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angels (A-Z entry)
The Greek word aggelos means ‘messenger’ and as such angels are described as bearing messages from God to the patriarchs (e.g. Gen. 22: 11 ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Angels (A-Z entry)
In Israel's early traditions, God was perceived as administering the cosmos with a retinue of divine assistants. The members of this divine council were ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
archangel (A-Z entry)
From the Greek, meaning a chief angel; seven are named in 1 Enoch 20, cf. Tobit 12: 15 . In the two centuries bce ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Archangels (A-Z entry)
From Greek archaggeloi , “chief angels” or “angels of high rank.” The plural form is not found in the Bible, but in Tobit 12.15 ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Assumption of Moses (A-Z entry)
a legend, the account of which is no longer in existence, that may be the origin of the allusion in Jude 9 to ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
cherubim (A-Z entry)
Winged creatures (‘cherubim’ is the Hebrew plural of ‘cherub’) which were frequently represented in the art of ancient Assyria. Two may be seen in ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
darkness (A-Z entry)
A symbol for what is evil : it encompasses the underworld ( Ps. 143: 3 ), but is not impenetrable by God ( Ps. ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
elemental spirits (A-Z entry)
The Greek word ( stoicheia ), so translated by NRSV and REB, has puzzled commentators. It occurs at Col. 2: 8 and 20 ; ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Gabriel (A-Z entry)
Gabriel is one of the most prominent angels in postexilic Jewish literature and in Christian texts, especially extracanonical literature. He is portrayed as one ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
heaven (A-Z entry)
In the Bible, as in the English language, ‘heaven’ can refer to the region of the atmosphere or also to a supernatural world. Birds ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
hosts of heaven (A-Z entry)
Used in both bad and good senses in OT: as sun, moon, and stars they were worshipped by Israelites guilty of apostasy ( Deut. ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Introduction (Chapters)
The reports about Daniel in this book may contain elements about an older figure, or figures, with the same name: a king in an ...
Source: The Oxford Study 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)
Luke is the third of the Synoptic Gospels. * Early interpreters recognized that Matthew, Mark, and Luke were so closely related that they should ...
Source: The Access Bible
Introduction (Chapters)
Over time Paul the apostle * was thought to be the author, and this document was placed at the end of his collected letters. ...
Source: The Access Bible
Introduction (Chapters)
Second Esdras is a composite book, containing three works of different origins. The central part of the book, chs. 3–14 , is usually referred ...
Source: The Access Bible
Introduction (Chapters)
Colossians is a mixture of liturgical * elements (a prayer in 1.9–12 , a hymn in 1.15–20 , and baptismal * reminiscences in 3.1–4.6 ...
Source: The Access Bible
Introduction (Chapters)
This letter is addressed to a congregation at Colossae in the Lycus Valley in Asia Minor, east of Ephesus. At the time of writing, ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
Introduction (Chapters)
As early as the second century, this treatise, which is of great rhetorical power and force in its admonition to faithful pilgrimage under Christ's ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
Michael (A-Z entry)
One of the archangels , whose name is a rhetorical question meaning “Who is like God?” (or, “Who is like El?”). In apocalyptic literature ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
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