The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
by James Orr, John L. Nuelsen, Edgar Young Mullins, Morris O. Evans, and many others.
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (5 volumes) (1915) by James Orr, John L. Nuelsen, Edgar Young Mullins, Morris O. Evans, and many others.
The 1915 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE) is an authoritative reference encyclopedia which is said by some to explain every significant word, subject, place, person, and doctrine in the Bible and Apocrypha.
In scope, the ISBE covers literature (apocalyptic, apocryphal, sub-apostolic, etc.), archeology, ethnology, geography, topography, biography, arts and crafts, manners and customs, family life, natural history, agriculture, ritual, laws, sects, music, etc. Over 200 scholars and teachers contributed to this encyclopedia—including Archibald Alexander, H. C. G. Moule, B. B. Warfield, A. T. Robertson, and more. Contains illustrations, maps, cross-references, indexes, and won the Gold Medallion Book Award for reference books.
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