Digital Logos Edition
The Dictionary of Bible Themes contains over 2,000 thematic articles with an explanation of the theme, key Bible references, and cross-references to related themes. Comparable to the venerable Nave’s Topical Bible in scope, the Dictionary of Bible Themes stands apart in its unique, nine-level classification of themes that brings related biblical and theological concepts together.
Now you can access entire fields of information, saving time and increasing your thoroughness. The entire Bible is referenced for a host of themes—doctrinal, ethical, historical, and cultural—grouped under nine key categories. Produced by the outstanding editorial team of Martin Manser, Alister McGrath, J.I. Packer, and Donald Wiseman, this book provides a superb tool for topical studies.
“A thematic approach is based on related ideas; a lexical approach is based on individual words.” (source)
“entered the Most Holy Place Heb 9:24 On the Day of Atonement the” (source)
“Ge 18:19 As the following references show, Abraham did not discharge” (source)
“A word-based approach would be limited to identifying biblical passages in which words such as ‘assure’ or ‘assurance’ appear. A thematic approach, however, goes far beyond this and explores all the basic elements of the theme. It identifies its basic ideas, its presuppositions and its consequences, in order that the theme in all its fulness can be unfolded to the reader.” (source)
“Scripture makes clear that all human beings are subject to temptation. It provides examples of individuals who have faced and yielded to such influences.” (source)
Martin H. Manser is an honours graduate of Languages and Linguistics from York University, Martin H. Manser has worked as a freelance reference book editor since 1980. He has compiled and edited a wide range of English language dictionaries and books of quotations, including the Lion Book of Bible Quotations, Bloomsbury’s Good Word Guide and Pan’s Dictionary of Contemporary Idioms. Martin was also Managing Editor of the NIV Thematic Study Bible published in 1996 to great acclaim and on which this dictionary is based.
Alister E. Mcgrath is Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford. In addition to his work at Oxford, McGrath is Senior Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College, Oxford, President of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics, and serves as associate priest in a group of Church of England village parishes in the Cotswolds. Dr. McGrath was the key influence in the editorial stage of producing the Thematic Database from which this volume was derived.
J. I. Packer (PhD, Oxford University), acted as Consultant Editor and was a great enthusiast for thematic Bible study.
Donald J. Wiseman, Emeritus Professor of Assyriology, University of London, was a Consultant Editor with a vital contribution to the cultural themes.
J. Gordon McConville (PhD, Queen’s University, Belfast), was Assistant Consultant Editor specializing in the Old Testament.
Stephen H. Travis (PhD, University of Cambridge), was Assistant Consultant specializing in the New Testament.
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