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Apostolic Fathers
Clayton N. Jefford
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Apostolic Fathers Introduction The collection of writings known as the Apostolic Fathers forms a loosely defined group of early Christian text...
Aram
Hélène Sader
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2020-09-24
AramIntroductionThe first genuine reference to Aram is in a 14th-century bce text of Amenhotep III and attests to a region located in north-central Sy...
Archaeology and Material Culture of Ammon and the Ammonites
Craig W. Tyson
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2020-09-24
Archaeology and Material Culture of Ammon and the AmmonitesIntroductionThe Ammonites (literally, “sons of Ammon”) were a tribal group with a core terr...
Archaeology and Material Culture of Aram and the Arameans
Dominik Bonatz
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2021-04-21
Archaeology and Material Culture of Aram and the ArameansIntroductionAt the end of the 2nd millennium bce, the geographical term Aram appears for the ...
Archaeology and Material Culture of Judah and the Judeans (ca. 1000–586 bce)
Tyler Mowry, Deirdre Fulton
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2020-04-22
Archaeology and Material Culture of Judah and the Judeans (ca. 1000–586 bce)IntroductionThe kingdom of Judah was a small political state that arose in...
Archaeology and Material Culture of Moab and the Moabites
Benjamin Porter
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2019-05-29
Archaeology and Material Culture of Moab and the MoabitesIntroductionMoab was both a culture area and an Iron Age kingdom located in the west-central ...
Archaeology and Material Culture of Phoenicia and the Phoenicians
Gunnar Lehmann
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2019-07-31
Archaeology and Material Culture of Phoenicia and the PhoeniciansIntroductionThe Phoenicians are the population of ancient Lebanon during the 1st mill...
Archaeology, Greco-Roman
Jennifer A. Quigley, Sarah F. Porter
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2021-11-23
Archaeology, Greco-RomanIntroductionGreco-Roman archaeology is an indispensable source of scholarship for biblical scholars. Those who work in a large...
Art, Early Christian
Robin Jensen, Lee Jefferson
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Early Christian ArtIntroductionMost scholars agree that Christian art first appeared around the end of the 2nd century or the beginning of the 3rd cen...
Asceticism
Richard Finn
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2012-01-11
Asceticism Introduction Asceticism may be defined as the voluntary abstention for philosophical or religious reasons from physical goods that a...
Astrology and Astronomy
John M. Steele
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2015-03-30
Astrology and Astronomy Introduction The interconnected sciences of astronomy and astrology were widely practiced across the ancient cultures ...
Athaliah
Hye Kyung Park
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2017-09-27
AthaliahIntroductionThree Athaliahs appear in the biblical texts: the son of Jeroham (1 Chronicles 8:26), a descendent of Elam (Ezra 8:7) and the quee...
Atonement
Stephen Finlan
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
AtonementIntroductionTheological usage of the term “atonement” refers to a cluster of ideas in the Old Testament that center on the cleansing of impur...
Augustus
Daniel Schowalter
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
AugustusIntroductionIn 1985, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill remarked, “The task of surveying the bibliography on Augustus is impossible” (Journal of Roman Stu...
Babylon
Heather D. Baker
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2021-11-23
BabylonIntroductionBabylon, located on the river Euphrates some 56 miles south of modern Baghdad, is first documented in the second half of the 3rd mi...
Baptism
Everett Ferguson
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2012-01-11
Baptism Introduction Baptism was the central rite in the ceremonies of initiation into the Christian church. It required faith, and so was norm...
Barnabas, Epistle of
David Lincicum
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2017-10-25
The Epistle of BarnabasIntroductionThe Epistle of Barnabas is an early Christian tractate from the period just after the New Testament that evinces co...
Benefaction/Patronage
Zeba Crook
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2015-07-28
Benefaction/Patronage Introduction Patronage is a term with many connotations. Used in modern political settings, it is evidence of corruption...
Bible and Visual Art
Ian Boxall
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2022-02-21
Bible and Visual ArtIntroductionVisualization of biblical narratives and characters has a long and valued history, attested to both in Jewish synagogu...
Biblical Criticism
Daniel J. Harrington
Subject: Biblical Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Biblical CriticismIntroductionThe term “biblical criticism” refers to the process of establishing the plain meaning of biblical texts and of assessing...
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