Tremendous reference book for anyone interested in understanding the Bible. Part dictionary, part encyclopedia, this book contains over 5000 entries about words, names, people, places, things, and events in the Bible, explaining their meaning and significance. Also information on the individual books of the Bible, such as author, date, purpose, theme, etc. Edited by well-known Catholic biblical scholar and apologist Scott Hahn specifically for Catholics, it explains each phase of salvation history theologically in easy-to-read language.