2. Content • First Comprehensive Reference Work on the Bible and its reception, edited by an international team of scholars from over 50 countries, all experts in theirfields. • CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2010 • Interdisciplinary and international • Excellent resource for scholars in Biblical and Religious Studies and related fields • Easy searching of the content via a powerful search engine • Regular update of the online version (four times a year) offering articles that weren’t yet published in print

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