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Tales, Court
David M. Valeta
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2012-02-06
Court Tales Introduction The Bible is replete with the stories and exploits of kings and queens, including the court history or succession narr...
Talmud
Joshua Ezra Burns
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
TalmudIntroductionThe term Talmud, derived from the Hebrew root למד/lmd (to learn), is a generic title applicable to two distinct but closely related ...
Targum
Martin McNamara, Paul V.M. Flesher
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2014-09-29
Targum Introduction Targums are Jewish Aramaic translations of books of the Hebrew Bible. The targumic genre combines literal renderings of th...
Temples and Sanctuaries
Stephen C. Russell
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2017-05-24
Temples and SanctuariesIntroductionAmong ancient temples and sanctuaries, readers of the Bible are perhaps most familiar with Solomon’s temple in Jeru...
Temples, Near Eastern
Michael Hundley
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2017-07-26
Near Eastern TemplesIntroductionTemples were nearly ubiquitous across the ancient Near East. Rather than serving as a gathering place for a worshippin...
Ten Commandments
Klaus-Peter Adam
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2016-02-25
Ten CommandmentsIntroductionThe Ten Commandments, found in Exodus 20:1–17 and Deuteronomy 5:6–21, are a list of prohibitions and, to a lesser extent, ...
the Dead, Egyptian Book of
Burkhard Backes
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2017-02-28
Egyptian Book of the DeadIntroductionToday, the so-called Book of the Dead (BD) is certainly the most prominent corpus of funerary texts from ancient ...
the Hebrew Bible, Ancient Egypt and
Bernd U. Schipper, Jan Moje
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2017-03-30
Ancient Egypt and the Hebrew BibleIntroductionProviding a brief but representative overview of ancient Egypt and the most important Egyptological stud...
Thessalonians
Richard Ascough
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
ThessaloniansIntroductionThe two letters written to the Christian group at the city of Thessalonica occupy the thirteenth and fourteenth places in the...
Thomas, Gospel of
Stephen J. Patterson
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Gospel of Thomas Introduction The Gospel of Thomas is an early Christian gospel comprising 114 sayings and parables of Jesus organized into...
Tobit
Micah D. Kiel
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2015-01-15
Tobit Introduction The book of Tobit tells the story of Tobit and his family, who are living as exiles from Israel after the Assyrian conquest...
Twelve Prophets, Book of the
Marvin A. Sweeney
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Book of the Twelve Prophets Introduction The book of the Twelve Prophets is the fourth of the major prophetic books of the Tanakh (the canon...
Ugarit
Robert Hawley
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Ugarit Introduction Ugarit (also spelled “Ougarit,” especially in French publications) was the name of an ancient city (as well as the surround...
Virtues and Vices: New Testament Ethical Exhortation in Its Graeco-Roman Context
James R. Harrison
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2017-05-24
Virtues and Vices: New Testament Ethical Exhortation in Its Graeco-Roman ContextIntroductionThe issue of the origins of New Testament ethics continues...
War, New Testament
Keith Dyer
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2015-05-29
War, New Testament Introduction In comparison to the extensive literature on war and warfare in the Old Testament and the depth and complexity...
Wisdom
Christine Roy Yoder
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2011-09-30
Wisdom Introduction The term wisdom, in biblical studies, refers to: (1) a movement in the ancient world that was associated with sages and edu...
Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Hilary Lipka
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2017-10-25
Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Hebrew Bible/Old TestamentIntroductionThere was relatively little scholarship focusing on women, gender, and sexua...
Worship in the New Testament and Earliest Christianity
Larry Hurtado
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Worship in the New Testament and Earliest ChristianityIntroductionIn distinction from magical rituals, which are typically intended to ward off malevo...
Worship, Old Testament
Beth Tanner
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
Worship, Old Testament Introduction “Worship” is a slight misnomer in Old Testament or Hebrew Bible studies. It is more accurate to speak of t...
Zadok
Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2017-01-11
ZadokIntroductionThe name and character of Zadok appears in three places in the Hebrew Bible: in the David Narrative in the Deuteronomistic history (2...
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