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Agriculture (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Agriculture (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Agriculture (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Agriculture (A-Z entry)
In the Bible agriculture and religion are intimately connected. Of the three major festivals two were clearly connected with the agricultural year. The Feast ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Agriculture (A-Z entry)
The broad array of activities and knowledge whereby human communities exploit plants to produce food and other crops (fibers and oils), agriculture, literally means ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Animal Husbandry (A-Z entry)
The domestication of animals is a component of the “Neolithic Revolution” and a process that had an impact both on the biology of the ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Animals (A-Z entry)
As a modern general designation for all living creatures other than plants, “animal” does not always have a simple equivalent in the Bible. The ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
ass (A-Z entry)
Both wild ( Job 39: 5–8 ) and tamed ( Deut. 22: 10 ) were known bce ; Jesus rode on a female ass ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Azazel (A-Z entry)
Appears only in the Day of Atonement ritual in Leviticus 16 . Two goats were designated by lot ( 16.8 ), one for the ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
beast (A-Z entry)
Mammals as distinct from birds or fish ( Gen. 1: 30 ) either wild (as in Mark. 1: 13 ) or capable of being ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Beersheba (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Beersheba (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Beersheba (A-Z entry)
The most southerly place of Israel, notable for its wells and therefore suitable for pasturing sheep. There are notes in Genesis that the ancestors ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Beersheba (A-Z entry)
( Ar., Tell es-Saba῾ ), a small mound about 1 ha (2.5 acres) in area, located in the Beersheba valley, east of the modern ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
birds (A-Z entry)
Turtle-doves and young pigeons were allowed for sacrifices ( Lev. 1: 14 ; Luke 2: 24 ). Wild birds were hunted ( Amos 3: ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
bulls (A-Z entry)
In the ancient Near East bulls were often prominent as cult objects and their strength and procreative power were not lost on the Israelites. ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
camel (A-Z entry)
Regarded by the Hebrews as an unclean animal , not to be eaten ( Lev. 11: 4 ), but useful for carrying goods ( ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Camels (A-Z entry)
Modern camels are of two types, Camelus dromedarius —the one-humped dromedary—and C. bactrianus —the two-humped Bactrian, both of which are known only as domestic ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Cats (A-Z entry)
The principal ancestor of the domestic cat, the wild cat Felis silvestris , is a single species with a worldwide distribution that varies in ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Cattle and Oxen (A-Z entry)
During the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene, the aurochs ( Bos primigenius ), the wild ancestor of domestic cattle, ranged over diverse environments across ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
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