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Galatians
Mark D. Nanos
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
GalatiansIntroductionGalatians is central to Christian theology and to Christian conceptualizations of Judaism. Paul aggressively combats the notion t...
Galilee
Mark Chancey
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Galilee Introduction Galilee is a region in northern Israel bounded to the south by the Jezreel Valley; to the north by the mountains of Le...
Genesis, Book of
Victor H. Matthews
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Book of Genesis Introduction Genesis, the first book in the Pentateuch, was shaped by a variety of editors over a long period of time fro...
Gentiles
Terence L. Donaldson
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2018-01-11
GentilesIntroductionThis article deals with the place of Gentiles (i.e., non-Jews) in biblical tradition, biblical studies, and closely related fields...
Gnosticism
Nicola Denzey Lewis
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Gnosticism Introduction The term “Gnosticism” can be utilized broadly, to characterize any religious movement based on an internal, individu...
God, Ancient Israel
Ryan Bonfiglio
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2016-01-21
God, Ancient IsraelIntroductionIn the Hebrew Bible, the term “God” (Hebrew ʾĕlōhîm or ʾĕlôah; Aramaic ʾĕlāh) typically indicates the supreme deity of ...
God, Greco-Roman
Alexander Millington
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2016-01-21
God, Greco-RomanIntroductionThe study of Greco-Roman divinity encompasses all of the many elements that make up a Greco-Roman god. These include stori...
God, Son of
Michael Peppard
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2016-04-28
Son of GodIntroductionThe title “Son of God” is most commonly associated with Jesus of Nazareth. In addition to being called “Lord” and “Christ,” Jesu...
Gospels
Andrew Gregory
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2013-06-25
Gospels Introduction In Christian usage, the word “gospel” first referred to the proclamation of good news about Jesus. By sometime in the 2nd...
Gospels, Apocryphal
James Keith Elliott
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Apocryphal Gospels Introduction The title “apocryphal gospels” conventionally applies to certain early Christian or Gnostic texts that are wr...
Great, Herod the
Adam Kolman Marshak
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2018-01-11
Herod the GreatIntroductionHerod the Great, king of Judaea from 40–4 bce, stood at multiple political and cultural crossroads. Rising to power as an I...
Greco-Roman World, Associations in the
John S. Kloppenborg
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Associations in the Greco-Roman WorldIntroductionLife in the cities and towns of the Hellenistic and Roman periods was organized around two poles: the...
Greek Language
Stanley E. Porter
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2014-03-27
Greek Language Introduction The New Testament, apart from a few words in Aramaic and Hebrew, is written in a form of the Greek language used t...
Hagar
Nyasha Junior
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2019-08-28
HagarIntroductionHagar is a biblical character in the book of Genesis. She has an important role as wife of Abram/Abraham and mother of Ishmael. As su...
Heaven
J. Edward Wright
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2015-01-15
Heaven Introduction Speculation on heaven and the afterlife has been a central feature of the human religious imagination since the dawn of hu...
Hebrew Bible, Biblical Law in the
Stephen C. Russell
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2016-11-28
Biblical Law in the Hebrew BibleIntroductionBy word count alone, biblical law comprises a vast proportion of the first five books of the Bible; a sign...
Hebrew Language
Jeremy M. Hutton
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2013-06-25
Hebrew Language Introduction The Hebrew language is a member of the Semitic language family and thus related (somewhat distantly) to Akkadian, ...
Hebrews
Ellen B. Aitken
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Hebrews Introduction The New Testament writing known as the Epistle (or “Letter”) to the Hebrews poses many challenges to its interpreters, d...
Hell
Meghan Henning, Carol Newsom
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Hell Introduction The mention of hell usually invokes imagery of a fiery place, below the earth, in which the wicked are tortured for eternity...
Hellenistic and Roman Egypt
Gaëlle Tallet
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2020-09-24
Hellenistic and Roman EgyptIntroductionThe Greco-Roman period in Egypt started with the conquest of the country by Alexander the Great in 332 bce and ...
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