OK I have had someone furiously writing content for me over the last few weeks and they have finally finished.

It's a glossary of technical terms and consists of quality unique content which is somewhat keyword rich.

It should be a great resource for my web visitors but I also want to maximise SEO benefit.

So my question is, do I put it all in one big page from A to Z or split it up into a different page for each item, from an SEO point of view?

Here are the benefits of each method as I see it:

One big page:

Can concentrate IBLs into a solitary page.
Less likely to get a Supplemental Index issue.
Possibly easier for visitors to navigate? (although a single page this size might be cumbersome too)

Lots smaller pages:

Can target meta data, page title etc to each glossary item
Anchor text of IBLs likely to be more targeted
Avoids any potential "Page Size Penalty" (if such a thing exists?)

FYI, there are about 160 terms described each with about 270 words. A total of 43,383 words all up!

Thanks in advance!