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The Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible is the single major work of reference on the gods, angels, demons, spirits and semi-divine heroes whose names occur in the biblical books. First published in 1995 and chosen by Choice as Best Reference Work of 1996, it is now republished in a new extensively revised edition. 30 entries appear for the first time in the new edition, while more than...

line between gods and humans is not absolute. Also, some gods are more ‘divine’ than others; thus →Isis is said to surpass the other gods when it comes to divinity (HORNUNG 1971:53). Many of the characteristics of gods are not exclusively theirs: gods are said to be ‘great’, ‘powerful’, ‘strong’, ‘beautiful’ (nfr), ‘compassionate’, ‘exalted’, and ‘righteous’. A survey of this short list shows that the qualities of gods are basically those of humans; the former possess them merely in purer form than
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