SEPTUAGINT, 2 VI. Reconstruction of Septuagint Text; Versions, Manuscripts and Printed Editions. The task of restoring the original text is beset wit...
STEPHEN ste'-vn (Stephanos, crown (Acts 6:5-8:12)): 1. His Personal Antecedents 2. His Character and Activity 3. His Teaching 4. His Arraignment b...
Prefatory Remarks by Valesius Concerning the Life and Writings of Sozomen.Prefatory Remarks by Valesius Concerning the Life and Writings of Sozomen.He...
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 2 II. Modern Theories about Paul. 1. Criticism Not Infallible: Findlay (HDB, Paul) utters a needed warning when he reminds us tha...
Pharisees [N] [E] [H] [S]Jewish group mentioned, either collectively or as individuals, ninety-eight times in the New Testament, all but ten times in ...
SIXTH PERIOD. FROM THE EXILE UNTIL THE APPEARANCE OF CHRIST. SECOND HALF: INCARNATION OF THE LOGOS, AND HIS LIFE OF RECONCILIATION. ? 91. The Incar...
Sermon on the Mount [E] Of the five discourses of Jesus in Matthew, the Sermon on the Mount (chaps. 5-7) is the first, the longest, and the most promi...
Disciple, Discipleship During Jesus' earthly ministry, and during the days of the early church, the term that was used most frequently to designate on...
Old Testament. I. TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. -- History of the text. -A history of the text of the Old Testament should properly commence from the da...
PHILISTINES fi-lis'-tinz, fil'-is-tinz, fil'-is-tinz (pelishtim; Phulistieim, allophuloi): I. OLD TESTAMENT NOTICES 1. Race and Origin 2. Religion ...
CHAPTER 6 Hebrews 6:1-14 . WARNING AGAINST RETROGRADING, WHICH SOON LEADS TO APOSTASY; ENCOURAGEMENT TO STEADFASTNESS FROM GOD'S FAITHFULNESS...
CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT kan'-un $ I. TWO PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS$ 1. Early Christians Had the Old Testament 2. No Intention of Writing the Ne...
JUDGES, PERIOD OF I. SOURCES II. CHRONOLOGY III. GENERAL POLITICAL SITUATION 1. The Canaanites 2. Foes Without IV. MAIN EVENTS 1. Struggles of I...
Bible, Canon of the The word canon derives from the Hebrew term qaneh and the Greek term kanon, both of which refer to a measuring rod. It designates ...
WRITING, 2 V. Materials. The materials used in writing include almost every imaginable substance, mineral, vegetable, and animal: gold, silver, copp...
HEBREWS, EPISTLE TO THE he'-brooz, I. TITLE II. LITERARY 1. The Author's Culture and Style 2. Letter, Epistle or Treatise? 3. A Unity or a Compos...
IMAGES im'-aj-iz (tselem; eikon): 1. Definition 2. Origin 3. Historical Beginnings and Early Developments 4. Bible References and Palestinian Cust...
PALESTINE, 1 pal'-es-tin (pelesheth; Phulistieim, Allophuloi; the King James Version Joel 3:4 (the Revised Version (British and American) Philistia), ...
OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY OF REDEMPTION. INTRODUCTION. ? 1. Name. THE fundamental Biblical part of the entire theological system is throughout hist...
CHAPTER 5 The Charge To Joshua - Despatch Of The Two Spies To Jericho - Rahab. (JOSHUA 1, 2) A WIDE, rich plain at the foot of the mountains of Moab, ...