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P (A-Z entry)
Symbol used by OT scholars to designate the Priestly source or Priestly Writer who is regarded by the majority of OT scholars as being ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
P (A-Z entry)
The abbreviation for the Priestly source in the Pentateuch . Definitively identified in the nineteenth century, P is classically described as a creation of ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
The P Source (Chapters)
The Tetrateuch contains a great deal of material that does not belong either to J or to E in terms of its literary style, ...
Source: The Oxford Study Bible
Pagan Critiques of Scripture (Chapters)
Christian commentators were also pushed by pagan scholars hostile to their religion to examine several problematic aspects of Scripture. Three pagan critics were particularly ...
Source: The Oxford Study Bible; from chapter Biblical Interpretation in the Early Church
pageId="18"Main Geographical Regions of Palestine (Chapters)
The coastal plains The cliffs of Ras an‐Naqura, also known as the ‘Ladder of Tyre’, which divide the Plain of Phoenicia to the north ...
Source: pageId="iii"Oxford Bible Atlas; from chapter The Lands of the Bible
pageId="130"Revolts and Downfall (Chapters)
Artaxerxes I (465–424) overcame revolts in the north‐east (Bactria) and southwest (Egypt) of his empire. It was in his reign that Nehemiah came to ...
Source: pageId="iii"Oxford Bible Atlas; from chapter The Persian Empire
pageId="157"The Early Expansion of the Church (Chapters)
The early spread of the Church from Jerusalem was initially through Judea and beyond, as far as Damascus ( see ‘The Ministry of Jesus ...
Source: pageId="iii"Oxford Bible Atlas; from chapter The Roman Empire: The Background of the New Testament
pageId="170"The Third Journey (Chapters)
Paul again went from Antioch overland through Galatian Phrygia and journeyed on to Ephesus, establishing the church there, and remaining for some time ( ...
Source: pageId="iii"Oxford Bible Atlas; from chapter Paul's Journeys
Painting (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
Painting (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
Painting (A-Z entry)
was used in ancient Egypt from the Predynastic era through the Roman period. It enhanced almost every surface in Egyptian art: tomb and temple ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
Palace (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Palace (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
palace (A-Z entry)
There is plenty of archaeological evidence that royal residences were richly decorated and well fortified. The OT gives details of Solomon 's palace ( ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Palace (A-Z entry)
As the house of the king, his customary residence, the palace contains everything that concerns the activities of daily life in any house, although ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Palaces (A-Z entry)
From the Early Dynastic period until the late New Kingdom, Egyptian palaces, temples, and royal tombs are closely related through the concepts of the ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
palaeography (A-Z entry)
From Greek words ‘old’ and ‘writing’; it is the rigorous discipline of deciphering ancient handwriting on codices and papyri. The styles of writing determine ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Paleo-Hebrew (A-Z entry)
See Paleography .
Source: Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Paleobotany (A-Z entry)
To study the interrelationship between humans and plants through time, paleobotany (or paleoethnobotany), recovers and analyzes both macroscopic and microscopic botanical remains. In the ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction (A-Z entry)
The foundation for paleoenvironmental studies in archaeology was laid in the early nineteenth century by European geologists such as James Hutton , Ignaz Venetz ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
