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...
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...
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...
Numbers 6:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them Whom the following law only concerned, and not Gentiles; so runs the Jewish canon, ...
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...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
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...
ESDRAS, THE SECOND (FOURTH) BOOK OF; APOCALYPTIC ESDRAS Or The Apocalyptic Esdras: \Contents 1. Name 2. Contents 3. Language 4. Versions 5. Origin of...
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, ...
REVELATION OF JOHN I. TITLE AND GENERAL CHARACTER OF BOOK 1. Title 2. Uniqueness and Reality of Visions II. CANONICITY AND AUTHORSHIP 1. Patristic...
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...
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...
\\INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES\\ This and the following book were reckoned by the Jews as one book, as appears by the Masoretic note at the end of t...
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...
BIBLE, THE, I-III INTRODUCTION bi'-b'-l, (biblia): $ I. THE NAMES$ 1. Bible 2. Other Designations--Scriptures, etc. 3. Old Testament and New Testa...
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...
CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim), The Words of the Days; Septuagint paraleipomenon: $ 1. The Name$ $ 2. The Position of Chronic...
CAPTIVITY kap-tiv'-i-ti (galah, galuth, shebhuth, shibhyah; metoikesia): $ I. OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM (THE WORK OF ASSYRIA)$ 1. Western Campaigns of...
Government [N]Administration of life in an organized society as well as the body of officials that presides over the process. Human beings discovered ...