Decrees [N]Decrees issued by rulers, written commands having the effect of law, and the metaphor of God as King of the world provide the imagery behin...
ESDRAS, THE FIRST BOOK OF ez'-dras, es'-dras: \Contents 1. Name 2. Contents 3. Relation to Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah 4. Versions 5. Date and Authors...
DARIUS da-ri'-us: The name of three or four kings mentioned in the Old Testament. In the original Persian it is spelled Darayavaush; in Babylonian, u...
Ezra, Theology of The Sovereignty and the Works of God. God is the God of heaven and earth ( 5:11 ). He raises up kings and grants to them their autho...
Fast, Fasting Abstinence from food and/or drink as an element of private or public religious devotion. Fasting is nowhere commanded in the Torah and, ...
Urim and Thummim [N] [T] [S]The terms Urim and Thummim have traditionally been understood as light(s) and perfection(s) or as perfect light. The Urim ...
Zechariah, Theology of Introduction. Authorship. The book of Zechariah falls naturally into two parts: chapters 1-8 and 9-14. In the first part we fin...
ESDRAS, THE SECOND (FOURTH) BOOK OF; APOCALYPTIC ESDRAS Or The Apocalyptic Esdras: \Contents 1. Name 2. Contents 3. Language 4. Versions 5. Origin of...
Spirit [N] [E]The Old Testament. The Hebrew word for spirit is ruah [;jWr]. It appears 389 times in the Old Testament. Its varied use almost defies an...
Elder [N] [E] [S]In both the Old and New Testaments, the term elder indicates one of advanced age (Heb. zaqen [eqz]; Gk. presbyteros [presbuvtero]) wh...
\\INTRODUCTION TO HAGGAI\\ This part of sacred Scripture is in some Hebrew copies called Sepher Haggai, the Book, of Haggai; in the Vulgate Latin ver...
EZRA-NEHEMIAH \Contents 1. Name. 2. Object 3. Plan 4. Unity 5. Sources 6. Literary Character 7. Languages 8. Historicity 9. Text \LITERATURE 1. Nam...
TEMPLE, A2 II. EZEKIEL'S PROPHETIC SKETCH I. Introductory. 1. Relation to History of Temple: Wellhausen has said that Ezekiel 40-48 are the most im...
\\INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS\\ This, and the following book, properly are but one book, divided into two parts, and went with the Jews under the co...
Grace [T] [E]The word grace in biblical parlance can, like forgiveness, repentance, regeneration, and salvation, mean something as broad as describing...
GENEALOGY, 1-7 je-na-al'-o-ji, jen-a-al'-o-ji: 1. Definition 2. Biblical References 3. Importance of Genealogies 4. Their Historical Value 5. Pri...
\\INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS\\ This book, in the Hebrew copies of the Bible, and by the Jewish writers, is generally called Bereshith, which signifies ...
Haggai, Theology of The prophets Haggai and Zechariah joined forces in 520 b.c. to encourage the rebuilding of the temple following the Babylonian exi...
TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT || I. EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING IN ISRAEL 1. Invention of Alphabet 2. The Cuneiform 3. References to Writing in the Old T...
REVELATION OF JOHN I. TITLE AND GENERAL CHARACTER OF BOOK 1. Title 2. Uniqueness and Reality of Visions II. CANONICITY AND AUTHORSHIP 1. Patristic...