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A dictionary of Biblical allusions

Lloyd Edwin Smith

Paperback (Haldeman-Julius Co, March 15, 1925)

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Dictionary of Classical, Biblical, and Literary Allusions

Abraham H. Lass

Paperback (Fawcett, Oct. 31, 1988)

1,300 key figures of speech from history, mythology, scripture, literature and popular culture are all organized here in this handy A-Z reference guide.

Facts on File Dictionary of Classical and Biblical Allusions

Martin H. Manser, David Pickering

Hardcover (Facts on File, Nov. 1, 2003)

Alphabetically arranged entries explain approximately two thousand words and expressions from the Bible and from the mythology of the Greek, Roman, and Norse cultures among others.

Biblical Allusions

Lindsay Bacher

Library Binding (Essential Library, Sept. 1, 2015)

Analyzes the use of biblical allusions in American literature and film, describing how parallels can be drawn between fictional works and the Bible, and presents examples from C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," Warner Brothers' "The Matrix," and William Golding's "Lord of the Flies."

A Dictionary of Biblical Allusions in English Literature

W. B. Fulghum

Paperback (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, March 15, 1965)

Many stories and characters of the Bible are familiar in a general way to readers of literature, but few of us know the Bible in sufficient detail to recognize, let alone understand, many of the Biblical allusions common in our language and literature. The purpose of this book is to help the intelligent reader in two ways: first, to locate an allusion in the Bible itself; and, second, to understand the allusion's meaning and use in literature. --- excerpt from book's Preface