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Encyclopedia - Samson: Encyclopedia - Samson
Samson or Shimshon (שִׁמְשׁוֹן "Of the sun" (perhaps proclaiming he was radiant and mighty) or "[One who] Serves [God]", Stand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exilarch: Encyclopedia Ii - Exilarch - Holders Of The Office
The following list of exilarchs is based on the evidence detailed in the following sections. Exilarchs listed in the Second Book of Kings...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oath More Judaico: Encyclopedia Ii - Oath More Judaico - Historical Development
The disability imposed on a Jew engaged in legal contention with a Christian dates back to the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, who declare...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Symbolism - The Symbolic Values Of Numbers
The number three was the symbol of holiness. The Holy of Holies occupied one-third, and the Holy Place two-thirds, of the entire Temple. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oath More Judaico: Encyclopedia Ii - Oath More Judaico - Historical Development
The disability imposed on a Jew engaged in legal contention with a Christian dates back to the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, who declare...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samson: Encyclopedia Ii - Samson - Samson's Life
Samson - Samson's name and birthplace. In the Hebrew text which English translations of the book of Judges are based on, Samson is name...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samson: Encyclopedia Ii - Samson - Samson As Myth
Samson - Samson's name and birthplace. In the Hebrew text that English translations of the book of Judges are based on, Samson is named...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Topic Pages Ii - 28
This is a sitemap for popular topic pages at Global Oneness. Click on a link and you will find multiple articles related to the topic: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oath More Judaico: Encyclopedia Ii - Oath More Judaico - An Example: Frankfurt Oath
The following formula, originally in Middle High German, was used in Frankfort on the Main about 1392[1]: The Jew shall stand on a sow's ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Symbolism - Influence On Christian Symbols
The influence of Judaism upon Christian symbolism as early as the 2nd and 3rd centuries C.E., is apparent both in painting and in sculptu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oath More Judaico: Encyclopedia Ii - Oath More Judaico - An Example: Frankfurt Oath
The following formula, originally in Middle High German, was used in Frankfort on the Main about 1392[1]: The Jew shall stand on a sow's ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samson: Encyclopedia Ii - Samson - In Rabbinic Literature
Rabbinical literature identifies Samson with Bedan; Bedan was a Judge mentioned by Samuel in his farewell address (1 Samuel 12:11) among ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samson: Encyclopedia Ii - Samson - Biblical Story
Samson is said to have lived during the period when the Israelites were oppressed by the power of the Philistines. At this time an angel ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Symbolism - On Tombstones
Some common themes appear on many Jewish tombstones. Two hands with outspread fingers indicated that the dead man was descended from prie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oath More Judaico: Encyclopedia Ii - Oath More Judaico - The Oath As A Jewish Disability
A decidedly aggressive change took place when, in 1555, the German federal-court procedure (Reichskammergerichtsordnung) prescribed a for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Symbolism - Colors
The Israelites used an indigo colored dye called tekhelet; this dye was made from snail murex trunculus. This dye was very important in b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exilarch: Encyclopedia Ii - Exilarch - Character Of The Exilarchate In The First Era
Exilarch - Relations with the Academies. In accordance with the character of Talmudic tradition it is the relation of the exilarchs to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exilarch: Encyclopedia Ii - Exilarch - Development And Organization
The history of the exilarchate falls naturally into two periods, separated by the beginning of the Arabic rule in Babylonia. Nothing is k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samson: Encyclopedia Ii - Samson - In Rabbinic Literature
Rabbinical literature identifies Samson with Bedan; Bedan was a Judge mentioned by Samuel in his farewell address (1 Samuel 12:11) among ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samson: Encyclopedia Ii - Samson - Biblical Story
Samson is said to have lived during the period when the Israelites were oppressed by the power of the Philistines. At this time an angel ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Symbolism - The Holy Of Holies
The two cherubim icons on the Ark of the Covenant were the only images in the Temple. The Ark of the Covenant was set in the Holy of Holi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Symbolism - The Sacrifices
Abraham ibn Ezra, in his commentary to Leviticus, considered the olah sacrifice as the atonement of the heart for sinful thoughts. The th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Symbolism - Symbolic Visions Of The Prophets
Jeremiah beheld an almond-tree as a token of the speedy fulfillment of the word of God. Amos saw a basket of summer fruit as a symbol of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Symbolism - Festivals And Holy Days
The Torah delineates three pilgrimage festivals, Passover, Shavuot (The Feats of Weeks) and Sukkot (Tabernacles). Each of these was tied ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Symbolism - Metals And Minerals
Gold was the symbol of the divine or celestial light, the glory of God (Zech. vi. 11; Dan. xi. 21). Silver was the emblem of moral innoce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Symbolism - The Priests
The Hebrew for priest is Kohen; the Kohanim (plural) mediated between God and man by offering sacrifices, and by other services in the Te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Symbolism - The Star Of David
Over time the Star of David became identified with the Jews, and has long since been used as a symbol of Judaism, as a religion, and of t...   » Read the article