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Names Of God In Judaism: Encyclopedia - Names Of God In Judaism
Adonis | Anat | Asherah | Astarte | Ba'al | Berith | Dagon | El | Elyon | Elohim | Hadad | Mot | Salem | Shaddai | Yaw
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Names Of God In Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Names Of God In Judaism - Names Of God
Names of God in Judaism - The Tetragrammaton.
The most important name of God in Judaism is the Tetragrammaton, the four-letter name of ...
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Names Of God In Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Names Of God In Judaism - Miracles Of The Divine Names
In the Haggadah (the traditional Hebrew Passover text) it is written that the divine names of God could be used to perform miracles if on...
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Names Of God: Encyclopedia - Names Of God
Monotheistic faiths believe that there is a supreme being, who is necessarily unique, and the different names given to that being in diff...
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99 Names Of God: Encyclopedia - 99 Names Of God
The 99 Names of God also known as The 99 attributes of Allah, according to Islamic tradition, are the names of God revealed to man in the...
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Elohim: Encyclopedia - Elohim
Adonis | Anat | Asherah | Astarte | Ba'al | Berith | Dagon | El | Elyon | Elohim | Hadad | Mot | Salem | Shaddai | Yaw
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Jehovah: Encyclopedia - Jehovah
Jehovah (also sometimes spelled Yehovah) is the name of the God of the Old Testament as commonly transliterated in English from the Masor...
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Jewish Principles Of Faith: Encyclopedia - Jewish Principles Of Faith
There are a number of basic Jewish principles of faith that one is expected to uphold in order to be said to be in consonance with the Je...
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El God: Encyclopedia - El God
Adonis | Anat | Asherah | Astarte | Ba'al | Berith | Dagon | El | Elyon | Elohim | Hadad | Moloch | Mot | Salem | Shaddai | Yaw
Adonai | ...
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Elyon: Encyclopedia - Elyon
Adonis | Anat | Asherah | Astarte | Ba'al | Berith | Dagon | El | Elyon | Elohim | Hadad | Mot | Salem | Shaddai | Yaw
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I Am That I Am: Encyclopedia - I Am That I Am
I am that I am (Hebrew: אהיה אשר אהיה, pronounced Ehyeh asher ehyeh) is the sole response God used in the Bible when Moses ask...
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Orthodox Judaism: Encyclopedia - Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism is the stream of Judaism which adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics firs...
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Ancient Of Days: Encyclopedia - Ancient Of Days
Ancient of Days (Atik Yomin) is one of the biblical names for God.
Ancient of Days - In Judaism.
This term appears three times in the b...
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Abrahamic Religions On God And Gender: Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religions On God And Gender
This entry discusses how the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam deal with God and gender. It includes both traditional r...
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Yahwism: Encyclopedia - Yahwism
Yahwism is the specific use of the Tetragrammaton (ancient Hebrew "YHWH") as a name of God. More broadly, it may also refer to a religion...
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God And Gender: Encyclopedia - God And Gender
This entry discusses how the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam deal with God and gender. It includes both traditional r...
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False Prophet: Encyclopedia - False Prophet
False prophet is a label given to a person who is viewed as illegitimately claiming charismatic authority within a religious group. The i...
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Shamash: Encyclopedia - Shamash
4 primary:
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3 sky:
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Shamash or Sama, was the common Akkadian name of the sun-god in Babylonia and Assy...
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Ein Sof Kabbalah: Encyclopedia - Ein Sof Kabbalah
Ein Sof (Hebrew: "without end" denoting "boundlessness"), also known as "Divine Being", is the name for God, within the Kabbalah of Judai...
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Anguipede: Encyclopedia - Anguipede
The Anguipede is a divinity that is often found on magical amulets from the Greco-Roman period.
The Anguipede is depicted as a creature w...
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Lord: Encyclopedia - Lord
A lord is a male who has power and authority. It can have different meanings depending on the context of use.
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Sephirot Kabbalah: Encyclopedia - Sephirot Kabbalah
Sephirot or Sefiroth (סְפִירוֹת), singular: Sephirah, also Sefirah (סְפִירָה "enumeration" in Hebrew).
Sephiroth (or "en...
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Bible: Encyclopedia - Bible
The Bible (sometimes The Holy Bible, The Book, Good Book, Word of God, The Word, or Scripture), from Greek (τα) βιβλια, (ta) bibl...
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Ten Commandments: Encyclopedia - Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments, or Decalogue, is a list of religious and moral imperatives which, according to the Bible, was spoken by God to Mose...
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Chabad-lubavitch: Encyclopedia - Chabad-lubavitch
Chabad Lubavitch, or Lubavich, is one of the largest branches of Hasidic Judaism founded by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi . It is one of t...
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Adam And Eve: Encyclopedia - Adam And Eve
According to the Book of Genesis in Judaism's Torah, the Christian Bible and Islam's Qur'an, Adam was the first man created by God. At Ge...
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Names Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - Names Of God - Taboos
Several religions advance taboos related to names of their gods. In some cases, the name may never be spoken, or only spoken by inner-cir...
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Names Given To The Divine: Encyclopedia Ii - Names Given To The Divine - Names For Specific Conceptions Of God
Names given to the divine - Christianity.
Yahweh, Jehovah, Jesus, Christ, the Holy Trinity, the Godhead (Christianity), Heavenly Father...
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Names Given To The Divine: Encyclopedia Ii - Names Given To The Divine - Alternative Names Used To Address Or Refer To Deities
These are used for various reasons: tabuism, glorification, etc. Examples are G*d (tabuistic ellipsis), The Almighty, Pancrator(Pantocrat...
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99 Names Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - 99 Names Of God - Personal Names
The names/attributes of Allah (God) can be combined with the word "'Abd" which means servant and are commonly used as personal names amon...
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99 Names Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - 99 Names Of God - List Of Names
The 99 Names of God according to the tradition of Islam are:
Allah (الله) The God
Al Rahman (الرحمن) The All Beneficent
Al Rah...
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99 Names Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - 99 Names Of God - List Of Names
The 99 Names of God according to the tradition of Islam are:
ALLAH (الله) The God
Al Rahman (الرحمن) The All Beneficent
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Elohim: Encyclopedia Ii - Elohim - Etymology
The etymology of the word Elohim is prehistoric, and therefore unknown. There are many theories, however, including the following:
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99 Names Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - 99 Names Of God - 100th Name Of God
Muslims teach us that there are 99 names for God and that the 100th name is hidden. The idea has become a kind of mystery with little ref...
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99 Names Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - 99 Names Of God - Palm Of The Hand
What could be interpreted as the number 99 written in Arabic is imprinted on human hands. If one looks at his or her palms, thumbs facing...
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99 Names Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - 99 Names Of God - Palm Of The Hand
The number 99 is written in Arabic on everybody's hands. If you look at your palms, thumbs facing upward, the lines in the hands appear a...
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99 Names Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - 99 Names Of God - Source
In one Islamic tradition, the prophet Muhammad used to call God by all his names:
"Allahumma inni ad`uka bi asma'ika al-husna kulliha"
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99 Names Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - 99 Names Of God - Personal Names
The names/attributes of Allah (God) can be combined with the word "'Abd" which means servant and are commonly used as personal names amon...
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99 Names Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - 99 Names Of God - 100th Name Of God
Muslims teach us that there are 99 names for God and that the 100th name is hidden. The idea has become a kind of mystery with little ref...
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99 Names Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - 99 Names Of God - Palm Of The Hand
The number 99 is written in Arabic on everybody's hands. If you look at your palms, thumbs facing upward, the lines in the hands appear a...
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99 Names Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - 99 Names Of God - Source
In one Islamic tradition, the prophet Muhammad used to call God by all his names:
"Allahumma inni ad`uka bi asma'ika al-husna kulliha"
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Elohim: Encyclopedia Ii - Elohim - Hebrew Grammar
Elohim has plural morphological form in Hebrew, but it is used with singular verbs and adjectives in the Hebrew text when the particular ...
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Jewish Principles Of Faith: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Principles Of Faith - Jewish Principles Of Faith
Jewish principles of faith - Monotheism.
Judaism is based on a strict unitarian monotheism, the belief in one God. The prayer par excel...
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El God: Encyclopedia Ii - El God - Linguistic Forms And Meanings
Cognate forms are found throughout the Semitic languages with the exception of the ancient Ge'ez language of Ethiopia. Forms include Ugar...
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Jehovah: Encyclopedia Ii - Jehovah - Encyclopedia Britannica Of 1910-1911’s Case Against Jehovah
Many 20th century scholars believed that the Masoretes did not point "יְהֹוָה" [ i.e. Hebrew word # 3068 ] with the actual vowel p...
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El God: Encyclopedia Ii - El God - Ēl In The Tanakh
The Hebrew form (אל) appears in Latin letters in Standard Hebrew transcription as El and in Tiberian Hebrew transcription as ʾĒl.
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El God: Encyclopedia Ii - El God - Ēl In Ugarit And Among The Canaanites
For the Canaanites, El or Il was the supreme god, the father of mankind and all creatures. He may have been a desert god at some point as...
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El God: Encyclopedia Ii - El God - Ēl In The Greater Levant
A proto-Sinaitic mine inscription from Mount Sinai reads ’ld‘lm understood to be vocalized as ’il dū ‘ôlmi, 'Ēl Eternal' or 'G...
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El God: Encyclopedia Ii - El God - Ēl And Poseidon
A bilingual inscription from Palmyra (KAI. 11, p. 43) dated to the 1st century equates Ēl-Creator-of-the-Earth with the Greek god P...
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Jehovah: Encyclopedia Ii - Jehovah - Articles That Critique The Name Jehovah
Jewish Encyclopedia of 1901-1906: Jehovah
Jewish Encyclopedia of 1901-1906: Names of God: YHWH
Catholic Encyclopedia of 1910: Jehovah (Ya...
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Jehovah: Encyclopedia Ii - Jehovah - Articles That Defend The Name Jehovah
In Defense of Jehovah by Carl Franklin
Debunking the Myths of Sacred Namers: Part I by Carl Franklin
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El God: Encyclopedia Ii - El God - Ēl In Proto-sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic And Hittite Texts
A proto-Sinaitic mine inscription from Mount Sinai reads ’ld‘lm understood to be vocalized as ’il dū ‘ôlmi, 'Ēl Eternal' or 'G...
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El God: Encyclopedia Ii - El God - Ēl In Proto-sinaitic, Phoenician, Aramaic, And Hittite Texts
A proto-Sinaitic mine inscription from Mount Sinai reads ’ld‘lm understood to be vocalized as ’il dū ‘ôlmi, 'Ēl Eternal' or 'G...
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El God: Encyclopedia Ii - El God - Ēl According To Sanchuniathon
In the euhemeristic account of Sanchuniathon Ēl (rendered Elus or called by his standard Greek counterpart Cronus) is not the creator go...
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Jehovah: Encyclopedia Ii - Jehovah - Translations Of Yhwh Found In Writings Of The Greek Fathers
The evidence of the Greek church fathers shows the forms Jabe and Jâo to be traditional, as well as the shortened Hebrew forms of the wo...
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Jehovah: Encyclopedia Ii - Jehovah - Jehovah's Witnesses And The English Rendering Of The Name Jehovah
Concerning the vowel points of God's Hebrew name, The Watchtower Official Website of Jehovah’s Witnesses states:
When it came to God's...
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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.
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Jehovah: Encyclopedia Ii - Jehovah - Jehovah Is An 18th Century English Translation Of יְהֹוָה [hebrew Word #3068]
Jehovah ( Latin Iéhova ) is an 18th century English translation of "יְהֹוָה", which is a Masoretic vocalization of "יהוה" [ i...
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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...
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Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Sin And Original Sin
In both religions, one's offenses against the will of God are called sin (in Christianity the full name is "actual sin"). These sins can ...
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Jehovah: Encyclopedia Ii - Jehovah - Kjvo Christians Defend The Vowel Points Of יְהֹוָה And The Name Jehovah
Most modern scholars hold the view that the vowel points of the spelling "יְהֹוָה" (which would seem to indicate a pronunciation "...
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I Am That I Am: Encyclopedia Ii - I Am That I Am - Catholic Church Interpretation
The Catholic Church's interpretation has been summarized in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, a product of five centuries of theology...
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Ancient Of Days: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Of Days - In Judaism
This term appears three times in the book of Daniel (7:9, 13, 22), and is used in the sense of God being eternal. In contrast with all ea...
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Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Love
Love is a central value in both Judaism and Christianity. In Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine, literary critic Harold Bloom argues that...
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Onomastics On Judaism And Jewish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Onomastics On Judaism And Jewish History - Compound Names
A distinctive characteristic of Bible onomatology is the frequency of composite names, which form at times even complete sentences, as in...
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God: Encyclopedia Ii - God - Conceptions Of God
God - Abrahamic conceptions.
Judaism, Christianity and Islam see God as a being who created the world and rules over the universe. God ...
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God: Encyclopedia Ii - God - Conceptions Of God
God - Abrahamic conceptions.
Judaism, Christianity and Islam see God as a being who created the world and rules over the universe. God ...
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False Prophet: Encyclopedia Ii - False Prophet - Definition Of False Prophet In Judaism
There are two types of "false prophet" recognized in the Jewish Bible: the one who claims to be a prophet in the name of idolatry, and th...
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Iaoue: Encyclopedia Ii - Iaoue - Hebrew Bible's יְהוָה Versus The Christian Yahweh And יַהְוֶה And ιαουε
The classical niqqud ("vocalization") for the Hebrew word for God (see Names of God in Judaism) in the Hebrew Bible within Judaism is י...
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Judaism:
Social Studies Dictionary - Judaism
Definition and meaning of Judaism
Judaism - [World History] Judaism is a religion and philosophy with belief in one god (mon...
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Judaism:
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Definition and meaning of Judaism
Judaism - [World History] Judaism is a religion and philosophy with belief in one god (mon...
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Tetragrammaton: Encyclopedia Ii - Tetragrammaton - Alternative Names
In an analogue to the euphemism HaShem for God, the euphemism HaShem HaMeforash (literally, the explicit name) is sometimes used to refer...
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Christian Wicca: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Wicca - Comparison With Christianity
Many Christian Wiccans embrace Mary as a goddess-figure, and Jesus Christ as their god-figure. Sometimes this 'Mary' is not the Virgin Ma...
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Jewish Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Philosophy - Maimonides
Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (1135 - 1204), רבי משה בן מיימון, known commonly by his Greek name Maimonides, was a Jewish rabbi, p...
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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...
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Ancient Of Days: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Of Days - In Christianity
In Eastern Orthodox Christian hymns and icons, the Ancient of Days is sometimes identified with God the Father, and sometimes with God th...
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Korban: Encyclopedia Ii - Korban - Martyrs As Korbanot
Strange as it may seem, classical Judaism refers to a martyr as both a kadosh and as a korban. A kadosh means a "holy" or "sanctified" pe...
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Jewish Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Philosophy - Avicebron, Solomon Ibn Gabirol
The Jewish poet-philosopher Solomon Ibn Gabirol is also known as Avicebron. He died about 1070 CE. He was influenced by Plato. His classi...
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Jewish Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Philosophy - Avicebron Solomon Ibn Gabirol
The Jewish poet-philosopher Solomon Ibn Gabirol is also known as Avicebron. He died about 1070 CE. He was influenced by Plato. His classi...
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Names For Books Of Judeo-christian Scripture: Encyclopedia Ii - Names For Books Of Judeo-christian Scripture - Jewish Perspective
For Jews, the Bible means...
Torah - The five books of Moses. The word Torah literally means instruction. It is also called Chumash (Heb...
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Devil: Encyclopedia Ii - Devil - Concept Of The Devil In World Religions
Devil - Christianity.
Christianity understands the Devil in the context of the Old Testament. Unlike Manichaeism which teaches a coeval...
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Religious Conversion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Conversion - Conversion To Islam
One becomes a Muslim by believing Allah (Allah is the unique name of God in Islam) is the only God and Muhammad is Allah 's messenger. A ...
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The Fall Of Man: Encyclopedia Ii - The Fall Of Man - Accounts Of The Fall
The Fall of Man - Genesis.
According to Genesis, God created a garden in the land of Eden, and placed Adam and Eve in the garden. He pl...
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Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Mystic Doctrines In Talmudic Times
In Talmudic times the terms Ma'aseh Bereshit ("Works of Creation") and Ma'aseh Merkabah ("Works of the Divine Throne/Chariot") clearly in...
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Repentance: Encyclopedia Ii - Repentance - In Judaism
Rabbinic Jewish literature contains extensive discussions on the subject of repentance. Many rabbinic sources states that repentance is o...
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Religious Conversion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religious Conversion - Conversion To Islam
One becomes a Muslim by believing Allah (Allah is the unique name of God in Islam) is the only God and Muhammad is Allah 's messenger. A ...
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Abraham: Encyclopedia Ii - Abraham - Modern Historical Criticism
Writers have regarded the life of Abraham in various ways. He has been viewed as a chieftain of the Amorites, as the head of a great Semi...
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Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - The Failure Of Sabbatian Mysticism
The spiritual and mystical yearnings of many Jews remained frustrated after the death of Rabbi Isaac Luria and his disciples and colleagu...
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Orthodox Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Orthodox Judaism - Subgroups
Orthodox Judaism's central belief is that the Torah, including both the Written Law and the Oral Law, was given directly from God to Mose...
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Tetragrammaton:
Spiritual Theosophical
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Tetragrammaton
Tetragrammaton. The four-lettered name of God, its Greek title: the four letters are in Hebrew " yod, hé vau, h&eacu...
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Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kabbalah - Practical Applications
The Midrash and Talmud are replete with the use of Divine names and incantations that are claimed to effect supernatural or metaphysical ...
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History Of The Jews In Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Poland - The Development Of Judaism In Poland And The Commonwealth
The culture and intellectual output of the Jewish community in Poland had a profound impact on Judaism as a whole. Some Jewish historians...
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Divine Grace: Encyclopedia Ii - Divine Grace - Biblical Concepts Of Grace
Divine grace - Ideas of grace in the Hebrew Bible.
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Patriarchs:
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Patriarchs
Patriarchs One of the names given to rulers over men and racial periods. Chaldeo-Judaism has presented its gods as patriarchs. In the ...
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Origin Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Belief - Creation Within Various Belief Systems
Some creation beliefs are part of a named system of beliefs and are labeled as such below. Some creation beliefs seem to be better charac...
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Origin Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Belief - Creation Within Various Belief Systems
Some creation beliefs are part of a named system of beliefs and are labeled as such below. Some creation beliefs seem to be better charac...
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Thummim:
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Thummim
Thummim (Hebrew, Jewish). "Perfections." An ornament on the breastplates of the ancient High Priests of Judaism. Modern Rabb...
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Origin Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Belief - Creation Within Various Belief Systems
Some creation beliefs are part of a named system of beliefs and are labeled as such below. Some creation beliefs seem to be better charac...
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Kosher Foods: Encyclopedia Ii - Kosher Foods - Meat
Modern halakha (Jewish law) on kashrut classifies the flesh of both mammals and birds as "meat"; fish are considered to be parve (Hebrew:...
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Names Of God In Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Names Of God In Judaism - Laws Of Writing Divine Names
According to Jewish tradition, the sacredness of the divine names must be recognized by the professional scribe who writes the Scriptures...
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