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Ta῾anach (A-Z entry)
site located on the southwest flank of the Jezreel plain about 8 km (5 mi.) southeast of Megiddo. Although springs are common along the ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
tabernacle (A-Z entry)
A portable sanctuary . There are instructions to build a tabernacle in Exod. ( 25: 8 ff.) and it is duly built ( Exod. ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Tabernacle (A-Z entry)
The portable sanctuary constructed by Moses at Sinai and primarily associated with the people's wilderness wandering. Various expressions are used in referring to this ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Tabernacles, feast of (A-Z entry)
An autumn festival of ingathering lasting eight days; people were instructed to ‘dwell in succoth ’ ( Lev. 23: 42 ; ‘booths’ is an ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Tabernacles, Temples, and Synagogues (A-Z entry)
In the worldview of ancient Near Eastern cultures, the temple, whether fixed or moveable, served as the earthly residence of the divinity or divinities ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Theology
Tabgha (A-Z entry)
( Ar., eṭ-Ṭabgha, a version of the Greek name Heptapegon , “seven springs” ), site located on the northwest shore of the Sea of ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Tabitha (A-Z entry)
The Aramaic form of the Greek Dorcas ( Acts 9: 36 ), meaning ‘gazelle’, the name of a woman much given to works of ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Table of Nations (Map)
The table of nations . Only places that can be identified with probability are shown.
Source: The Jewish Study Bible
Table of Nations (Map)
Table of Nations
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
The Table of Nations (ch. 10). (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
The Table of Nations (ch. 10). (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
tables (A-Z entry)
The ‘tables of the law’ ( Exod. 24: 12 ) were the two stones on which the Ten Commandments were carved on Mount Sinai ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Tablet (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Tablet (A-Z entry)
The clay tablet was in use for three millennia (although in different chronological distributions), the carrier par excellence for cuneiform writing in Mesopotamia, Elam ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Taboo (A-Z entry)
In Genesis 3.1–7, all creation is divided into two categories, good and evil; the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
Tabor, Mount (A-Z entry)
In the plain of Esdraelon , and the scene in the OT of Barak 's assembly of his forces ( Judg. 4: 6 ) ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Tabor, Mount (A-Z entry)
peak rising 588 m above sea level in the midst of the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel (map reference 186 × 232). It is ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
tabret (A-Z entry)
A musical instrument ( 1 Sam. 10: 5 , AV), called a ‘tambourine’ (NRSV, NJB), a ‘drum’ (REB).
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Tabun (A-Z entry)
cave formed in the limestone of the western face of the Mt. Carmel promontory, approximately 18 km (11 mi.) south of Haifa, Israel, about ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Taharqa (A-Z entry)
sixth king of the twenty-fifth or Kushite dynasty, Late period. Taharqa was the son of Piya (Piankhy) and was a younger brother of Shabtaqa ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
