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'If the other volumes come up to the standard of the first, this Dictionary seems 

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A DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE, 



Dealing with its Language, Literature, and Contents, 

 including the Biblical Theology. 



Edited by JAMES HASTINGS, M.A., D.D., with the Assistance of J. A. 

 SELBIE, M.A., and, chiefly in the Ee vision of the Proofs, of A. R. 

 DAVIDSON, D.D;, LL.D., Edinburgh; 8. K. DRIVER, D.D., Litt.D., 

 Oxford; and H. B. SWETB, D.D., Litt.D., Cambridge. 



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' We offer Dr. Hastings our sincere congratulations on the publication of the first 

 instalment of this great enterprise. ... A work was urgently needed which should 

 present the student with the approved results of modern inquiry, and which should 

 also acquaint him with the methods by which theological problems are now approached 

 by the most learned and devout of our theologians.' Guardian. 



'We welcome with the utmost cordiality the first volume of Messrs. Clark's great 

 enterprise, "A Dictionary of the Bible." That there was room and need for such a 

 book is unquestionable. . . . We have here all that the student can desire, a work ol 

 remarkable fulness, well up to date, and yet at the same time conservative in its 

 general tendency, almost faultlessly accurate, and produced by the publishers in a most 

 excellent and convenient style. We can thoroughly recommend it to our readers as a 

 book which should fully satisfy their anticipations. . . . This new Dictionary is one of 

 the most important aids that have recently been furnished to a true understanding of 

 Scripture, and, properly used, will brighten and enrich the pulpit work of every 

 minister who possesses it. ... We are greatly struck by the excellence of the short 

 articles. They are better done than in any other work of the kind. We have compared 

 several of them with their sources, and this shows at once the unpretentious labour 

 that is behind them. . . . Dr. A. B. Davidson is a tower of strength, and he shows at his 

 best in the articles on Angels, on Covenant (a masterpiece, full of illumination), and on 

 Eschatology of the Old Testament. His contributions are the chief ornaments and 

 treasure-stores of the Dictionary. . . . We are very conscious of having done most 

 inadequate justice to this very valuable book. Perhaps, however, enough has been said 

 to show pur great sense of its worth. It is a book that one is sure to be turning to again 

 and again with increased confidence and gratitude. It will be an evil omen for the 

 Church if ministers do not come forward to make the best of the opportunity now 

 presented them." EDITOR, British Weekly. 



' Will give widespread satisfaction. Every person consulting it may rely upon its 

 trustworthiness. . . . Far away in advance of any other Bible Dictionary that has ever 

 been published in real usefulness for preachers, Bible students, and teachers.' 

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