narrative subversion in the story of Solomon's Golden Age / Bruce A. Power -- "The man who would be king": irony in the story of Rehoboam / Barbara E. Organ -- Ahaz and other willing servants of Assyria / Paul-Eugene Dion -- The shadow of the overlord: revisiting the question of...
The Old Testament's Elijah was awho could. When he died, he was taken to heaven in a horse-drawn chariot of fire, as described in the. The name was used in the Middle Ages, died out, and was later brought back into use by the Puritans. Variations includeEliasandIlya. ...
For example, in Chapter 3, MacDonald observes, “It seems virtually certain that the account of the making of the bronze altar is late for it presupposed the story of Korah from Num 16–17, which is recognized as a very late element within the priestly material of Numbers” (89). By ...
There is an odd story told by St. Jerome, in his commentary on the biblical book of Isaiah, the Amel-Marduk was in fact imprisoned by his father Nebuchadnezzar, together with Jehoiachin, and they became friends. Perhaps explaining the annuity grant upon Nebuchadnezzar’s death and Amel-Marduk...
Now, Judith is one of the most well-known Israeli heroines, as the protagonist of the Book of Judith, which is mentioned in the Old Testaments of the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches. It depicts the story of Judith, a widow who saves the country of Israel by infiltrating the camp ...
An incredibly rare large crème/gray steatite head of a bovine, Palestine, c. 2nd Millennium BC, well-formed with recessed eyes, suspension hole drilled through the neck. 34 mm x 18 mm (1 5/16” x 3/4”). Light deposits. Ex-East Coast private collection; ex-California Museum of Ancie...
For the story of this Sacratissimo Cintolo, still preserved at Prato, see Mrs. Jameson's Legends of the Madonna, p. 344 (Lond. 1852). On this part of the legend, see generally Joannis Apostoli de Tran situ Benate Mariae Virginis Liber (Elberfeldae, 18.54); St. Aelitonis Episc. ...
the introduction by an interpreter of his own ideas into a text under explication. Elohist the author of part of the first six books in the Old Testament, so named because of references to God asElohim.Cf. Yahwist. exegesis critical explication or interpretation of Scripture. ...
gained control of that area (Ur of the Chaldees in Abram’s story). The tale continued with Jacob, who married into his own Aramean clan, but who became the father of Edom too (the Edomite tribal confederation). Jacob’s name morphed into Israel after the Assyrian conquest of Israel and...
It is a name stemming from the Book of Judges and the story of the invincible Samson. It is a Hebrew name belonging to the villain in said book, one who deceives Samson into telling her the source of his power: his hair. Information which she uses to promptly de-power him and hand ...