Eisenbrauns is selling this very handy reference work for 40% off this week. If you don’t already own it, now is a great time to pick it up. As the title suggests, this volume discusses the supernatural entities that are related to the biblical text. The treatments are generally very good and the entries include a bibliography. I own a copy and use it frequently. You’d be surprised at how many deities and demons are in the Bible!
Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible
2nd edition
Edited by Bob Becking, Karel Van der Toorn, and Pieter W. van der Horst
Brill Academic Publishers, 1999
xxxviii + 960 pages, English
Cloth
ISBN: 9004111190
List Price: $99.00
Your Price: $59.40
www.eisenbrauns.com/wconnect/wc.dll?ebGate~EIS~~I~VANDICTIO
Charles,
Nice to see that someone reads my e-mails
James
I would second your recommendation. DDD is one of the best resources I know of, I’d put it up there with all the other great acronymns (COS, ABD, CAD, and CANE).
Did you also see JM’s grammar is now available? I just purchased one.
Our field is like the military–we have so many different acronyms to keep track of! I have seen JM’s revised grammar. I have the previous edition and have not seen the new one yet. But, so far I think I like Jouon’s original version the best.