This article is concerned with Biblical poetry, specifically poetry in the Hebrew Bible. The question whether the literature of the ancient Hebrews includes portions that may be called poetry is answered by the ancient Hebrews themselves. That the ancient Hebrews perceived there were poetical portions in their literature is shown by their entitling songs or chants such passages as Exodus 15:1-19 and Numbers 21:17-20; and a song or chant ("shir") is, according to the primary meaning of the term, poetry. Biblical po ...

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• Biblical poetry - Characteristics of Ancient Hebrew Poetry
• Biblical poetry - Rhyme
• Biblical poetry - Unusual forms
• Biblical poetry - Parallelism
• Biblical poetry - Quantitative rhythm
• Biblical poetry - Accentual rhythm
• Biblical poetry - The Dirges
• Biblical poetry - Anadiplosis
• Biblical poetry - Acrostics
• Biblical poetry - Division of the poetical portions of the Hebrew Bible
• Biblical poetry - Poems that deal with events
• Biblical poetry - Didactic poems
• Biblical poetry - Lyrics
• Biblical poetry - Poems that urge action
• Biblical poetry - Extent of Poetry in the Old Testament

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Biblical judges, Biblical judges - Biblical origin, Biblical judges - List of Biblical Judges

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Biblical Astronomy, in the broad sense, includes the views taken in the books of the Bible of the position of the earth in the universe, the designation of the stars, planets, fixed stars, and the views held regarding them. The material for the subject, except so far as the earth is concerned, is very meager, dependence for the most part having to be placed on ambiguous references chiefly in the poetical sections. In the present article the stars, planets, and fixed stars in general are dealt with. The sky, the abode of the stars, is describ ...

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Biblical astronomy, Biblical astronomy - Biblical Data, Biblical astronomy - The Four Elements in Genesis, Biblical astronomy - Stars the Hosts of Heaven, Biblical astronomy - Captain of Army., Biblical astronomy - Individual Stars, Biblical astronomy - Planets, Biblical astronomy - Helel Son of the Morning, Biblical astronomy - Ancient Conception of Astronomy, Biblical astronomy - In the Talmud, Biblical astronomy - Astronomy a Religious Study, Biblical astronomy - No Scientific Discoveries in Palestine, Biblical astronomy - Conceptions of Heaven and Earth, Biblical astronomy - Motions of the Heavenly Bodies, Biblical astronomy - Six Seasons, Biblical astronomy - Seven Planets, Biblical astronomy - The Zodiac, Biblical astronomy - Other Stars and Comets, Biblical astronomy - In Post-Talmudic Times, Biblical astronomy - Medieval Astronomers

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Biblical criticism is a form of Historical Criticism that seeks to analyze the Bible through asking certain questions of the text, such as: Who wrote it? When was it written? To whom was it written? Why was it written? What was the historical, geographical, and cultural setting of the text? How well preserved is the original text? How unified is the text? What sources were used by the author? How was the text transmitted over time? What is the text's genre and from what sociologial setting is it derived? When and how did it come to be ...

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• Biblical criticism - Types of Biblical criticism

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The Christian Biblical Council is a splinter group of The Way International. It was formed between 1985 and 1988, during a period of change for the TWI organization. Other related archives1985, 1988, The Way International

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Biblical studies is the academic study of what Christianity calls the Bible (including the New Testament and Old Testament, sometimes called the "Scriptures"), and what Judaism terms the Hebrew Bible (also called the Torah or Tanakh in Hebrew). Biblical studies is a branch of theology, but also draws on the disciplines of history, literary criticism, philology, and increasingly the social sciences. Practitioners of Biblical Studies do not necessarily have faith commitment to the texts they study. Biblical studies - In Ju ...

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• Biblical studies - In Judaism
• Biblical studies - In Christianity
• Biblical studies - Background
• Biblical studies - Principles of Biblical interpretation
• Biblical studies - Hebrew and Greek languages
• Biblical studies - Various studies in the books of the Bible
• Biblical studies - Non core-related studies
• Biblical studies - Homiletics
• Biblical studies - Missions
• Biblical studies - Other service related disciplines
• Biblical studies - Further higher studies and the status of studies

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An alphabetical list of people featured in the Bible. (Note, the Torah or "Old Testament" of Judaism is the source of the Bible. Judaism does not accept the New Testament of Christianity.) List of Biblical figures - Names. List of Biblical figures - New Testament. Agabus Agrippa I, called "Herod" in Acts of the Apostles Andrew Anna Apollos Aquila Barnabas Bartholomew Caiaphas Dionysius the Areopagite ...

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• List of Biblical figures - Names
• List of Biblical figures - New Testament
• List of Biblical figures - Priests
• List of Biblical figures - Old Testament
• List of Biblical figures - New Testament
• List of Biblical figures - Prophets
• List of Biblical figures - Old Testament
• List of Biblical figures - New Testament
• List of Biblical figures - Hebrew Scriptures
• List of Biblical figures - Tribes of Israel
• List of Biblical figures - New Testament
• List of Biblical figures - Christian Apostles of Jesus
• List of Biblical figures - Links

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This article is in need of attention. You can help Wikipedia by editing it into a better article. Please also consider changing this notice to be more specific. Biblical or Classical Hebrew is the ancient form of the Hebrew language, in which the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) was written, and which the ancient Israelites spoke. It is not spoken in its pure form today, although it is studied by religious Jews (and also by Christian theologians and academics) for practical application and ...

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• Biblical Hebrew language - Descendant languages
• Biblical Hebrew language - Phonology
• Biblical Hebrew language - Historical sound changes
• Biblical Hebrew language - Resources

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Biblical Aramaic is the form of the Aramaic language that is used in the books of Daniel, Ezra and a few other places in the Hebrew Bible. See the article on the Aramaic of Jesus for the use of the Aramaic language in the New Testament. Biblical Aramaic - Aramaic and Hebrew. Hebrew is the main language of the Hebrew Bible. Aramaic only accounts for about ten chapters of the whole. Biblical Aramaic is closely related to Hebrew (perhaps a bit like Spanish and Portuguese), and they are written with the ...

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• Biblical Aramaic - Aramaic and Hebrew
• Biblical Aramaic - Occurrence of Aramaic in the Hebrew Bible

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The phrase "Biblical mythology" refers to the body of myths presented in some parts of the Bible. According to sociologists of religion, many narratives in the Bible fulfill the criteria of being a myth: they are based on tradition and legend, designed to explain the universal and local beginnings ("creation myths" and "founding myths"), natural phenomena, inexplicable cultural conventions, and anything else for which no simple explanation presents itself. In order to compare these stories to myths in other traditions without prejudice or bias, the Biblical accounts are likewise treated under ...

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• Biblical mythology - Mythology in the Hebrew Bible
• Biblical mythology - Mythology in the Apocrypha
• Biblical mythology - Mythology in the New Testament

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History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Father Christ the Son The Holy Spirit The Bible Old Testament New Testament Apocrypha The Gospels Ten Commandments Sermon on the Mount Christian theology Salvation · Grace Christian worship Christian Church Catholicism Orthodox Christianity Protestantism Christian denomination ...

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• Biblical inspiration - Etymology
• Biblical inspiration - Views of the doctrine
• Biblical inspiration - Basis for the doctrine
• Biblical inspiration - The Conservative view
• Biblical inspiration - The Modernist view
• Biblical inspiration - The Neo-orthodox doctrine

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For the Geographical Mount Sinai see: Mount Sinai Biblical Mount Sinai Mount Sinai is the name of the place, according to the Bible, Exodus 19 and 20, where God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses. There are many conflicting theories of where this occured. Biblical Mount Sinai - Biblical Mount Sinai. It is commonly held that the mount in the Sinai desert is probably "the" Mount Sinai, but, there is a considerable weight of historical counter-evidence to support the view that Jabal Musa and the ...

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• Biblical Mount Sinai - Biblical Mount Sinai
• Biblical Mount Sinai - Jabal Musa
• Biblical Mount Sinai - Jabal Helal
• Biblical Mount Sinai - Jabal Serbal
• Biblical Mount Sinai - Jabal Ideid
• Biblical Mount Sinai - Jebel Sin Bishar
• Biblical Mount Sinai - Saudi Arabia
• Biblical Mount Sinai - Jabal al-Manifa
• Biblical Mount Sinai - Hala'l Bedr
• Biblical Mount Sinai - Jebel Baggir
• Biblical Mount Sinai - Jordan
• Biblical Mount Sinai - Agar
• Biblical Mount Sinai - Jabal al Madhbah

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Job (Hebrew אִיּוֹב, Arabic: أيوب, Standard Hebrew Iyyov, Tiberian Hebrew ʾIyyôḇ), was the protagonist of the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible. 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 declared to be the greatest man amongst the people of the East; he was righteous, prosperous and had a large family. Job suddenly lost his family and w ...

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• Job Biblical figure - In the Hebrew Bible
• Job Biblical figure - Jewish view of Job
• Job Biblical figure - In Christianity
• Job Biblical figure - In Islam

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Biblical inerrancy is the belief that the Bible is the inspired Word of God and is therefore without error. The belief takes several forms, ranging from Biblical literalism (the belief that the Bible is true in every word) to the belief that Biblical texts require interpretation in order to be understood correctly. Biblical inerrancy - Basis of Belief. The theological basis of the belief, in its simplest form, is that as God Himself is infallible, then the Bible, as His divine Word, must also be free from e ...

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• Biblical inerrancy - Basis of Belief
• Biblical inerrancy - Biblical Literalism
• Biblical inerrancy - The Mainstream Evangelical Protestant Position in America
• Biblical inerrancy - The Catholic Position

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In Christian tradition the Magi, also known as the Three Wise Men or Kings from the east, are Zoroastrian judicial astrologers or magi who according to Matthew 2:1 came "from the east to Jerusalem", to worship the Infant Jesus, him "that is born King of the Jews". Thus the magi that came from the east, from the Persian Empire, were the world's first religious figures to worship him. Among their gifts were chrismatic herbs for anointing him the Christ. Their traditional names are Casper, Melchior and Balthazar. ...

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• Biblical Magi - St Matthew's account
• Biblical Magi - When did the magi see Jesus?
• Biblical Magi - The meaning of magi
• Biblical Magi - In Christianity
• Biblical Magi - Opposing views
• Biblical Magi - Tombs of the Magi
• Biblical Magi - The Shrine at Cologne
• Biblical Magi - The Magi depicted in art
• Biblical Magi - Traditional names for the Three Magi
• Biblical Magi - Epiphany
• Biblical Magi - Traditions in the Spanish Speaking Countries
• Biblical Magi - Contemporary skepticism
• Biblical Magi - Trivia

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In the Tanakh, nearly all incidental Biblical references to incest occur in the Torah, especially in Genesis (Bereishit), prior to the establishment of Jewish law as described in Leviticus. A few books contain narratives describing the circumstances of particular instances of sexual intercourse among family members, which may be construed as incest and/or endogamy. Jewish law does not explicitly forbid cousins from marrying, but it does prohibit sexual relations with in-laws, aunts but not uncles (Lev 18: 6 ...

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• Biblical references to incest - Torah
• Biblical references to incest - Genesis
• Biblical references to incest - Exodus
• Biblical references to incest - Numbers
• Biblical references to incest - Nevi'im
• Biblical references to incest - 2 Samuel
• Biblical references to incest - Notes

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Biblical archaeology involves the recovery and scientific investigation of the material remains of past cultures that can illuminate the periods and descriptions in the Bible. As with the historical records from any other civilization, the manuscripts must be compared to other accounts from contemporary societies in Europe, Mesopotamia, and Africa; additionally, records from neighbors must be compared with them. The scientific techniques employed are those of archaeology in g ...

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• Biblical archaeology - Milestones prior to 1914
• Biblical archaeology - Milestones during 1914 - 1945
• Biblical archaeology - Milestones after 1945
• Biblical archaeology - Confirmed Biblical structures
• Biblical archaeology - Artifacts from documented excavations
• Biblical archaeology - Artifacts with unknown disputed or disproved provenance
• Biblical archaeology - Professional commentary

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Cush (כּוּשׁ "black", Standard Hebrew Kuš, Tiberian Hebrew Kûš) was the eldest son of Ham, brother of Canaan and the father of Nimrod, mentioned in the "table of nations" in the Book of Genesis (X. 60) and in I Chronicles (I. 8), usually considered the eponym of the people of Kush. Six Arabian tribes are also sons of Cush. In Genesis Cush was the father of the Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. He is also the father of Nimrod Another person na ...

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• Biblical Cush - Reference
• Biblical Cush - External link

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Biblical Hermeneutics, part of the broader hermeneutical question, relates to the problem of how one is to understand Holy Scripture. By definition, this is a theological act, ie. part of the discourse of a faith-community. This does not mean that it is of no relevance to those who do not consider themselves to be part of that community, but rather that it is an issue that arises out of the particular needs of that community. Therefore one ought to differentiate between Christian and Jewish Biblical hermeneutics: although there ...

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• Biblical hermeneutics - Theological Hermeneutics as traditional Christian Biblical Exegesis

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The Biblical canon is an exclusive list of books written during the formative period of the Jewish or Christian faiths; the leaders of these communities believed these books to be inspired by God or to express the authoritative history of the relationship between God and his people (although there may have been secondary considerations as well). There are differences between Christians and Jews, as well as between different Christian traditions, over which books meet the standards for canonization. The different criteria for, and the process of, canonization for each community dictates what ...

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• Biblical canon - Canonic texts in Jewish and Christian traditions
• Biblical canon - Jewish canon
• Biblical canon - Samaritan canon
• Biblical canon - Christian canon
• Biblical canon - Orthodox Catholic and Protestant
• Biblical canon - Selected Evangelicals
• Biblical canon - Modern interpretation of canonization
• Biblical canon - Latter-day Saint Scripture
• Biblical canon - Footnotes

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