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Testament of Abraham
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Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs an early Jewish work, with some Christian interpolations, reckoned among the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha . The work may have been written as early as 1st cent. BC It purports to be the final sayings ( "Testaments" ) of the 12 patriarchs, i.e., the 12 sons of... Read more |
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Pentateuch
Pentateuch [Gr.,=five books], first five books of the Old Testament . In the Hebrew Bible these books are called the Torah .... Read more |
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New Testament Apocrypha
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Life of Adam and Eve
Life of Adam and Eve early Jewish work included in the collection known as the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha . It was probably written in Hebrew between 100 BC and AD 100. Based on the Old Testament story, it supplements the original. It has been interpreted to teach that Eve was the source of... Read more |
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Samuel Rolles Driver
Samuel Rolles Driver 1846-1914, English clergyman and biblical scholar. He was regius professor of Hebrew and canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and from 1876 to 1884 was a member of the Old Testament Revision Committee. His chief work is his Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament ... Read more |
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William Robertson Smith
William Robertson Smith 1846-94, Scottish biblical scholar and Orientalist. He studied for the ministry of the Free Church of Scotland. From 1870 he was professor of Oriental languages and Old Testament exegesis at the Free Church College, Aberdeen. Certain articles on biblical subjects that he... Read more |
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Jonah
Jonah , prophetic book of the Bible. It tells the story of a prophet called by God to preach repentance to the city of Nineveh. According to the Second Book of Kings, Jonah lived during the reign (c.786 BC-c.746 BC) of Jeroboam II. In the story, Jonah flees because he does not want Nineveh to be... Read more |
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Arabah
Arabah or Araba , depression, on the Israel-Jordan border, extending c.100 mi (160 km) from the Dead Sea S to the Gulf of Aqaba; part of the Great Rift Valley complex. Limestone, salt, and potash are mined near the Dead Sea. In the Old Testament, Arabah is variously called a wilderness, a... Read more |
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Die G[ddot{o}]ttin I[check{s}]hara: Ein Beitrag zur altorientalischen...
...11. Munster: UGARIT-VERLAG, 1996...248. DM 102. Asherah: Goddesses in Ugarit, Israel and the Old Testament. By TILDE BINGER...for a study of the goddess Ishara. After a...chapters on ... |
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Die Gottin Ishara: Ein Beitrag zur altorientalischen Religions geschichte
...11. Munster: UGARIT-VERLAG> 1996...248. DM 102. Asherah: Goddesses in Ugarit, Israel and the Old Testament. By TILDE BWGER...for a study of the goddess I?;hara. After...chapters on ... |
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Did God have a wife?
...called "Asherah" who was...deity in Israel, who sat...coupled with a goddess. She was...Molek, Asherah. It appears...The goddess Asherah was worshipped...high god at Ugarit - a god who...original ... |
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LECTURE SERIES TO HONOR LATE PROFESSOR
...present "Ugarit and the Bible...ancient city of Ugarit in 1929...Bible - "Old Testament" for Christians...Bronze Age Ugarit (ca. 1400...gods and goddesses found in...Baal and Asherah. In ... |
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