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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
D. F. Strauss (1808–74) (Image)
D. F. Strauss (1808–74), the German theologian whose radical Life of Jesus (1835) produced major shock waves in the theological and ecclesiastical world. It ...
Source: The Oxford Illustrated History of 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
Damages (A-Z entry)
See Homicide ; Injury and Assault ; Intention ; Property ; and Punishment and Restitution .
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law
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
