Nowhere is she further described, neither as being young nor old, yet later writers invariably refer to her as a "hag" and as living in a "hovel," although the Bible gives no description of her dwelling. She is so depicted in the illustration found in Joseph Glanvil's Saducismus ...
particularly around Elijah the prophet. Suffice to say that when there is a physical description of some kind, it is consistent with what we’ve seen so far – humanoid, but often impressive, powerful, or even terrifying (in action, if not appearance). Here are a few relevant quotes from ...
Description: Julia was an ancient Roman imperial name given to females in the house of a Julius, as in Caesar. Its origin is shrouded in history, but possible roots include Latiniuvenis, meaning "youthfu"; Greekioulos, meaning "downy-bearded"; or Jovis, a form of Jupiter, which means "...
In the apocryphal book of Susanna (a moral tale or little novel, possibly founded on some genuine tradition) the word paradise is constantly used for the garden. It occurs also in three passages of the Son of Sirach, the first of which is in the description of Wisdom: "I came forth as...
At his funeral, John Reeve gave the following description of Brooks: i. A person of very sweet nature and temper ii. A person of very great gravity: and could carry a majesty in his face when there was occasion, and make the least guilt tremble in his presence with very countenance. I...
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For a description of Rabbi Benamozegh’s kabbalistic approach, see Moshe Idel, “Al ha-Kabbalah Ezel ha-Rav Eliyahu ben Amozeg” [On the Kabbalah in the work of Eliyahu Banamozegh], Pe’amim 74 (1998): 87–96; Alessandro Guettta, “Kabbalah ve-Natzrut be-Haguto shel ha-Rav ...
Infectious diseases continue to be a threat to humanity, and influenza has been with us since the dawn of human history. If the postulation is indeed correct, the woman with fever in the Bible is among one of the very early description of human influenza disease. Infectious diseases continue ...