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῾Abbasid Caliphate (Map)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
῾Abbasid Caliphate (A-Z entry)
As the result of a revolution that culminated In 750 ce in the defeat of the last Umayyad caliph, Marwan ibn Muhammad , on ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Akkadian (A-Z entry)
the language of the Assyrian and Babylonian empires. Akkadian is a Semitic language related to Hebrew, and is written in cuneiform, wedge‐shaped writing, ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Alexander's Empire and its Aftermath: The Hellenistic Period (Chapters)
It was the rise to power of Alexander the Great of Macedon which brought about the downfall of the Persian Empire. In 334 he ...
Source: Oxford Bible Atlas
aliens (A-Z entry)
Aliens, or strangers sojourning in the land, were supposed to be treated generously ( Exod. 22: 21 ; 23: 9 ). But neighbours across ...
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
Amarna Letters (A-Z entry)
Akkadian cuneiform tablets from the period of 1350 bce or slightly earlier, containing diplomatic correspondence from the reigns of Pharaohs Amenophis III and ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
asiarchs (A-Z entry)
Officials (NRSV) in the Roman province of Asia. They were well disposed towards Paul at Ephesus ( Acts 19: 31 —‘dignitaries of the province’, ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Babylonia (A-Z entry)
a Mesopotamian world power. It often competed against Assyria, which it conquered in 612 bce. Its major city was Babylon, Akkadian for “gate ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Cyrus Cylinder (A-Z entry)
an Akkadian inscription describing the conquest of Babylon by Cyrus.
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Dov Baer (A-Z entry)
(1710–72) a Hasidic leader and follower of Isaac Luria; he became well known as a preacher ( maggid )and is therefore known as ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Fatimid Dynasty (A-Z entry)
Shi῾i in origin, the Fatimid dynasty takes as its eponym Fatimah, the daughter of the prophet Muhammad and the wife of ῾ Ali , ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Fundamentalism (A-Z entry)
A twentieth‐century theological movement among conservative Protestants, largely in North America. Despite its broad, amorphous, and decentralized character, fundamentalism has the following features: 1. ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
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
Hebrew Scriptures (A-Z entry)
the works, written in the Hebrew language (with a few short Aramaic sections), that are accepted as Scripture in Judaism. Thus, although Sirach, ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Hebrews (A-Z entry)
A name applied occasionally to the early Israelites, primarily to distinguish them from other cultures and peoples of the ancient Near East. An ethnic ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
heikhalot rabbati (A-Z entry)
(“greater halls”) mystical writings probably dating from the 3rd to 7th centuries ce. The “halls” (or “palaces, temples”) are heavenly realms through which ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
heikhalot zutarti (A-Z entry)
(“lesser halls”) mystical writings of the same type as the heikhalot rabbati .
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
hellenic (A-Z entry)
conforming to, or characterized by, the ideals of Greek culture. The Greek conquest of the countries of the eastern Mediterranean by Alexander the ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Herodians (A-Z entry)
In Mark 12: 13 and Matt. 22: 16 some Herodians join with Pharisees in putting to Jesus a difficult question about the payment of ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
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