Easton's Bible Dictionary

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This is a set of entries from a Bible dictionary or biblical encyclopedia — a reference work in the tradition of 19th-century Protestant theological scholarship (the language, cross-references, and doctrinal framing suggest works like Smith's Bible Dictionary or Easton's Bible Dictionary). The entries cover terms alphabetically from "Adoption" through "Adultery," defining biblical, theological, and historical concepts with citations to specific scripture passages. The entry on spiritual adoption is the most theologically developed, outlining Reformed Protestant soteriology: adoption as a divine act of grace granting believers family membership, divine love, spiritual nature, and future inheritance. Geographical and historical entries (Adramyttium, Adria, Adullam) provide archaeological and classical context, including travel routes from Acts and the location of David's cave. The adultery entry is notably expansive, addressing Mosaic law, rabbinic practice, and the metaphorical use of adultery in the prophets to describe Israel's spiritual unfaithfulness. A reader would find this useful as a compact, scripturally cross-referenced reference for biblical terms, but its theological perspective is firmly conservative Protestant and its scholarship reflects the 19th-century state of biblical geography and textual criticism.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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