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Abravanel, Isaac (A-Z entry)
(1437–1508) a medieval philosopher and biblical commentator. He fled from Portugal to Spain to escape a sentence of death in a supposed plot ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Abulafia, Abraham ben Shemuel (A-Z entry)
(13th century) a leading kabbalist and mystic of Spain. Abulafia taught a method of mystical insight that involved contemplating the letters of the ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Adar (A-Z entry)
the twelfth month (February–March) in the Jewish year. In order to bring the lunar calendar into alignment with the solar year, a leap ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Adonai (A-Z entry)
(Heb “my Lord”) a divine title and the word generally substituted for the Tetragrammaton , Yhvh, when the Bible is read aloud.
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
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
aggadah (A-Z entry)
(or “haggadah,”possibly from Heb huggad ,“things said” or “what is told”) the nonlegal portions of the Talmud and Midrash (see halakhah ). Aggadah ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Aḥad HaʿAm (A-Z entry)
(Heb “one of the people” or “the people are one”) pen‐name of Asher Ginzberg (1856–1927), Zionist writer.
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
aliens (A-Z entry)
Aliens, or strangers sojourning in the land, were supposed to be treated generously ( Exod. 22: 21 ; 23: 9 ). But neighbours across ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
ʿaliyah (A-Z entry)
(Heb “ascent”) pilgrimage or emigration to the land of Israel; being given the honor of “ascending” to read the Torah in synagogue worship.
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
ʿAmidah (A-Z entry)
(Heb “standing”) the main prayer in Jewish worship. Also called the Shemonah ʿ Esrei (eighteen [blessings]), although on regular weekdays (not Shabbat or ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
ʾamoraʾ (A-Z entry)
(Aram. “speaker”; pl. ʾamora ʾ im ) a rabbinic teacher of the talmudic period. The name is used in both Babylonia and the ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Anti‐Semitism (A-Z entry)
Anti‐Semitism has become the term commonly used for attitudes and actions against Jews. It was coined in the 1870s by the German agitator Wilhelm ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Apocalyptic (Chapters)
Introduction The word ‘apocalyptic’ is nowadays used to describe a scenario that heralds the end of the world, or at least the end of ...
Source: The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies
The Apocalyptic Vision (Chapters)
When the word “apocalypse” appears in the newspaper, it is usually in connection with the horrors of nuclear war or the threat of environmental ...
Source: The Oxford Study Bible
The Apocrypha (Chapters)
Definition and History Apocrypha means ‘[books] hidden away’ and is the name given to those books found in the Old Testament of ancient Greek ...
Source: The Oxford Illustrated History of the Bible
Ark (A-Z entry)
The English word “ark” translates two Hebrew words that differ from each other both in form and in usage, though the Septuagint employs one ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Ark (for the Torah) (A-Z entry)
a box or cabinet, typically of wood, in which the Torah scrolls are stored at the front of the synagogue. It is often ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Ascension of Isaiah (A-Z entry)
An apocryphal work extant only in Ethiopic, probably Jewish in origin but containing extensive Christian additions. It describes the prophet's martyrdom and his subsequent ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
ʾAvot (A-Z entry)
(Heb “fathers”) the name of the first blessing in the ʿ Amidah , from its reference to “the God of Abraham, the God ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Ban (A-Z entry)
The Hebrew word ḥērem is generally translated “ban” or “devoted (thing)” and means something set apart as belonging to Yahweh and therefore forbidden for ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
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