Besides serving as editor of this book Gowan wrote several of the entries. Contributors to this volume include a number of senior scholars, such as Ronald Clements and I. Howard Marshall, as well as junior scholars, pastors, and translators. All the articles are written by specialists in the subject, which gives the essays significant depth of content and import.
In The Westminster Theological Wordbook of the Bible an outstanding group of biblical scholars explain key theological and ethical words of the Bible (New Revised Standard Version). In its exploring groups of related words and drawing the reader into the meanings of the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, Gowan's Wordbook will prove immensely helpful in understanding important terms such as "J…