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Agrippa (A-Z entry)
Herod Agrippa I , grandson of Herod the Great; the name ‘Agrippa’ was assumed on account of a friendship with Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa , ...
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
ambassadors (A-Z entry)
‘Servants’ (AV, NRSV), ‘envoys’ (REB), ‘an embassy’ (NJB) sent on a goodwill visit to another country ( 1 Kgs. 5: 1 ) or to ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Artaxerxes (A-Z entry)
In Ezra 4: 7 etc. the reference is probably to Artaxerxes I , king of Persia 465 – 424 bce , whose appointment of ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
The Assyrian Empire (Chapters)
Much of our knowledge of the Assyrians comes from records they left behind, in particular through royal annals. In using these records, it is ...
Source: Oxford Bible Atlas
Babylonian exile (A-Z entry)
the forced relocation of some of the population of Judah, perhaps the ruling portion of it, after the conquest by Babylonia in 597–586 ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Benjamin (A-Z entry)
The younger son of Jacob and Rachel ( Gen. 35: 18 ), from whom the tribe of Benjamin claimed to be descended. He is ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Cadbury, Henry Joel (A-Z entry)
( 1883 – 1974 ) Internationally known as a Nobel Peace prizewinner, he was a professor at Bryn Mawr and Harvard in New Testament ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
1 Chronicles (Chapters)
The Chronicler's Work As the introduction to this book notes ( OT, p. 435 ), the first book of Chronicles is part of a ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
citizenship (A-Z entry)
Roman citizenship was immensely important in the NT era, and Paul was able to claim it—and more; he was also a citizen of Tarsus ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
David (A-Z entry)
The Bible remembers David as founder, around 1000 b.c.e. , of the dynasty that ruled First Temple Jerusalem. David is famous for his defeat ...
Source: Oxford Encyclopedias of the Bible
Domitian (A-Z entry)
Emperor from 81 to 96 ce (when he was assassinated). Under him the Romans made substantial military advances in Britain. He pressed his claim ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Edomites (A-Z entry)
Inhabitants of land at the SE end of the Dead Sea . The Edomites lived adjacent to the Israelites, with whom there were frequent ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Euphrates (A-Z entry)
The southernmost of the two rivers that, along with the Tigris, define Mesopotamia . The Euphrates begins from two tributaries in mountainous eastern Turkey, ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Euphrates (A-Z entry)
In Sumerian the name of the Euphrates River is BURANUN ; in Akkadian, ÍD.KIB.NUN.KI (lit., “Sippar River”); in Assyro-Babylonian, Purattu ; in Old Persian, ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Gedaliah (A-Z entry)
The governor of Judah appointed by Nebuchadnezzar after its capture in 586 bce ( 2 Kgs. 25: 22 ). He enjoyed the support of ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Gibeon (A-Z entry)
A town NW of Jerusalem whose inhabitants tricked the invading Israelites into a treaty ( Josh. 9: 4 ), though later Saul attacked them ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Gibeon (A-Z entry)
A site of some importance in the Bible, located approximately 9 km (5 mi) north of Jerusalem (35°11′ N, 31°51′ E; map reference 167.6 ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Haggadah of Pesaḥ (A-Z entry)
(“telling of Passover”) the liturgical recitation used at the Passover Seder ; also the book that contains the recitation and instructions of the ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
halakhah (A-Z entry)
(Heb “way,” from halakh “go”; pl. halakhot ) the legal portions of the Talmud, or any legal ruling according to Jewish law.
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
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