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All Things in the

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An Encyclopedia of

the Biblical World

Volume 1

A–L

Nancy M. Tischler

Ellen Johnston McHenry, Illustrator

Greenwood Press

Westport, Connecticut • London

All Things in the

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Tischler, Nancy Marie Patterson.

All things in the Bible / by Nancy M. Tischler ; Ellen Johnston McHenry, illustrator.

p. cm.

Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.

ISBN: 0–313–33082–4 (set: alk. paper)—ISBN 0–313–33083–2 (Vol. 1: alk. paper)—

ISBN 0–313–33084–0 (Vol. 2: alk. paper)

1. Bible—Encyclopedias. I. Title.

BS440.T57 2006

220.3—dc22 2005034355

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

reproduced, by any process or technique, without the

express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2005034355

ISBN: 0–313–33082–4 (set)

0–313–33083–2 (Vol. 1)

0–313–33084–0 (Vol. 2)

ISSN:

First published in 2006

Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881

An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

www.greenwood.com

Printed in the United States of America

The paper used in this book complies with the

Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National

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