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D (A-Z entry)
The symbol employed in textual criticism for the Codex Bezae, a 5th‐cent. MS of the gospels and Acts in Greek and Latin, presented to ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
D (A-Z entry)
Scholarly shorthand for the author of Deuteronomy , the fourth source in the Pentateuch . D depicts Moses giving a series of speeches, which ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Dab῾a, Tell Ed- (A-Z entry)
site located in the northeastern Nile Delta in the province of el-Sharqiya, 8 km (5 mi.) north of the market town of Faqus (30°47′15″ ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Dabʿa, Tell Ed- (A-Z entry)
site to the north of Markaz Faqus, in the eastern Nile Delta, has been identified with Avaris, capital of the Hyksos (c. 1640–1530 bce ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
Dagon (A-Z entry)
The national god of the Philistines , according to the Bible. Judges 16.23 identifies a temple of Dagon at Gaza, which Samson pulls down; ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Dagon (A-Z entry)
The god of the Philistines ( Judg. 16: 23 ff. ; 1 Sam. 5: 2 ff. ), and also of various Mesopotamian countries. According ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Dahshur (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
Dahshur (A-Z entry)
a site about 50 kilometers (40 miles) south of Cairo (20°40′N, 31°15′E). The present-day name derives from Coptic by way of Greek tachsour; the ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
Daliyeh, Wadi Ed- (A-Z entry)
valley sloping down, sometimes precipitously, from the central ridge of Palestine, northeast of Bethel, all the way to the Jordan Valley, north of Jericho ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Daliyeh, Wadi ed- (A-Z entry)
[ This entry comprises two articles : Archaeology and Written Material.] Archaeology Located about halfway between Jericho and Samaria in the central hill country, ...
Source: Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Dalman, Gustaf (A-Z entry)
( 1855 – 1941 ), theologian and first director of the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology in Jerusalem. Dalman was born in Niesky, in ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Dalman, Gustav (A-Z entry)
( 1855 – 1941 ) German biblical scholar whose work on the Aramaic background of the gospels has been influential, especially in the interpretation ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Dalmanutha (A-Z entry)
A village on the west of the Sea of Galilee , to which Jesus and disciples sailed after the feeding of the 4,000 ( ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Dalmatia (A-Z entry)
In NT times the southern part of the province of Illyricum ( Rom. 15: 19 ), to which Titus went ( 2 Tim. 4: ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Damaris (A-Z entry)
One of Paul's few converts at Athens ( Acts 17: 34 ). His little success there perhaps accounts for the anxiety he felt in ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Damascus (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Damascus (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Damascus (A-Z entry)
A very ancient city often mentioned in the Bible, and the capital of modern Syria . Attacks on Israel were launched by Aramaean kings ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Damascus (A-Z entry)
A city of Syria ( Aram ); Map 1:Z1 . It lies in an oasis formed by the Nahr el‐Barada, which flows through the ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Damascus (A-Z entry)
current capital of modern Syria, located in a basin east of the Anti-Lebanon range, at the foot of Mt. Qasiyun (33°30′ N, 36°18′ E). ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
