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Zion: Encyclopedia - Zion
Zion, or Sion (צִיּוֹן "Height", Standard Hebrew Tziyyon, Tiberian Hebrew Tsiyyôn; Arabic صهيون Ṣuhyūn), is an archaic te...
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Zion: Encyclopedia Ii - Zion - Modern Use
Zion - Anti-Slavery.
The longing for Zion of the Babylonian Hebrews was adopted as a metaphor by Christianized Black slaves. Thus, Zion...
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Zion: Encyclopedia Ii - Zion - Ugaritic Texts And The Bible
In texts uncovered at Ugarit, references to "Zephon" (Tsephon) have been identified with the Syrian mountain Jebel Aqra. In these texts, ...
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