Encyclopedia - Balaam: Encyclopedia - Balaam
Balaam (Hebrew בִּלְעָם, Standard Hebrew Bilʻam, Tiberian Hebrew Bilʻām) is a prophet in the torah, his story occurring toward...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balaam: Encyclopedia Ii - Balaam - Balaam In Rabbinic Literature
In rabbinic literature Balaam is represented as one of seven gentile prophets; the other six being Beor (Balaam's father), Job, and Balaa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balaam: Encyclopedia Ii - Balaam - Balaam And Other Gods
In 1967, an archaeological mission found in Deir Alla, Jordan, an ancient Aramaic (Ammonite dialect) inscription written in red and black...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balaam: Encyclopedia Ii - Balaam - The Stories
There are two fairly separate accounts of Balaam in the Bible: Balaam and Balak, containing a brief aside concerning Balaam and the donk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heresy Of Peor: Encyclopedia - Heresy Of Peor
The heresy of Peor is an event related in the torah at Numbers 25:1-15. Back references to the event occur in Numbers 25:18 and 31:16, De...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Of Numbers: Encyclopedia - Book Of Numbers
The Book of Numbers is the fourth of the books of the Pentateuch, called in the Hebrew ba-midbar במדבר, i.e., "in the desert." In th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balak: Encyclopedia - Balak
Balak was king of Moab around 1200 BC. When the Israelites reached Moab, Balak ordered Balaam, a prophet, to curse Israel. Instead of cur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agag: Encyclopedia - Agag
Agag - flame, the usual title of the Amalekite kings, as "Pharaoh" was of the Egyptian. (1.) A king of the Amalekites referred to by Bala...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heresy Of Peor: Encyclopedia Ii - Heresy Of Peor - Biblical Account
The preceeding story is that of Balaam, in which a prophet, Balaam, ascends the mountain of Pe‘or, and sacrifices to God at the top of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heresy Of Peor: Encyclopedia Ii - Heresy Of Peor - Ba‘al Pe‘or
These, and the biblical back-references, are the only ancient records referring to Ba‘al Pe‘or. There is no way of knowing whether Ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Of Numbers: Encyclopedia Ii - Book Of Numbers - Summary
Book of Numbers - Chapter 1. God orders Moses, in the wilderness of Sinai, to take the number of those able to bear arms—of all the m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heresy Of Peor: Encyclopedia Ii - Heresy Of Peor - Biblical Account
The preceeding story is that of Balaam, in which a prophet, Balaam, ascends the mountain of Pe‘or, and sacrifices to God at the top of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heresy Of Peor: Encyclopedia Ii - Heresy Of Peor - From Moab To Midian
The abrupt change from concerns about the Moabites to the Midianites, and mention of the end of a plague which is never described as star...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Onkelos: Encyclopedia Ii - Onkelos - Onkelos In The Talmud
Onkelos is mentioned several times in the Talmud. According to the traditional Jewish sources, he was a prominent Roman nobleman, a nephe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Job Biblical Figure: Encyclopedia Ii - Job Biblical Figure - Jewish View Of Job
Classical Torah scholarship has not doubted Job's existence. He was seen as a real and powerful figure. Some scholars of Orthodox Judaism...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Miracle: Encyclopedia Ii - Miracle - Non-literal Reinterpretations Of Miracles
These are held by both classical and modern thinkers. In Numbers 22 is the story of Balaam and the talking donkey. Many hold that for mir...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Balaam, Bil`am: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Balaam, Bil`am
Balaam bil`am (Hebrew) (etymology uncertain)   One of the prophets of the Old Testament, last and greatest of the gentile prophet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ammon: Encyclopedia - Ammon
Ammon or Ammonites (עַמּוֹן "People", Standard Hebrew ʻAmmon, Tiberian Hebrew ʻAmmôn), also referred to in the Bible as the "ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elyon: Encyclopedia - Elyon
Adonis | Anat | Asherah | Astarte | Ba'al | Berith | Dagon | El | Elyon | Elohim | Hadad | Mot | Salem | Shaddai | Yaw Adonai | El | Eloh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Miracle: Encyclopedia - Miracle
According to many religions, a miracle, derived from the old Latin word miraculum meaning 'something wonderful', is a striking interposit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Poetry: Encyclopedia - Biblical Poetry
This article is concerned with Biblical poetry, specifically poetry in the Hebrew Bible. The question whether the literature of the ancie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Job Biblical Figure: Encyclopedia - Job Biblical Figure
Job (Hebrew אִיּוֹב, Arabic: أيوب, Standard Hebrew Iyyov, Tiberian Hebrew ʾIyyôḇ), was the protagonist of the Book of Job ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satan: Encyclopedia - Satan
Satan (שָׂטָן Standard Hebrew Satan, Greek and Latin Sátanas, Tiberian Hebrew Śāṭān; Aramaic שִׂטְנָא Śaṭanâ: bot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Archaeology: Encyclopedia - Biblical Archaeology
Biblical archaeology involves the recovery and scientific investigation of the material remains of past cultures that can illuminate the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jahwist: Encyclopedia - Jahwist
The Jahwist, also referred to as the Jehovist, Yahwist, or simply as J, is one of the sources of the Torah postulated by the documentary ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shamash: Encyclopedia - Shamash
4 primary: An Enlil Ki Enki 3 sky: Ishtar Sin Sama Shamash or Sama, was the common Akkadian name of the sun-god in Babylonia and Assy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ammon: Encyclopedia Ii - Ammon - Territory
The borders of the Ammonite territory are not clearly defined in the Bible. In Judges xi. 13, the claim of the king of Ammon, who demands...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Biblical Names: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Biblical Names - Z
List of Biblical names - People. Zaanannim, movings; a person asleep Zaavan, trembling Zabad, dowry; endowed Zabbai, flowing Zabbud Za...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elohist: Encyclopedia Ii - Elohist - Contrasted With The Jahwist
The Elohist's story appears to begin after Abram has begun migration, with the wife vs. sister story that is also present in the Jahwist ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Biblical Poetry - Characteristics Of Ancient Hebrew Poetry
Biblical poetry - Rhyme. Ancient Hebrew poetry contains no rhyme. Although the first song mentioned above (Exodus 15:1-19) contains ass...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Archaeology: Encyclopedia Ii - Biblical Archaeology - Milestones Prior To 1914
Biblical Archaeology began after publication by Edward Robinson (American professor of Biblical literature; 1794-1863) of his travels thr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kenite: Encyclopedia Ii - Kenite - In The Bible
The Kenites are mentioned as inhabiting the promised land of Canaan as early as the time of Abraham (Genesis xv.19). At the Exodus the tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jahwist: Encyclopedia Ii - Jahwist - Contrast With The Elohist
The Jahwist's story begins much earlier than the Elohist's, in fact, it begins at the beginning. Consequently, it introduces stories conc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Hebrew Names: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Hebrew Names - List
List of Hebrew names - א Álef. אָב Av, ʼĀḇ, Ab. Month name, also "father". Akkadian loan: abu. אֲבִיגַיִל Avigáyil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Miracle: Encyclopedia Ii - Miracle - Miracles As Viewed By Different Religions
Different religious traditions and doctrines are divided on their views of miracles. Some religions view miracles as the provenence of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deuteronomist: Encyclopedia Ii - Deuteronomist - Contrasted With Je And The Priestly Source
The Deuteronomist's literary style, in Deuteronomy, is that of elegant flashback told by Moses, and so much of their narrative is scatter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Talking Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Talking Animal - Fiction
Talking animals are a common theme in fiction, especially in mythology and folk tales. Fictional talking animals often are anthropomorphi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shamash: Encyclopedia Ii - Shamash - Shamash In Judaism
The Jewish menorah contains a central stem in its candelabrum which is called Shamash. It is believed by some historians that this centra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satan: Encyclopedia Ii - Satan - In The Hebrew Bible
In the Hebrew Bible, Satan is to be better understood as an "accuser" or "adversary" than as an embodiment of "evil." The term is applied...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elyon: Encyclopedia Ii - Elyon - Biblical Use
Elyon - Mundane use. The term also has mundane uses, being applied to a basket in Genesis 40.17, a chamber in Ezekiel 42.5 and others. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Midian: Encyclopedia Ii - Midian - During The Exodus And The Period Of The Judges
In the time of Moses the Midianites are first mentioned as having had a priest by the name of Reuel or Jethro, who became afterward Moses...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ammon: Encyclopedia Ii - Ammon - In The Torah, Joshua And Judges
Ammon - Descent. According to the pedigree given in Genesis xix. 37-38, the Ammonites were closely related to the Israelites and still ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Talking Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Talking Animal - An Animal Language
To take this literally, this would refer to certain species or groups of animals which have a pronounced way of vocal communication, henc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elohist: Encyclopedia Ii - Elohist - Nature Of The Elohist Text
In this source God's name is always presented as Elohim (Hebrew for God, or Power) until the revelation of God's name to Moses, after whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jahwist: Encyclopedia Ii - Jahwist - Etymology
The word Yahwist was first used in 1753 by the Catholic physician, Jean Astruc (1684 - 1766) in his book Conjectures sur les mémoires or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jahwist: Encyclopedia Ii - Jahwist - Nature Of The Jahwist Text
In this source God's name is always presented as the tetragrammaton, YHVH, which scholars transliterate in modern times as Yahweh (or as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Midian: Encyclopedia Ii - Midian - Religion
In the Bible, the Midianites are described as worshipping a multitude of gods, including Baal-peor and the Asherah. An Egyptian temple of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kenite: Encyclopedia Ii - Kenite - Critical View
According to the critical interpretation of the Biblical data, the Kenites were a clan settled on the southern border of Judah, originall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Hebrew Names: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Hebrew Names - Maintenance Notes
This list includes any Hebrew name that is known to be used as a personal name in any cultural or religious tradition. This includes but ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Talking Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Talking Animal - Imitation Of Speech
The term may have a nearly literal meaning, by referring to animals which can imitate human speech, though not necessarily possessing an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Job Biblical Figure: Encyclopedia Ii - Job Biblical Figure - In Christianity
The book of Job is referred to in the Epistle to Hebrews 12:5; and in the First Epistle to the Corinthians 3:19. The book of Job narrates...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satan: Encyclopedia Ii - Satan - In The New Testament
Satan figures much more prominently in the New Testament and in Christian theology generally. In the New Testament, Satan appears as a te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satan: Encyclopedia Ii - Satan - Satan In Islam
Shaitan (شيطان) is the devil, or the enemy of Allah and is the equivalent of Satan in Christianity and Judaism. The Islamic view of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satan: Encyclopedia Ii - Satan - Among Polytheists
Satan - Syncreto-Paganism. In Neopagan religions that have assimilated aspects of Abrahamic mythology into their own pantheons, Satan, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Archaeology: Encyclopedia Ii - Biblical Archaeology - Professional Commentary
"The purpose of Biblical archaeology is the clarification and illumination of the Biblical text and content through archaeological invest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satan: Encyclopedia Ii - Satan - In The Hebrew Apocrypha
In Wisdom ii. 24 Satan is represented, with reference to Gen. iii., as the father of all lies, who brought death into the world; he is ap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satan: Encyclopedia Ii - Satan - In Rabbinic Literature
Early rabbinic Jewish statements in the Mishnah and Talmud show that Satan played little or no role in Jewish theology. In the course of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Miracle: Encyclopedia Ii - Miracle - Miracles As Supernatural Acts
In this view, a miracle can be defined as a violation of laws of nature by God or some other supernatural being. To wit: There are event...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Miracle: Encyclopedia Ii - Miracle - Transcendent And Nontranscendent Miracles
Some miracles can be explained by natural processes. For example the crossing of the Red Sea can be explained by natural processes. Howev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Miracle: Encyclopedia Ii - Miracle - Contemporary Miracles
Contemporary persons who perform many acts that they claim are miracles include the Indian gurus Sathya Sai Baba and Swami Premananda. Ho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Job Biblical Figure: Encyclopedia Ii - Job Biblical Figure - In The Hebrew Bible
According to the Hebrew Bible, Job lived in the land of Uz (location unknown). He was an extremely wealthy man for his time and was decla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elyon: Encyclopedia Ii - Elyon - Non-biblical Use
Elyon - Sfire I Treaty. Outside of the Biblical texts the term occurs seldom. The most controverial is in the earliest of three Aramaic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ammon: Encyclopedia Ii - Ammon - In The Torah Joshua And Judges
Ammon - Descent. According to the pedigree given in Genesis xix. 37-38, the Ammonites were closely related to the Israelites and still ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Archaeology: Encyclopedia Ii - Biblical Archaeology - Milestones During 1914 - 1945
Following World War I, during the British Mandate of Palestine, antiquities laws were established for Palestinian territory along with a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Archaeology: Encyclopedia Ii - Biblical Archaeology - Milestones After 1945
The Dead Sea Scrolls and other ancient copies of the Hebrew Bible manuscripts do not qualify as artifacts representing something mentione...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ammon: Encyclopedia Ii - Ammon - In Jewish Law
The Ammonites, still numerous in the south of Palestine in the second Christian century according to Justin Martyr ("Dialogus cum Tryphon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Biblical Poetry - Division Of The Poetical Portions Of The Hebrew Bible
Biblical poetry - Poems that deal with events. First may be mentioned poems that deal principally with events, being epic-lyric in char...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ammon: Encyclopedia Ii - Ammon - Religion
Of the customs, religion, and constitution of the Ammonites, little is known. The frequent assumption that, living on the borders of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ammon: Encyclopedia Ii - Ammon - Subsequent History
In the time of Nebuchadnezzar, the Ammonites seem to have been fickle in their political attitude. They assisted the Babylonian army agai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ammon: Encyclopedia Ii - Ammon - During The Kingdoms Of Israel And Judah
Attacks by the Ammonites on Israelite communities east of the Jordan were the impetus behind the unification of the tribes under Saul, wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ammon: Encyclopedia Ii - Ammon - Language
Main Article: Ammonite language The few Ammonite names that have been preserved (Nahash, Hanun, and those mentioned above; Zelek in 2 Sam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balaam: Encyclopedia Ii - Balaam - Balaam And The Donkey
While speaking animals are a common feature of folklore, the only other case in the Old Testament is that of the serpent in Eden. Classic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balaam: Encyclopedia Ii - Balaam - Etymology
The etymology of the name Balaam is uncertain, and several Jewish, and Christian, sources translate it either glutton, or foreigner. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balaam: Encyclopedia Ii - Balaam - The Poems
All the prophecies that Balaam makes take the form of (Hebrew) poems: The first, Numbers 23:7-10, prophesies the unique exhaltation of t...   » Read the article

Article - Theosophy Sitemap I - B
This is a sitemap for Theosophy - B . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word.   ...   » Read the article