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A Dictionary of the Bible: Dealing with Its Language, Literature, and Contents Including the Biblical Theology, Volumes I–V is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Dictionary of the Bible (5 vols.) is a landmark reference work edited by biblical scholar James Hastings. It is a thorough index of all key terms in Scriptures. With over a hundred scholars contributing, this five-volume set contains over 4,500 pages with over 1,500 definitions. The articles focus on people, places, archaeology, geology, theology, and obscure biblical terms. It was the goal...

of Judæa from A.D. 6 to the outbreak of the great rebellion of A.D. 66, of whom Pontius Pilate, Felix, Festus, and Gessius Florus are the best known, issued copper coins in the emperor’s name,* probably at Cæsarea. These are of small module, and apparently all of one denomination (the quadrans (?)). Under Augustus they are dated according to the era of Actium, B.C. 31,† but under Tiberius by the years of his reign. Though Roman coins, they avoid all representation of living creatures, in deference
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