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- means "fiery" or "burning" in Hebrew. Shortly later he was ordained a hierodeacon. He was ordained again in 1793, this time as a ...6 KB (862 words) - 09:54, 26 January 2023
- for Krochmal's own Guide, and other Hebrew literature and Hebrew philosophical ... He was not a prolific writer. Besides some Hebrew essays in periodicals ...11 KB (1,697 words) - 22:59, 10 November 2022
- Gabriel (Hebrew: גַּבְרִיאֵל, or Jibril; Arabic: جبريل; ... The angel Gabriel is first mentioned in the Book of Daniel in the ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 07:35, 15 April 2024
- the Middle Ages in Babylonia. However, the Hebrew Bible indicates that the ... The most famous Hebrew singer of psalms was King David, although his ...15 KB (2,193 words) - 19:28, 25 November 2023
- The word "Rabbi" is derived from the Hebrew root word רַב ... study, and attendant languages (e.g., Hebrew, Aramaic and in some cases ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 16:07, 7 December 2022
- Saadia Ben Joseph Gaon (882-942 C.E.), (Hebrew:סעדיה בן יוסף גאון ) also known by his Arabic name Said al-Fayyumi, was a prominent ...22 KB (3,468 words) - 18:29, 22 December 2022
- The term "Minor Prophets" refers to the reported authors of the twelve short prophetic texts included within the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh ...11 KB (1,657 words) - 18:53, 9 November 2022
- A yarmulke (Hebrew: יאַרמלקע meaning "cap") is a thin, slightly-rounded skullcap traditionally worn by Orthodox Jewish men ...15 KB (2,303 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- is also the start of the civil year in the Hebrew calendar. It is observed ... meal on Rosh Hashanah. The traditional Hebrew greeting on Rosh Hashanahh ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 19:18, 16 December 2022
- Asherah (Hebrew אשרה), also spelled Ashera, was a major northwest Semitic mother goddess, appearing also in Akkadian sources as Ashratu, ...14 KB (2,179 words) - 04:03, 18 August 2023
- The Jordan River (Arabic: Nahr Al-Urdun; Hebrew: Ha-Yarden River) is a river in Southwest Asia flowing through the Great Rift Valley into the ...11 KB (1,805 words) - 06:19, 6 May 2024
- Although the existence of the geniza (a Hebrew word meaning a "hiding ... are placed and heretical or disgraced Hebrew writings are stored so as ...14 KB (2,072 words) - 18:19, 25 November 2023
- In Jewish folklore, a golem (from the Hebrew "gelem" ((גלם ... The Hebrew word "golem" has been interpreted in multiple ...13 KB (2,158 words) - 04:12, 24 May 2024
- The Septuagint (or simply "LXX") is the name commonly given in the West to the ancient, Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible (often ...32 KB (4,408 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- given to several parents of sons in the Hebrew Bible, as well as to Zechariah ... ==Annunciation in the Hebrew Bible== The Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament ...12 KB (2,039 words) - 05:11, 31 July 2023
- Bel and the Dragon does not appear in the Hebrew Bible. Catholic and Orthodox ... chapters of the book not found in the Hebrew/Aramaic text. The additions are: ...11 KB (1,817 words) - 10:29, 26 September 2023
- Marcion was deemed a heretic for his rejection of the whole Hebrew ... to, Judaism. He rejected the entire Hebrew Bible, and declared that ...17 KB (2,698 words) - 11:11, 9 March 2023
- or external evidence of an earlier Hebrew version. A few sections of ... Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible completed by the Jews ...12 KB (1,773 words) - 06:43, 13 June 2023
- for idle literate Europeans to integrate Hebrew and Arabic legend and language ... names of God from apocryphal texts and the Hebrew Torah demand that the author ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 16:08, 11 November 2022
- Raphael (רפאל, Hebrew for "God has healed," "God Heals" ) is the name of an archangel in Judaism, Christianity and Islam ...11 KB (1,746 words) - 05:15, 17 July 2022
