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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
Bernice (A-Z entry)
Daughter of Herod Agrippa I , and sister and mistress of Herod Agrippa II , with whom she listened to Paul in Caesarea ( ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
concubine (A-Z entry)
A secondary wife on whom Hebrew law conferred certain minimal rights ( Deut. 21: 15–17 ). Sarah and Rachel gave their handmaidens to their ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
1 Corinthians (Chapters)
Before Beginning…. In writing 1 Corinthians around ad 56, Paul was responding to some disquieting reports he had received about the community. First Corinthians ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
Divorce (A-Z entry)
In the Hebrew Bible the right of divorce is presupposed. However, like many other customs associated with family life ( see Marriage ; Weddings ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Family (A-Z entry)
The family in ancient Israel was a fluid and open community. The most common Hebrew terms ( mišpāḥâ and bêt , “house”) can designate ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
foreigner (A-Z entry)
In the OT a foreigner is a stranger or resident alien living among the Israelites ( Exod. 20: 10 ), protected by law but ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
genealogy (A-Z entry)
A catalogue of names of a dynasty or family . In the OT and NT there are several lists of ancestors or descendants. In ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
genealogy of Jesus (A-Z entry)
Both Matthew and Luke, in different places in their gospels, record the ancestry of Jesus. Matt. 1: 1–17 arranges the names into three groups ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Gomer (A-Z entry)
The wife of the prophet Hosea ( Hos. 1: 3 ); her life as a prostitute gave Hosea the impetus to proclaim his message ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Herodias (A-Z entry)
Granddaughter of Herod the Great and sister of Herod Agrippa I. Married 1. to half-uncle Herod, son of Mariamne II , third wife of ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Hosea (Chapters)
Hosea is not the first of the prophets chronologically, but he provides a good introduction to the prophetic corpus, as he is unrivaled for ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
Introduction (Chapters)
In the Hebrew Bible, the Minor Prophets (so named because their books are shorter than Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel) are called the Book of ...
Source: The Oxford Study Bible
Introduction (Chapters)
This letter gives a uniquely comprehensive picture of an early Christian congregation and of its founder ( 3.6 , 10 ), Paul. It contains ...
Source: The Oxford Study Bible
Introduction (Chapters)
The Book of Ruth is named after the Moabite woman who was joined to the Israelite people by her marriage with the influential Boaz ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
Introduction (Chapters)
Ruth was a Moabite woman who, after the death of her Judean husband, chose to give up the security of her homeland to return ...
Source: The Oxford Study Bible
Introduction (Chapters)
Malachi is primarily concerned about a lack of devotion and seriousness in Judah's Temple * worship and about a lack of fidelity in Judah's ...
Source: The Access Bible
Introduction (Chapters)
The books of Tobit, Judith, the Greek version of Esther, the expanded form of Daniel, and Joseph and Aseneth * are the only ancient ...
Source: The Access Bible
Introduction (Chapters)
In 1 Corinthians Paul combines instruction with exhortation. * The church at Corinth had been started by Paul only a few years earlier, and ...
Source: The Access Bible
Introduction (Chapters)
The Song of Songs, meaning the greatest of songs ( 1, 1 ), contains in exquisite poetic form the sublime portrayal and praise of ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
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