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anthropology (A-Z entry)
Usually the study of mankind's cultures, customs, and cults—but in Christian theology it is used for the doctrine that men and women are made ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Assumption of Moses (A-Z entry)
The story of the world, written about 90 ce , in terms of conflict between God and Satan beginning with Moses and culminating in ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Climate, Flora, and Fauna (Chapters)
Seasons The latitude of Palestine is roughly that of southern Spain in Europe or Georgia in the USA. Its climate is also influenced by ...
Source: Oxford Bible Atlas
firmament (A-Z entry)
The division made by God, according to the P account of creation , to restrain the cosmic water and form the sky ( Gen. ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
flood (A-Z entry)
There is no archaeological evidence for the universal flood described in Gen. 6–8 , but there are several Mesopotamian stories about how a family ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
fountain (A-Z entry)
A natural spring of flowing water, as opposed to a well or a cistern. Fountains are numerous in upper Galilee . They offer security ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
heaven (A-Z entry)
In the Bible, as in the English language, ‘heaven’ can refer to the region of the atmosphere or also to a supernatural world. Birds ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
hosts of heaven (A-Z entry)
Used in both bad and good senses in OT: as sun, moon, and stars they were worshipped by Israelites guilty of apostasy ( Deut. ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Jordan (A-Z entry)
The river which runs from north of the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea is central to the history of Israel, ancient and ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Jupiter (A-Z entry)
The chief god in the Roman pantheon, equivalent to the Greek Zeus, to whom many temples were dedicated in the Roman Empire. At Lystra ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
lime (A-Z entry)
There is plenty of limestone in Palestine, and lime was made by heating this in a kiln ( Isa. 33: 12 ). It could ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
sun (A-Z entry)
References to the sun in the Bible include its beneficial effects in agriculture ( Deut. 33: 14 ) and also the unpleasant injuries it ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Time, Units of (A-Z entry)
The universal division of time into past, present, and future is expressed in Hebrew (as in other Semitic languages) by a spatial metaphor. Contrary ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Water Tunnels (A-Z entry)
In the arid climate of the ancient Near East, the need for water was always fundamental and its proximity dictated the location of early ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
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