Dictionary of Biblical Images

The first modern reference book that examines the symbols, key themes, metaphors, and literary styles presented in the Bible. 

This traces a chain of images stretching from Eden to the New Jerusalem, drawing attention to the meaning of the narratives of the biblical story, revealing the structure of the biblical books designed for a figurative perception. 

An encyclopedic study of images, symbols, key themes, metaphors, rhetorical devices, and literary styles of the Bible. It also analyzes commonly recurring archetypes and images, including plots and their typical heroes, encountered in life, literature, and the Bible.

This dictionary covers an extraordinary number of questions that the Word of God presents to us in daily life. It traces a chain of images stretching from Eden to the New Jerusalem, drawing attention to the meaning of the narratives of the biblical story, revealing the structure of the biblical books designed for a figurative perception.

It is conceived as a reference tool for all readers, seminary students, and preachers exploring the wonderful world of biblical images, metaphors, and archetypes.

• Some articles cover major themes, while others focus on specific questions. The dictionary contains approximately 850 articles.
• The Dictionary of Biblical Images provides readers with a clearer understanding of the literal meaning of biblical stories. The dictionary shows that behind many abstract concepts from modern translations of the Bible lies concrete images. The dictionary also enriches the emotional perception of the Bible. It aids in understanding the literal meaning of the Bible, while also developing the ability to interpret the figurative meaning.
• A systematic study of the images and motifs of the Bible also allows us to see the biblical text in unity and development.
• The dictionary also offers a strategy for sermon preparation and communicating the biblical message. One area of its application is theological.
• The dictionary is the result of collaboration between biblical scholars and literary scholars.
• The articles are presented in alphabetical order by title, and at the end of the dictionary, there is an English-Russian index to the Dictionary of Biblical Images, a Bible verse index, a thematic index, and a table of contents of the articles in alphabetical order.