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Abortion (A-Z entry)
Abortion as such is not discussed in the Bible, so any explanation of why it is not legislated or commented on is speculative. One ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
balm of Gilead (A-Z entry)
Resin gathered from the mastic tree. Joseph 's brothers ( Gen. 37: 25 ) sold him to merchants whose caravan of camels conveyed this ...
Source: A Dictionary of 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
῾Ein-Boqeq (A-Z entry)
oasis in Israel on the southwest shore of the Dead Sea (31°10′ N, 35°20′ E; map reference 1854 × 0676). Its ancient name is ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
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
ISIN (A-Z entry)
ancient capital of the first dynasty of Isin, situated about 200 km (124 mi.) south–southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, about 20 km (12 mi.) south ...
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 (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
Medicine and the Bible (A-Z entry)
It is generally agreed that modern Western medicine takes its origin from two main sources, the Greek ideals enshrined in the Hippocratic tradition, to ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Paleopathology (A-Z entry)
The scientific study of ancient disease, which has historical and medical implications for human, animal, and plant evolution, began in the late nineteenth century. ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
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