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῾Abbasid Caliphate (Map)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
῾Abbasid Caliphate (A-Z entry)
As the result of a revolution that culminated In 750 ce in the defeat of the last Umayyad caliph, Marwan ibn Muhammad , on ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
abomination (A-Z entry)
Frequently in AV, and sometimes in NRSV, it describes an action or article incompatible with the true religion of Israel, as in Lev. 7: ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
abortion (A-Z entry)
Not an ethical issue in the Bible, for maintaining population growth was a Jewish priority sanctioned by a divine command ( Gen. 1:28 ).
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Abortion (A-Z entry)
Abortion as such is not discussed in the Bible, so any explanation of why it is not legislated or commented on is speculative. One ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Acts of a Greek King (A-Z entry)
The scroll fragment Acts of a Greek King (4Q248), previously also Pseudohistory, is now called Historical Text. It is approximately 8 by 8 centimeters ...
Source: Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Adullam (A-Z entry)
A place in the hills of Judah . When David fled from Saul he hid in a cave nearby and there gathered a supportive ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Adultery (A-Z entry)
Adultery is voluntary sexual intercourse by either a married man or a married woman with someone other than his or her spouse. In ancient ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
adultery (A-Z entry)
The seventh (or sixth, according to the Jewish reckoning, followed in Catholic Bibles) commandment ( Exod. 20: 14 ) forbade adultery, and the prescribed ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Aemilius Scaurus, Marcus (A-Z entry)
first-century bce Roman aristocrat; Pompey's quaestor during the annexation of Syria and conquest of Judea, also Pompey's brother-in-law and husband of Pompey's (divorced) third ...
Source: Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Afterlife and Immortality (A-Z entry)
This entry consists of two articles on views of life after death within the historical communities of Ancient Israel and Second Temple Judaism and ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Agrippa (A-Z entry)
Herod Agrippa I , grandson of Herod the Great ; the name ‘Agrippa’ was assumed on account of a friendship with Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Ahaz (A-Z entry)
King of Judah , 735 – 715 BCE . The Assyrians were dominant, and Syria and Ephraim resolved to arrest their eastward expansion and ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Akkadian (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Akkadian (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Akkadian (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Akkadian (A-Z entry)
The language of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians of Mesopotamia, Akkadian, subsumes both Assyrian and Babylonian dialects within it. The earliest attested Semitic language, ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Alexander's Empire and its Aftermath: The Hellenistic Period (Chapters)
It was the rise to power of Alexander the Great of Macedon which brought about the downfall of the Persian Empire. In 334 he ...
Source: Oxford Bible Atlas
Amarna Letters (A-Z entry)
Discovered in 1887 , the archive of El‐Amarna in Egypt has yielded 379 cuneiform tablets that are among the most precious finds of Near ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Amarna Tablets (A-Z entry)
Tell el-Amarna (ancient Akhenaten) in middle Egypt was, in the fourteenth century bce , the capital city of Akhenaten, or Amenophis IV. In 1887 ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
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