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Abraham (A-Z entry)
Abraham is the earliest biblical character who is delineated clearly enough to be correlated, to a limited extent, within world history. His homeland on ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
ʿAkedah (A-Z entry)
(Heb “binding”) the story of the binding of Isaac (Gen. ch 22).
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Ancestors, The (A-Z entry)
Genesis 12–50 relates in the fullest form the traditions about the ancestors of Israel, frequently called the patriarchs ( Abraham , Isaac , and ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Androgyny/Hermaphroditism: Early Judaism (A-Z entry)
While Judaism never adopted “hermaphroditism” as a term because of its mythological connotations to the Greek god Hermaphroditus (son of Hermes and Aphrodite), the ...
Source: Oxford Encyclopedias of the Bible
Ark (for the Torah) (A-Z entry)
a box or cabinet, typically of wood, in which the Torah scrolls are stored at the front of the synagogue. It is often ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
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
Before Israel (Chapters)
By the time the nation of Israel emerged as a political entity in the late thirteenth century bce , Near Eastern urban civilization had ...
Source: The Oxford History of the Biblical World
The Bible in the Jewish Mystical Tradition (Chapters)
Background to the Jewish Mystical Tradition Early Sources The mystical tradition in Judaism is a multifaceted phenomenon whose early roots reach back to the ...
Source: The Jewish Study Bible
The Binding of Isaac. (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Bitter Lives (Chapters)
E xodus , a Greek word, means departure or going out. The Exodus is the Israelite departure from Egypt under the leadership of Moses, ...
Source: The Oxford History of the Biblical World
Cain and Abel (A-Z entry)
Genesis 4.1–16 relates the curious story of Cain and Abel. Cain (meaning perhaps “smith,” possibly related to the Kenites ), is the firstborn of ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Concepts of Purity in the Bible (Chapters)
As in many religious traditions past and present, ancient Israelites categorized persons, places, and other things as “holy” (kodesh) or “common” (πol) and as ...
Source: The Jewish Study Bible
Conquest of Canaan (A-Z entry)
The biblical story of the conquest of Canaan is found in Joshua 1–11 and Judges 1 . The Joshua account continues the story of ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Construction of the Tower of Babel (11:4–9). (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Council of Trent (A-Z entry)
the twenty‐ninth ecumenical council of the Catholic Church, held 1545–1563, after the Protestant Reformation had begun. Among other things, it defined the books ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Covenant Code (A-Z entry)
another term for Covenant Collection
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Deuteronomy (A-Z entry)
The biblical book Deuteronomy (lit. “second law”) presents itself as an account of the last day of Moses (according to Deut 1:3 , this ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology
Deuteronomy, The Book of (A-Z entry)
Content. The book of Deuteronomy received its title from the Greek translation of Deuteronomy 17.18 , where the Hebrew word indicating “copy” has been ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Exodus (A-Z entry)
With its rich complement of narrative, poetic, and prescriptive materials, Exodus, the second book of Jewish and Christian scriptures, develops an epic drama that ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology
Exodus, The (A-Z entry)
The Exodus, the escape of the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt under the leadership of Moses , is the central event of the Hebrew ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
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