pThis multivolume work is still proving to be as fundamental to Old Testament studies as its companion set, the Kittel-Friedrich emTheological Dictionary of the New Testamentem, has been to New Testament studies.ppBeginning with em'257bh '257bem, father, and continuing through the alphabet, the emTDOTem volumes present in-depth discussions of the key Hebrew and Aramaic words in the Old Testament. Leading scholars of various religious traditions including Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, Greek Orthodox, and Jewish and from many parts of the world Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States have been carefully selected for each article by editors Botterweck, Ringgren, and Fabry and their consultants, George W. Anderson, Henri Cazelles, David Noel Freedman, Shemaryahu Talmon, and Gerhard Wallis.ppThe intention of the writers is to concentrate on emmeaningem, starting from the more general,