The Westminster Bible Dictionary

by Thomas J. Shepherd

Publisher:

Presbyterian Board of Publication

, 1880

Overview

The late nineteenth century saw a boom in biblical studies and publications, growing everything from archaeology and natural history to theology and interpretation. Simultaneously, Bible education for the layperson grew in leaps and bounds, as Sunday schools abounded and books flew off the press aimed at the everyday Christian. Developed by the Presbyterian Board of Publications to provide a reliable reference work for the latest topics related to Bible interpretation, geography, and linguistics, The Westminster Bible Dictionary is the one-stop reference book for all terms biblical, ecclesial, and theological.

Key Features

• Discusses ecclesial and theological terms, such as “Bishop,” “Election,” and “Predestination”
• Provides linguistic meanings of Hebrew and Greek words
• Contains hundreds of illustrations and images

Contents

Top Highlights

“It denotes the vigilant care which God exercises in relation to all the works of his hand in their preservation and government. God has not merely created all things, but he continues to uphold them, and all his attributes of omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, justice, goodness, faithfulness, etc. are continually illustrated in his providential control. The same perfections which were exerted to create are in like manner employed to sustain.” (Page 422)

“Her marriage is the only recorded instance of the marriage of a princess of the royal house with a high priest” (Page 272)

“1. An objective body of truth, ‘the faith,’ or that in the truth of which the firmest trust may be reposed” (Page 196)

“‘transgression’ is breaking one’s allegiance to another, especially to God; it is that positive rebellion against God’s authority which leads man to step beyond the boundary-lines of God’s law. The root-idea of the word rendered ‘sin’ is failure; it is missing the mark, as spoken of one who shoots an arrow; it is missing the way, as spoken of one who wanders from the right and safe path. Of these three terms the first is generic, the second and third specific. Iniquity, or man’s wrenched moral nature, is that out of which revolt and lawlessness spring forth on the one hand, and multiplied and most disastrous failures on the other.” (Page 477)

“In a Christian family the mother is the source of the greatest and best influence. This fact was practically recognized among the Hebrews, who were very far from imitating the practice of the Arabs and the Orientals in degrading the wife into the head of the harem. She was of one flesh with her husband, and a help meet for him (Gen. 2:18, 23).” (Page 197)

Product Details

• Title: The Westminster Bible Dictionary
• Author: Thomas J. Shepherd
• Publisher: Presbyterian Board of Publication
• Print Publication Date: 1880
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 544
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible › Dictionaries
• Resource ID: LLS:WSTMNSTRBBLDICT
• Resource Type: Encyclopedia
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-06-09T16:53:27Z

About Thomas J. Shepherd

Thomas J. Shepherd had his doctorate of divinity and was secretary of the Presbyterian House and ordained in the Presbyterian Church of America.