International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: A-D

This book allows for deeper and more meaningful bible studies, such a great resource. Anything to better understand the wonderful and sovereign ways God works.

This is an increadible resource for any serious studant of the Word of God. I bought research both this and The Anchor Bible Dictionary. Both are Well done. Though this one, to my delight, is written from a more Conservative stance. If you appricatiate folks like Chuck Swindall, John MacArthur, Tony Evans as I do, you will enjoy this work. I WOULD HOW EVER HIGHLY RECCOMEND THE DIGITAL VERSION. The folks at Logos really got it right. One reviewer above mention compuer being hard on the eyes. To that I say increase the font, which you can not do on the printed version. I like the elecronic version as a siminary student when i quote from the book and copy and paste it to my paper it carries over the footnotes for me. What a Godsend.

Great reference material on any and every subject you can think of in the Bible. This is definitly worth the price, if you're a serious Bible student, having this comprehensive work on your bookshelf would be an invaluable asset!Highly Recomended!

As a pastor, I find the ISBE a wonderful tool, not only for study but for ideas. Material from articles on subjects like "peace" or "conscience" provide information and insights not available elsewhere.The ISBE contributors represent various evangelical positions. The set often includes articles that are barely evangelical, contributors frequently holding to inspiration but not inerrancy. Though I find myself more conservative than many of the contributors, I find the insights invaluable and the thinking scholarly. There's not a lot of the same old same old surface info, but depth and even some original thinking.Highly reommended for students of the Word, with a note of caution to those of us on the conservative end of evangelicalism.

Ladies and gentlemen, if you want to know the one book or set of books that should be a requirement for a Christian who is serious about his faith, then ISBE would be it. Yes, it's a little expensive. And yes, it is available on CD-ROM along with other Bible programs. (What an asset!) But, there is no substitute to having the real thing available on hard copy. (The computer screen can only last so long on one's eyes.) This encylopedia covers just about every biblical subject in a scholarly manner. You will have experts on the field to rely on for the articles you research. Well worth its weight in gold. Buy it now!