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The Anchor Bible Dictionary

Freedman, David Noel

A comprehensive reference dictionary covering biblical persons, places, deities, and concepts with scholarly articles by subject experts. Organized alphabetically with cross-references and detailed entries on Old and New Testament topics.

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Sex & Religion

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The definitive scholarly reference mapping every person, place, deity, and text across the entire biblical world.

Sex: Present
Work: Absent
Learning: Present
Religion: Primary

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faith-and-doubt

Iranian colonists maintained their ancestral religion… living on friendly terms with Diaspora Jews… Persian Sibyllists composing Greek verses incorporating Zoroastrian eschatology
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the 'Doubt-dispelling Exposition' contains serious debates with Muslims, Jews, and Christians… a small group sought religious freedom overseas
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obedience-and-authority

entries on Idol, Idolatry; Image of God; Graven Image — the contested boundaries of divine representation and forbidden worship
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Sacred Marriage; Sacrifice and Sacrificial Offerings: New Testament — ritual acts binding human obligation to divine authority
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self-and-identity

Logos; Education: Greco-Roman Period; Textual Criticism: Old Testament — how communities locate identity in authoritative texts and their interpretation
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Call Stories (Gospels); Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven — the moment a person receives a new name, role, and self
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