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J (A-Z entry)
The symbol (from the German Jahvist ; Yahwist in English) used by German OT scholars and followed internationally to denote one of the sources ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
J (A-Z entry)
The abbreviation for the Yahwist “source” in the Pentateuch , derived from the German spelling ( Jahwe ) of the divine name Yahweh ( ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
J'ai Baisé ta Bouche, Jokanaan (Image)
J'ai baisé ta bouche, Jokanaan, an illustration by Aubrey Beardsley in Oscar Wilde's Salome (1894) shows Salome holding the dripping head of John the ...
Source: The Oxford Illustrated History of the Bible
The J and E Sources (Chapters)
The stories of the ancestors and of the exodus and the wilderness experiences, long told orally, were perhaps first written down during the time ...
Source: The Oxford Study Bible
Jabbok (A-Z entry)
A tributary of the Jordan ; a ford across this stream was the scene of Jacob 's wrestling with God ( Gen. 32: 22 ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Jabesh-Gilead (A-Z entry)
A town on the east of the River Jordan . Saul came to the rescue of its people (1 Sam. 11) when they were ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Jachin (A-Z entry)
A bronze pillar on the right (the south side) of the porch of Solomon 's Temple ( 1 Kgs. 7: 15–22 ), hollow and ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Jacinth (A-Z entry)
Not the modern (reddish-orange) jacinth, but a blue stone; it is mentioned at Exod. 28: 19 as being in the high priest's breastpiece. In ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Jacob (Chapters)
The story of Jacob, like that of Abraham, associates the ancestor with a number of sanctuaries. According to the biblical account, Jacob deceitfully obtained ...
Source: pageId="iii"Oxford Bible Atlas; from chapter The Patriarchs in Canaan
Jacob (A-Z entry)
Son of Isaac and Rebekah and younger brother of Esau . The Bible presents Jacob in a double light. On the one hand, he ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Jacob (A-Z entry)
the younger twin son of Isaac and Rebecca. His life is presented as a struggle with both human beings and God ( Gn. 32.28 ...
Source: Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Jacob (A-Z entry)
Son of Isaac and Rebekah , and brother of Esau whom he twice outwitted ( Gen. 25: 29 ff.; 27 ). The traditions about ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Jacob's well (A-Z entry)
The scene of the conversation described in John 4 of Jesus with a woman of Samaria . He promises her ‘living water’ instead of ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Jacobsen, Thorkild (A-Z entry)
( 1904 – 1993 ), philologist , cuneiformist , and archaeologist ; one of the great interpreters of Mesopotamian culture. Born in Denmark, Jacobsen ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Jael (A-Z entry)
Wife of Heber the Kenite ( Judg. 4: 17 ); she invited Sisera , commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin of Hazor ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Jaffa (A-Z entry)
site located along the southern edge of modern Tel Aviv–Jaffa, on a promontory jutting into the Mediterranean Sea that forms one of the few ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Jahveh (A-Z entry)
Used by German scholars for the name for God in the J source of the Pentateuch which English scholars normally write as Yahweh .
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Jairus (A-Z entry)
The leader of a synagogue ( Mark 5: 22 ) in Galilee ( Capernaum ?) who asked Jesus to heal his daughter. Jesus did ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Jambres (A-Z entry)
See Jannes and Jambres .
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
James (A-Z entry)
See Catholic Epistles .
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology
