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These concrete pictures like milk and honey, mountains and valleys, and covenants and feasts have hidden force and have struck sharp and lasting impressions on our minds. Christianity Today Book of the Year Explore the Rich Visual Language of the Bible Every reader of the Bible has encountered the powerful, comforting and sometimes puzzling imagery of Scripture. Their imprint has etched itself on the language and grammar of Christian faith and Western culture. Why then do traditional Bible dictionaries and reference works offer so little help to explorers of the Bible's galaxy of verbal pictures?