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- The First Epistle to Timothy is one of the three Pastoral Epistles ... While Paul is traditionally recognized as the author of 1Timothy, ...14 KB (2,135 words) - 17:23, 28 March 2024
- The Epistle to Titus is a book of the New Testament, one of the three ... While the letter is addressed from Paul, many scholars today doubt ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 19:11, 13 February 2024
- changed her name based on a revelation she received in 1843. She was born Isabella Bomefree (later changed to Baumfree) in the ...14 KB (2,065 words) - 22:05, 30 January 2023
- Tamar (תָּמָר, Hebrew meaning "Date Palm") was the ... Though ignored in most Christian sources, Tamar played an important ...15 KB (2,478 words) - 03:57, 27 February 2023
- advocate. She is famous for her promotion of higher education for women ... She was among the rare women who taught university level classes at ...10 KB (1,461 words) - 23:44, 3 December 2023
- quot;Captivating") was the wife of the patriarch Isaac ... Rebekah was instrumental in Jacob's winning, by deception, the ...13 KB (2,094 words) - 01:43, 8 December 2022
- The Amalekites were a biblical people and enemy of the Israelites ... The Amalekites are unknown historically and archaeologically outside ...15 KB (2,384 words) - 02:37, 24 July 2023
- Sarah (Hebrew שָׂרָה ; Arabic سارة, Saara ; "a woman ... Sarah was originally called Sarai. She was born in the major Mesopotamian ...14 KB (2,282 words) - 19:23, 15 September 2022
- The Book of Esther is a book of the Hebrew Bible and of the Christian ... The Book of Esther is set in the third year of Ahasuerus, a king of ...13 KB (2,127 words) - 07:27, 17 November 2023
- Deborah, or Dəvora (literally "Bee" in the Hebrew language ... Judges chapter five renders this same story in poetic form, and it ...14 KB (2,226 words) - 08:58, 28 January 2024
- The Book of Ezra is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old ... In describing the initial stages of the rebuilding of the Temple of ...13 KB (2,057 words) - 07:29, 17 November 2023
- is a teleological and consequential theory of ethics concerned with the outcome ... an ethical system based on love was the best way to express the Christian ...14 KB (2,274 words) - 22:41, 29 January 2023
- Pharaoh is the title given in modern parlance to the ancient Egyptian ... The pharaohs were often depicted wearing a striped headcloth called ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 02:55, 24 November 2022
- The term Bride of Christ is normally a metaphorical reference to the ... In the Roman Catholic Church, the image of the Church as Christ's ...11 KB (1,683 words) - 23:02, 20 November 2023
- ) is a character in the Old Testament who served as one of the judges ... Unknown outside of the Bible, Jephthah is remarkable for several reasons ...11 KB (1,778 words) - 19:50, 15 August 2022
- The term polygyny (neo-Greek: poly+gyne woman) is used in related ... |right|250px|Polygyny, the marriagemarital practice in which a man ...15 KB (2,204 words) - 08:44, 24 November 2022
- , Zərubbāvel; Greek: ζοροβαβελ, Zŏrobabel) was the leader ... more than two decades. It was he who laid the foundation of the Second Temple ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 05:52, 13 June 2023
- The Mesha Stele, also known as the Moabite Stone, is a black basalt ... The stele was erected by Mesha circa 850 B.C.E. as a memorial of his ...13 KB (2,054 words) - 16:16, 9 November 2022
- The Epistle to the Philippians is a book of the New Testament in the ... Besides its joyful character, the letter is also unique in its attitude ...10 KB (1,691 words) - 20:40, 17 May 2023
- inventor who achieved fame for his invention of the technology of printing ... The exact origin of Gutenberg's first press is apparently unknown ...16 KB (2,461 words) - 15:05, 1 August 2022
