An excellent one volume Catholic dictionary of the Bible written byrespected CatholicBiblical scholar John L. McKenzie S.J. and originally published in 1965. The entries are compact with many Biblical references. This is the best one volume orthodox Catholic Bible dictionary available in the English language and is a 1995 reprint. This essential reference tool should be on the shelf of every good Catholic library. Fr. John L. McKenzie, S.J., (1910-1991) was an acclaimed Catholic Scripture scholar who wrote numerous books from the 1950's through the 1980's. He taught at DePaul University, Loyola University, the University of Notre Dame, St. Mary's Seminary and the University of Chicago, where he was the first Catholic scholar on the Divinity School faculty.He was at one timepresident of the Catholic Biblical Association of America andpresident of the Society of Biblical Literature. He