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Aaronid Blessing. (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Acts (A-Z entry)
The composition of works describing the deeds of various apostles, partly inspired by but often in some tension with the book of Acts that ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Aerial View of Hazor. (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Amos (A-Z entry)
The name Amos ( ‘amôs ) derives from the Hebrew root ‘ms , which means “to bear, carry.” The name could be understood in ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Amos, book of (A-Z entry)
According to the first verse of his book, Amos lived during the reigns of Uzziah (= Azariah in 2 Kgs 15), king of Judah ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Apocalypses (A-Z entry)
The apocalypses constitute a distinctive genre of ancient Jewish and Christian revelatory literature. Almost all proposed definitions of the apocalypse include the following features: ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Apocalyptic Literature. (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Ark Narrative. (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
The Arrest of Christ (26:47–56). (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Babylonian Tablet. (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Bacchides' Attack (9:43–49). (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Balaam's Talking Donkey (22:20–35). (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Baruch (A-Z entry)
The book is named for Baruch, the son of Neriah and scribe of the prophet Jeremiah ( see Jer 32:12 ; 36:4 ). The ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Bible (A-Z entry)
The English word Bible and its cognate terms in other modern languages (e.g. German: Bibel , Italian: Bibbia , Spanish: Biblia ) are among ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Biblical History and Archaeology (Chapters)
History in the Biblical Literature The Bible as a Historical Source To what extent is history‐a record of actual past events‐embedded in the diverse ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
The Biblical Texts and Their Background (Chapters)
The biblical writings were created over a wide expanse of time. That broad historical and cultural canvas is one important cause for the Bible's ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
The Binding of Isaac. (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Cairo Genizah Fragments. (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Canon (Chapters)
I. Introduction An examination of the origin and development of the biblical canons of both Judaism and Christianity is essentially about the processes that ...
Source: The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies
Canon (A-Z entry)
[ This entry contains four subentries , an Overview, Hebrew Bible, Old Testament, and New Testament.] Overview The word “canon” (Gk. kanōn ; cf. ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
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