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Los beduinos tienen 10 palabras distintas para nombrar la arena; los lapones, 20 para el hielo y más de 40 para la nieve. La gran diversidad de nombres aplicados a Cristo vendría a demostrar también la importancia que El posee para quienes asi, con tantas palabras diferentes, lo denominan. Muchos son sus nombres, en efecto, como muchas son las necesidades del corazon humano. La Palabra se hizo palabras, misericordiosamente. Cada uno de los posibles nombres de Cristo refleja un aspecto de su persona, pero todos ellos sumados no bastan para dar a conocer algo que es y sera siempre inagotable. Todos los numeros imaginables distan igualmente del infinito. Puesto que se trata de un tema infinito, 365 nombres resultan demasiados, a la vez que demasiado pocos. Un numero de suyo indiferente, pero que tendria a su favor una razon suplementaria. Es el numero de dias que componen un año y el año representa una vuelta mas en la imparable rotacion del tiempo. Pues bien, lo mismo que la Tierra gira alrededor del Sol, lo mismo que una rueda gira alrededor de su eje, asi gira este libro alrededor del Nombre inefable. Una luminosa, esclarecedora y calida reflexion sobre Cristo para cada dia del año

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This revised edition is the most authoritative, accessible, and up-to-date dictionary of the Bible available in paperback. As well as providing helpful information about important places and personalities, it is particularly concerned to expound the themes and doctrines of the Bible and to indicate their status in the light of modern scholarship. With entries ranging from earthquakes and mice to feminism and the Dead Sea Scrolls, the dictionary is a lively and absorbing reference work for all readers of the Bible. -Over 2,000 entries from Adam to Zechariah -Clear explanations of technical terms, methods of interpretation, and critical analysis, as well as notes on leading biblical scholars and their contributions -Broad coverage includes the books of the Bible, people and places, customs, religions and worship, history, and theology -Takes into account the work of Christian scholars of all denominations and Jewish scholars In the field of biblical studies, the past ten years have seen continuing archaeological discoveries, new trends in biblical criticism, and the release of the full corpus of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Thus, it is entirely fitting that a new edition of a standard Bible dictionary appear. The first edition of The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (under the title Harper''s Bible Dictionary, LJ 1/96) was well received by scholars, students, and lay readers. This edition has been expanded and revised, with approximately 25 percent of the material either new or updated. The number of contributors has also increased, from 179 to 193. The work has retained the two-column format, with 16 single-column articles interspersed throughout (including ''Art in the Biblical Period,'' ''Jesus Christ,'' and ''The Temple''), and it is well illustrated. Many of the longer articles include a brief bibliography (most of which have been updated from the first edition). Though not a flawless work (e.g., the article ''Manasseh'' treats only the 14th king of Judah but neither the patriarch nor the tribe of Israel that also bear that name), it is outstanding in terms of scholarship and writing. All biblical studies collections should have this new work (balanced by New Bible Dictionary, InterVarsity, 1996. 3d ed., which represents current evangelical scholarship), even if they already own the previous edition. Brown