Rephaim

Home > ... > Philosophy and Religion > The Bible > Biblical Proper Names: Biographies > ...

Essential reading Compare
side-by-side A Dictionary of the Bible The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Rephaim

Rephaim , in the Bible. 1 Pre-Israelite race of giants. They were also referred to simply as "giants." 2 Valley, SW of Jerusalem.

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1E1-Rephaim" title="Facts and information about Rephaim">Rephaim</a>

Give this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"Rephaim." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 17 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"Rephaim." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (December 17, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Rephaim.html

"Rephaim." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Rephaim.html

Learn more about citation styles

Rephaim

A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Â© A Dictionary of the Bible 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Rephaim Inhabitants of Transjordan before the arrival of the Israelites (Deut. 2: 11). The name is also applied to the ‘giants’ (NRSV) from Philistia (2 Sam. 21: 16; 18, 20, REB), and to giants who exist as ‘shades’ (Isa. 26: 14) in the underworld but with their earthly status intact (Isa. 14: 9).

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1O94-Rephaim" title="Facts and information about Rephaim">Rephaim</a>

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

W. R. F. BROWNING. "Rephaim." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 17 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

W. R. F. BROWNING. "Rephaim." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (December 17, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-Rephaim.html

W. R. F. BROWNING. "Rephaim." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved December 17, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-Rephaim.html

Learn more about citation styles

Related research questions

Facts and information from other sites

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, and more

	La Bible et l'héritage d'Ougarit Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...82]) raises the question of the "Rephaim" in biblical and Ugaritic literature. In biblical prose evidence, the Rephaim constitute one of the ancient ethnic...Poetic biblical books present the Rephaim as the dead in general, or as deceased...
	Israel's Beneficent Dead: Ancestor Cult and Necromancy in Ancient Israelite Religion and Tradition Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 10/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...is preceded by another where rp(character omitted)im, "Rephaim," and (character omitted)ilnym, "divinities," are...terms chiastically. As a result, "men" and "(living) rephaim" correspond as the outside terms of the chiasm, and "gods...
	Nations Mightier and More Numerous: The Biblical View of Palestine's Pre-Israelite Peoples Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...of the Amalekites, Kadmonites, Kenites, Kenizzites, and Rephaim are examined. The first four groups are deemed "geographically...rather peripheral" (p. 85). The legendary, pre-Israelite Rephaim include the Anakim, Emim, Horites, Nephilim, and Zamsummim...
	Whats On Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 2/23/2004; ; 547 words ; ...plus Reb Shlomo's Hebrew classics. Tonight's performance is for a mixed audience. At 9 p.m., ICCY, Rehov Emek Rephaim 12, 053-556537. Tel Aviv Afro-Cuban bebop Jazz pianist/composer Hilton Ruiz brings in his trio - Orlando Martin on...
	In the frame Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 7/10/1998; ; 531 words ; ...the form of animals in different materials, is planned for Jerusalem. It will be sited in a park to be landscaped in the Rephaim Valley, a meeting point between East and West Jerusalem. Collaborating on its design are two internationally renowned personalities...
	'You have to be pleasing & co-operative': Australia's vision splendid for post-World War II migrants.(Essay) Magazine article from: Traffic; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...from 1869 to 1908 the Templers established nine colonies in Palestine: Haifa (1869), Jaffa (1869), Sarona (1871), Rephaim-Jerusalem (1873), Walhalla-Jaffa (1892), Neuhardthof-Haifa (1897), Wilhelma (1902), Bethlehem (1906...
	Canaanite Religion according to the Liturgical Texts of Ugarit Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...to the royal cult of the deceased royal ancestors in chaps. 3 and 4. Here he provides a fine overview of the so-called "Rephaim texts" (KTU 1.20-22) and related compositions. In chap. 5, d.O.L. turns to the nonfunerary palace cult, which...
	The marze ah in the Prophetic Literature: References and Allusions in Light of the Extra-Biblical Evidence Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...marze ah at Ugarit was definitely nonfunerary. McLaughlin is correct that in Cuneiform Alphabetic Texts 1.21.II, the Rephaim may be invited to a divine drinking feast as one party among many. It gives one pause, nevertheless, to note that of all...
	"We are utterly cut off": Some possible nuances of (the third element) in Ezek 37:11 Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...more about the relationship of Yhwh to the dead according to the psalmist: Do you do wonders (...) for the dead? Do the Rephaim rise and praise you (...)? Are your acts of covenant loyalty (...) spoken of in the grave, Your faithfulness...
	Studies in Hebrew and Ugaritic Psalms. Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 10/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...299), this juxtaposition of ttrt and /hdry we have in the reference to Og, king of Bashan, who was a leftover of the Rephaim (healers, deified ancestors) dwelling at Ashtaroth and Edrei (Deut. 1:4; Josh. 12:4; 13:12, 31). Ashtaroth...