Many of these peoples remained nominally pagan and only partly christian (or jewish) until a very late period: the Kievan Russ (Varangians) and their cousins the Scandinavians officially converted under their leaders in the 10th and 11th centuries, and the Baltic peoples began to convert during ...
3000 square meters (3 dunams) “inside the ancient Jewish settlement of Kefar ‘Othnay” (also now known as the “Megiddo Prison,” because of usage in the modern period), near “the headquarters of the Roman Sixth Legion Ferrata” (i.e., the “Sixth Ironclad Legion,” with the Arabic...
vegetable gardens, fruit, and flowers. This is not unlike the godMars who was also, originally, a god of agriculturebefore he became the God of War. In Roman religion, Venus and Mars were also consorts, and came to represent the polar opposites of male and female. ...
The term "ancient Israel" is used by scholars to refer to the tribes, kingdoms and dynasties formed by ancient Jewish people in the Levant (an area that encompasses modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria). Scholars draw mainly on three sources to reconstruct the history of...
The Jewish element is shown in verbal agreement with passages of the Old Testament (especially the Book of Sirach); the Christian by the doctrine of the immortality of the soul and the resurrection of the body. Some Jewish authorities, however, maintain that there are in reality no traces of...
Over time, resentment grew andproblemserupted between the Egyptians and the Persians. The priests of Khnum and Jewish mercenaries at Elephantine fought. It culminated with the destruction of a temple dedicated to Yahweh by the Egyptians. Around this time, Egypt rebelled against Persian rule. ...
This is similar to the Jewish concept of the divine name of God. Clay Object resembling a Sheep’s Liver; This is inscribed with magical formulae; it was probably used for purposes of divination, and was employed by the priests of Babylon in their ceremonies. / Photo W. A. Mansell and...
ritual in the literary sources is the smallerrica, also a strictly female garment. Although Festus does indeed state ‘thericais a littlericinium’, modern authors are wrong to assume from this that both mantles were fringed: ancient literature names no mantle as fringed except the (small)rica...
Fr. Stephen:And “sir” comes from “sire,” and all that. So it was used kind of that same way. For example, the famous founder of Kabbalism, they call him the Baal Shem Tov, and you’re like: “Wait, Baal? Why are they calling this Jewish guy Baal?” Well, it’s being use...
While most European languages refer to the Christian holiday with names that come from the Jewish holiday of Passover, such asPâquesin French orPåskin Swedish, German and English languages retain this older, non-biblical word: Easter. ...