The Complete Topical Guide to the Bible Paperback - 2017

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A comprehensive tool to enrich your Bible study, topic by topic

Many readers of the Bible are familiar with concordances, which list biblical passages in which the same word appears. But concordances fall short for the study of particular topics in God's Word. For instance, a concordance does not yield John 3:16 for a study of grace, despite the fact that it's an essential verse on the topic, because the word grace does not appear in the verse. The Complete Topical Guide to the Bible includes these related references.

This comprehensive guide to biblical topics provides references, definitions, and cross-references to related topics. The topics have been carefully organized into nine major biblical categories to help you easily find everything the Bible says on a topic and do in-depth studies of God's Word.

- God
- Jesus Christ
- the Holy Spirit
- creation
- humanity
- sin and salvation
- God's people
- the life of the believer
- the last things



Martin H. Manser is a professional reference-book editor. Since 1980 he has compiled or edited more than two hundred reference books in the areas of English language and Bible reference.

Alister E. McGrath is Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford and president of the Oxford Center for Christian Apologetics.

J. I. Packer is the Board of Governors' Professor of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. His many books include Knowing God and Keep in Step with the Spirit.

Donald J. Wiseman (d. 2010) was a renowned archaeologist who also wrote several commentaries on books of the Old Testament and was involved in the translation of the New International Version of the Bible.