by Alfred Edersheim 1876 Chapter 11 Jewish Views on Trade, Tradesmen, and Trades' Guilds We read in the Mishnah (Kidd. iv. 14) as follows: Rabbi M...
PALM TREE pam'-tre (tamar, same as the Aramaic and Ethiopic, but in Arabic = date; phoinix (Exodus 15:27; Leviticus 23:40; Numbers 33:9; Deuteronomy 3...
SONS OF GOD (Old Testament) (bene ha-'elohim, sons of God (Genesis 6:2,4; Job 1:6; 2:1); bene 'elohim, sons of God (Job 38:7); bene 'elim, ye mighty, ...
RULER rool'-er: 1. In the Old Testament: (1) moshel, ruler, prince, master (tyrant), applied to Joseph in Egypt (Genesis 45:8; compare Psalms 105:21...
INTRODUCTION CANONICITY AND AUTHORSHIP.--CLEMENT OF ROME, at the end of the first century (A.D), copiously uses it, adopting its words just as he d...
MATTHEW. CHAPTER XXVII. Jesus Crucified. SUMMARY.--Christ Delivered to Pilate. Judas Hangs Himself. Jesus Before Pilate. Barabbas and Christ. Pi...
CANON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, I kan'-un: $ I. INTRODUCTORY$ 1. The Christian Term Canon 2. The Corresponding Hebrew Expression 3. The Hidden Books o...
MACCABAEUS; MACCABEES mak-a-be'-us (Makkabaios), mak'-a-bez (hoi Makkabaioi): I. PALESTINE UNDER KINGS OF SYRIA 1. Rivalry of Syria and Egypt 2. Pa...
WASHING OF FEET The Old Testament references (Genesis 18:4; 19:2; 24:32; 43:24; Judges 19:21; 1?Samuel 25:41; 2?Samuel 11:8; Song of Solomon 5:3; Psal...
Baptize, Baptism The Greek root-word baptizein [baptivzw] means to plunge, immerse, sink; hence to wash; to be immersed, overwhelmed (in trouble). Fro...
ESSENES es-senz', (Essenoi, Essaioi): \Contents - \I. THE NAME Forms It Assumes--Etymology, Origin \II. AUTHORITIES FOR THE TENETS OF THE ESSENES 1...
Deuteronomy 33:2 And he said What follows, of which, in some things, he was an eye and ear witness, and in others was inspired by the Spirit of God, t...
AGRAPHA ag'-ra-fa (agrapha). \1. The Term and Its History: The word agraphos of which agrapha is the neuter plural is met with in classical Greek and...
MACHPELAH mak-pe'-la (ha-makhpelah, the Machpelah; to diploun, the double): The name of a piece of ground and of a cave purchased by Abraham as a pla...
Philosophy [N] [S]The Old Testament. Biblical philosophy is not an abstract monologue but a dialogue with God. The Bible never attempts to prove the e...
ABLUTION ab-lu'-shun: The rite of ablution for religious purification seems to have been practiced in some form in all lands and at all times. The pr...
by Alfred Edersheim 1876 Chapter 5 In Judaea If Galilee could boast of the beauty of its scenery and the fruitfulness of its soil; of being the ma...
THE EPISTLE OF JUDE Jude or Judas, as our new version makes his name, declares himself to be the brother of James; and by that very fact he seems to ...
by Alfred Edersheim 1876 Chapter 9 Mothers, Daughters, and Wives in Israel In order accurately to understand the position of woman in Israel, it i...
Testimony [N] [E]The biblical concept of testimony or witness is closely allied with the conventional Old Testament legal sense of testimony given in ...