The ''Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible'' (DDD) is an academic reference work edited by
Karel van der Toorn
Karel van der Toorn (born 8 March 1956 in The Hague) is a Dutch scholar of ancient religions. From 2006 to 2011 he was chairman of the Board at the University of Amsterdam, where he was a professor since 1998 and until he became the chairman of th ...
,
Bob Becking and
Pieter W. van der Horst which contains academic articles on the named gods, angels, and demons in the books of the
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;["Tanach"](_blank)
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. Hebrew: ''Tān ...
,
Septuagint
The Greek Old Testament, or Septuagint (, ; from the la, septuaginta, lit=seventy; often abbreviated ''70''; in Roman numerals, LXX), is the earliest extant Greek translation of books from the Hebrew Bible. It includes several books beyond th ...
and
Apocrypha
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, as well as the
New Testament
The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...
and
patristic literature. Its first edition (Brill) appeared in 1995 and was chosen by ''Choice'' magazine of the
American Library Association
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as Best Reference Work of 1996. The second extensively revised edition (Eerdmans, 960pp) appeared in 1999, under the auspices of the Faculty of Theology of
Utrecht University
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.
An electronic edition appeared in 2001. Advisors included
Hans Dieter Betz
Hans Dieter Betz (born 21 May 1931, Lemgo, Germany) is an American scholar of the New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of Chicago. He has made influential contributions to research on Paul's Letter to the Galatians, the Sermon on ...
,
André Caquot (1923–2004),
Jonas C. Greenfield (1926–1995),
Erik Hornung Professor of
Egyptology
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at
Basel University
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,
Michael E. Stone of the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...
, and Manfred Weipert of the University of Heidelberg.
See also
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Theophory in the Bible Theophory is the practice of embedding the name of a god or a deity in, usually, a proper name. Much Hebrew theophory occurs in the Bible, particularly in the Old Testament. The most prominent theophory involves names referring to:
* El, a word me ...
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Anchor Bible Dictionary
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References
External links
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* {{cite book , author = Karel van Der Toorn , author2 = Bob Becking , author3 = Pieter W. van der Horst , url =https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfDeitiesAndDemonsInTheBible_201812/page/n1 , title = Dictionary Of Deities And Demons In The Bible , edition = 2nd - Extensively Revised , publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company , location = Grand Rapids, Michigan / Cambridge, U.K. , year = 1999 , pages = 919 , isbn = 9780802824912 , oclc = 1005995268
Encyclopedias of religion
Books about the Bible
Levantine mythology
1995 non-fiction books
1999 non-fiction books
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Demonological literature