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Dance and the Bible (A-Z entry)

The Bible has provided choreographers with themes and topics for their dances, and not always in a religious context: biblical characters—heroes and heroines, kings ...

Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
dancing (A-Z entry)

Amongst the Hebrews , and other ancient people, dancing was part of a religious ritual ( Exod. 32: 19 ), but the cultic dance ...

Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
epithalamion (A-Z entry)

Greek term for a marriage song—e.g. S. of S. 3: 6–11 .

Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
feasts (A-Z entry)

Occasions of commemoration and religious thanksgiving . Regular days were set aside for Hebrews when they could relax and enjoy themselves with music and ...

Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Michal (A-Z entry)

A daughter of Saul , given to David in marriage and his accomplice in his escape ( 1 Sam. 19: 11–17 ). She rebuked ...

Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Science and the Bible (A-Z entry)

The dramatic conflicts between Galileo and the Roman Inquisition and between Darwin and his biblicist opponents have understandably dominated the perception of the relation ...

Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible