The eerdmans dictionary of the bible gathers nearly 5000 alphabetically ordered articles that thoroughly yet clearly explain all the books persons places and significant terms found in the bible. With this new dictionary edb freedman hebrew biblical studies univ of california san diego repeats the success of his anchor bible dictionary abd on a smaller scale like the abd this one volume dictionary includes contributions from an international interconfessional team of nearly 600 established and up and coming scholars. The eerdmans dictionary of the bible gathers nearly 5000 alphabetically ordered articles that thoroughly yet clearly explain all the books persons places and significant terms found in the. The eerdmans dictionary of the bible gathers nearly 5000 alphabetically ordered articles that thoroughly yet clearly explain all the books persons places and significant terms found in the bible