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Blindness (A-Z entry)
Due to several causes, blindness was common in the ancient world. The blind were one of the groups to whom special protection was due; ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Circumcision (A-Z entry)
Circumcision is the ritualistic removal of the male's foreskin, practiced by many African, South American, and Middle Eastern peoples. Often performed at puberty, it ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
disease (A-Z entry)
Many kinds of disease are mentioned in the Bible but it is difficult to identify them by their modern names. The incidence of disease ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Epilepsy (A-Z entry)
Epilepsy in its grand mal or major form was a well‐known illness of the ancient world. Its frightening and bizarre nature seemed to defy ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
gall (A-Z entry)
Jesus on the cross was offered a drink of wine mixed with gall, a herb of intense bitterness which had the effect of dulling ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Gehazi (A-Z entry)
Elisha 's servant ( 2 Kgs. 4: 12 ). After Elisha had cured Naaman the Syrian commander of ‘leprosy’ , Gehazi dishonestly obtained a ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Gilead (A-Z entry)
A name for three minor persons ( Josh. 17: 1 ; Judg. 11: 1 ; 1 Chron. 5: 14 ), but more importantly of ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Gilead (A-Z entry)
region named in the Hebrew Bible, located on the rocky, and in those days forested, parts of the eastern side of the Jordan River ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
health (A-Z entry)
Regarded by the Hebrews as the reward for obedience to God ( Exod. 15: 26 ). Disease therefore was directly or indirectly caused by ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
herbs (A-Z entry)
Herbs were in use by the Hebrews both to give flavour to food and also as medicines. Bitter herbs (lettuce etc.) were eaten during ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
hypophora (A-Z entry)
(hie-po-for′-uh) an argument in which the speaker or writer states and answers objections. Sometimes the writer puts the objections in the form of ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Introduction (Chapters)
Third John has the form of a private letter from the Elder (see the Introduction to 2 Jn) to a certain Gaius, who is ...
Source: The New Oxford Annotated Bible
Laying on of Hands (A-Z entry)
The laying on of hands was a ceremonial act that conferred a special favor or function on the person for whom it was performed. ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Leprosy (A-Z entry)
The biblical disorder called “leprosy” is different from the disease known as “leprosy” in the twentieth century. The latter, called Hansen's disease (bacillus mycobacterium ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Medicine (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Medicine (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Medicine (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Medicine (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Medicine (A-Z entry)
Although the existence of survivable surgical procedures on the skull (trephination) is attested from the Neolithic through the Arab periods, it is particularly difficult ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Medicine (A-Z entry)
As a general reference to healing practices, medicine has a long and complex history in the ancient Near East. It is useful to think ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
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