Easton's Bible Dictionary

Easton's Bible Dictionary 1894 book cover

The Illustrated Bible Dictionary,^{[n 1]} better known as Easton's Bible Dictionary, is a reference work on topics related to the Christian Bible compiled by Matthew George Easton. The first edition was published in 1893^[1] and a revised edition was published the following year.^[2] The most popular edition, however, was the third, which was published by Thomas Nelson in 1897, three years after Easton's death.^[3] The last contains nearly 4,000 entries relating to the Bible from a 19th-century perspective. Many of the entries in Easton's are encyclopedic in nature, although there are also short dictionary-type entries.

Because of its age, it is now a public domain resource.

See also

• Bauer lexicon
• Smith's Bible Dictionary, another popular 19th century Bible dictionary

Notes

1. Full title: Illustrated Bible Dictionary and Treasury of Biblical History, Biography, Geography, Doctrine, and Literature with Numerous Illustrations and Important Chronological Tables and Maps.^[1]

References

Citations

1. Easton (1893).
2. Easton (1894).
3. Easton (1897).

Bibliography

• Easton, Matthew George, ed. (1893), Illustrated Bible Dictionary..., New York: Harper & Bros.
• Easton, M.G., ed. (1894), Illustrated Bible Dictionary... Rev. ed., London: T. Nelson & Sons.
• Easton, M.G., ed. (1897), Illustrated Bible Dictionary... 3rd ed., London: T. Nelson & Sons.

External links

• Works related to Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) at Wikisource
• Full text of Easton's Bible Dictionary at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library
• Webster's 1828, Easton and Smith's Bible Dictionaries - Android App
• Webster's 1828, Easton and Smith's Bible Dictionaries - IOS App