Search results for "Babylonian" - New World Encyclopedia
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- singing in the Temple during the period of Babylonian exile: "How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land?" The second chapter ...15 KB (2,193 words) - 19:28, 25 November 2023
- called Ishtar Terra, after Ishtar, the Babylonian goddess of love, and is ... on human culture. It is described in Babylonian cuneiformic texts such ...45 KB (7,026 words) - 17:37, 3 May 2023
- ancient Samaria from the beginning of the Babylonian Exile up to the beginning of the Christian Era. The Samaritans, however, derive their name not from ...15 KB (2,463 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- King David through the beginning of the Babylonian exile. Kings was originally ... Merodach-baladan, the son of the Babylonian king, sends get-well gifts ...60 KB (9,862 words) - 21:32, 6 February 2024
- based upon a combination of Persian and Babylonian mythology.Van Voorst, 8 ... The Babylonian Talmud contains several references that have been traditionally ...41 KB (6,172 words) - 22:02, 17 February 2023
- water and fresh water, respectively. In the Babylonian epic Enuma Elish, Tiamat and her tyrannical henchman Kingu are defeated and slain by the storm ...15 KB (2,297 words) - 10:06, 22 May 2023
- follow the Jerusalem Talmud over the Babylonian Talmud It should be noted that on an individual level there is a considerable range in the level ...17 KB (2,525 words) - 02:20, 18 November 2022
- that the Maharal's family descended from the Babylonian exilarchs and were therefore also from the Davidic dynasty. He received his formal education ...15 KB (2,356 words) - 08:30, 12 May 2024
- writings of "Second Isaiah" during the Babylonian Exile rather than the more ancient Isaiah of Jerusalem. * Jeremiah 33:14-26--A messianic ...16 KB (2,523 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- sources up though the time of the Babylonian exile, it is unconfirmed thereafter. Indeed, it constitutes the only known list detailing the supposed ...15 KB (2,478 words) - 03:57, 27 February 2023
- concept of the Messiah arose during the Babylonian exile (c. 597 – 538 or ... in the Book of Isaiah during the Babylonian exile—portrays Cyrus ...41 KB (6,600 words) - 16:18, 9 November 2022
- him and made insulting allusions to his Babylonian origin, they were unsuccessful in their attempt (Shab. 31a). As with most rabbis, stories of ...16 KB (2,728 words) - 13:17, 22 January 2024
- the Jews who had returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian exile, calling them to repentance, faithfulness, and hope. Malachi is particularly concerned ...17 KB (2,748 words) - 20:37, 17 May 2023
- quot; (Kiddushin 30b).I. Epstein, The Babylonian Talmud (New York: Soncino ... * Epstein, Isadore. The Babylonian Talmud. New York, NY: Soncino Press ...34 KB (4,978 words) - 07:57, 18 November 2022
- These centers also developed the Babylonian Talmud, which came to be seen as more authoritative than its Palestinian counterpart as the key ...16 KB (2,452 words) - 11:56, 29 January 2024
- to have understood, was probably known to the Babylonian Jews as early as the eighth century. Abraham learned from the sighing of the tamarisk-tree that ...16 KB (2,402 words) - 15:31, 29 January 2024
- heroes, found in different cultural traditions: Babylonian (story of kings Gilgamesh and Sargon), Hindu (myth of hero Karna), Persian (story of King ...17 KB (2,538 words) - 05:54, 18 November 2022
- of Kings, and it was not until after the Babylonian exile that monotheism took ... of Israel, From Its Beginnings To the Babylonian Exile. Chicago: University ...37 KB (5,883 words) - 02:58, 19 April 2023
- planet. Although no records have survived, late Babylonian records from the seventh century B.C.E. refer to much earlier records. The Babylonians called ...35 KB (5,451 words) - 16:12, 9 November 2022
- rebuilt after the Jews of Judah to returned from Babylonian exile. The Samaritans, having assassinated the Greek governor of Syria in 332 or 331 B.C ...17 KB (2,670 words) - 02:05, 23 December 2022
