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Aceldama (A-Z entry)
(AV) Aramaic for ‘Field of Blood’ and rendered Hakeldama by NRSV; ‘Aceldama which means “Blood Acre”’ by REB ( Acts 1: 19 ): the ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Ahaz (A-Z entry)
King of Judah , 735 – 715 bce . The Assyrians were dominant, and Syria and Ephraim resolved to arrest their eastward expansion and ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
alliances (A-Z entry)
In spite of the sense of a specially chosen people, foreign alliances were negotiated by Solomon ( 1 Kgs. 5: 1–12 ) and Ahab ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Amos (A-Z entry)
A prophet , but no professional in that role ( Amos 7: 14 ), yet with the sense that he experienced a particular call ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Amos (Chapters)
Amos is the earliest of the prophets who have books in their names. In fact, his oracles were transmitted orally and were only collected ...
Source: The Catholic Study 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
Ancient of Days (A-Z entry)
An Aramaic expression used in e.g. Dan. 7: 9 for God as Judge. It conveys the notion of wisdom associated by the Jews with ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Antiochus's Destruction of the Temple (11:31). (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of 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
Baal (A-Z entry)
A common Semitic word meaning “owner, lord, husband.” As “lord” it is applied to various Canaanite gods, such as the Baal of Peor ( ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Babylonian Chronicle (605–594 b.c.e.) (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Balaam (A-Z entry)
A non‐Israelite prophet who figures most prominently in the narratives of Numbers 22–24 ; there is also a lengthy prophecy of the same Balaam ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Baruch (A-Z entry)
Son of Neriah , the scribe of Jeremiah (see, e.g., Jer. 36.4–5 , 32 ) and the purported author of the book of Baruch ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Baruch (Chapters)
Baruch, son of Neriah, was the secretary of the great prophet Jeremiah. He wrote down the prophet's preaching to preserve it for later generations, ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
Baruch, book of (A-Z entry)
A miscellaneous collection of prayers and narrative from the 2nd cent. bce influenced by the book of Jeremiah and attributed to Jeremiah ’s scribe ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Bel and the Dragon, book of (A-Z entry)
An addition (ch. 14) found in the Greek OT to the book of Daniel; probably written in the 2nd cent. bce , consisting of ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Belshazzar's Feast (5:1–6, 25–28). (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
call, calling (A-Z entry)
As part of his redemptive action, God ‘calls’ Israel ( Isa. 49: 1 ) and individuals ( Isa. 41: 25 ), and because the ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Daniel (Chapters)
The book of Daniel falls into three sections. The first ( chapters 1–6 ) consists of stories in which Daniel and his three companions ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
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