Dictionary of Biblical Imagery
Leland Ryken (Ph.D., University of Oregon) is Clyde S. Kilby Professor of English at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. He is the author of more than one hundred published articles and essays, and he has written, edited or contributed to more than twenty-five books. His books includeThe Word of God in English: Criteria for Excellence in Bible Translation(Crossway),The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing(Shaw),Dictionary of Biblical Imagery(InterVarsity Press),The Discerning Reader: Christian Perspectives on Literature and Theory(Baker) andA Complete Literary Guide to the Bible(Zondervan).James Wilhoit is Scripture Press Professor of Christian Education at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. He is the author ofSpiritual Formation as if the Church Mattered, coeditor of theDictionary of Biblical Imagery(IVP Academic) and coauthor, with Leland Ryken, ofEffective Bible Teaching.Tremper Longman III (PhD, Yale University) is Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He is also Visiting Professor of Old Testament at Seattle School of Theology and Psychology and adjunct of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary. He lectures regularly at Regent College in Vancouver and the Canadian Theological Seminary in Calgary. Longman is the author or coauthor of over twenty books, includingHow to Read Genesis, How to Read the Psalms, How to Read Proverbs, Literary Approaches to Biblical Interpretation, Old Testament Essentialsand coeditor ofA Complete Literary Guide to the Bible.He and Dan Allender have coauthoredBold Love, Cry of the Soul, Intimate Allies, The Intimate Mysteryand the Intimate Marriage Bible studies.