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Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible, 2d ed. Ed. Karel Van Der Toom, Bob Becking, and Pieter W. Van Der Horst. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans Pub., 1999. 960p. acid free $120 (ISBN 08028-2491-9). www.publink.net.
Originally published in 1995, this edition of Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible (DDD) is an extensive revision of the first edition, correcting the lacunae and errors of the first edition, providing thirty new entries, and updating the bibliographical references. As the preface states, the DDD "is meant primarily as an up-to-date source-book on the deities and demons found in the Bible" (xvii). The editors have done a remarkable job in pulling together material from a diversity of sources and in producing an excellent, yet accessible, reference work.
The DDD's definitions of the terms deities and demons are all inclusive. Thus, gods, demons, spirits, and other forces...