53 2002

222’.103—dc21

2002009227

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