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A (A-Z entry)
The symbol employed in textual criticism for a MS of the New Testament in Greek written on parchment in Egypt ( Alexandria? Hence known ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
abomination (A-Z entry)
Frequently in AV, and sometimes in NRSV, it describes an action or article incompatible with the true religion of Israel, as in Lev. 7: ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Abomination of Desolation (A-Z entry)
Used by AV, REB for ‘ the desolating sacrilege ’ of NRSV at Mark 13: 14 etc.
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
abortion (A-Z entry)
Not an ethical issue in the Bible, for maintaining population growth was a Jewish priority sanctioned by a divine command ( Gen. 1:28 ).
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Abortion (A-Z entry)
Abortion as such is not discussed in the Bible, so any explanation of why it is not legislated or commented on is speculative. One ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Abraham (A-Z entry)
Also known as Abram ; first of the patriarchs of Israel. His kind of life, depicted in Gen. 11–25 , might be that of ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Abraham (A-Z entry)
Abraham is the earliest biblical character who is delineated clearly enough to be correlated, to a limited extent, within world history. His homeland on ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Abraham (A-Z entry)
(Heb., Avraham Heb., Avram ) is the name of the progenitor of the Hebrew people. At first he is called Abram ( Gn. 11.26–27 ...
Source: Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Abravanel, Isaac (A-Z entry)
(1437–1508) a medieval philosopher and biblical commentator. He fled from Portugal to Spain to escape a sentence of death in a supposed plot ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Abravanel, Judah (A-Z entry)
(1460–1521) physician, poet, and philosopher, and son of Isaac Abravanel. His Dialogue on Love (published posthumously) argued that love was the structural principle ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Abulafia, Abraham ben Shemuel (A-Z entry)
(13th century) a leading kabbalist and mystic of Spain. Abulafia taught a method of mystical insight that involved contemplating the letters of the ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
acceptance (A-Z entry)
Abel's sacrificial offering of a lamb was acceptable to God, whereas God was not satisfied with Cain 's vegetarian offering. No reason for this ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
access (A-Z entry)
When visitors or ambassadors are granted an audience with the pope or a president, a trusted member of the staff shows them the way ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Aceldama (A-Z entry)
(AV) Aramaic for ‘Field of Blood’ and rendered Hakeldama by NRSV; ‘Aceldama which means “Blood Acre” ’ by REB ( Acts 1: 19 ): ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Acts (Chapters)
Before Beginning … Acts continues the story that began with Luke's Gospel. What began with Jesus' life did not end on Easter. God's plan ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
The Acts of Andrew (Chapters)
The arrangement of this section is: Introduction The Acts of Andrew The Acts of Andrew and Matthias; the Acts of Peter and Andrew; the ...
Source: The Apocryphal New Testament
The Acts of Andrew and Matthias; The Acts of Peter and Andrew; The Acts of Andrew and Paul (Chapters)
The Acts of Andrew and Matthias among the Cannibals was at one time thought to have belonged to the original Acts of Andrew. This ...
Source: The Apocryphal New Testament
The Acts of John (Chapters)
In the East the earliest unambiguous patristic attestation to the Acts of John is in Eusebius ( HE 3. 25. 6 (Schwartz GCS 9.2, ...
Source: The Apocryphal New Testament
The Acts of Peter (Chapters)
The figure of Peter gave rise to much apocryphal literature. The Acts and Passion of Peter appear in various forms and in various languages. ...
Source: The Apocryphal New Testament
Acts of the Apostles (A-Z entry)
The fifth book of the NT. Without the Acts it would be impossible to write an account of the Christian Church of the first ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
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