The history of Palestine is the study of the past in the region of Palestine, also known as the Land of Israel and the Holy Land, defined as the territory between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River (where Israel and Palestine are today). Strategically situated between three continents, Palestine has a tumultuous history as a crossroads for religion, culture, commerce, …

T, or t, is the twentieth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.Its name in English is tee (pronounced / ˈ t iː /), plural tees. It is derived from the Semitic Taw ???? of the Phoenician and Paleo-Hebrew script (Aramaic and Hebrew Taw ת/????/, Syriac Taw ܬ, and Arabic ت Tāʼ) via the …

History. Until the release of the New World Translation, Jehovah's Witnesses in English-speaking countries primarily used the King James Version. According to the publishers, one of the main reasons for producing a new translation was that most Bible versions in common use, including the Authorized Version (King James), employed archaic language. The stated intention was to …

Rashi (Shlomo Yitzchaki; 1040–1106) is the most influential Jewish exegete of all time. He is the preeminent expounder of Peshat. Rashi wrote "I, however, am only concerned with the plain sense of Scripture and with such Aggadot that explain the words of Scripture in a manner that fits in with them". There have also been many super-commentaries written on Rashi's basic …

Name. The spelling Babylon is the Latin representation of Greek Babylṓn (Βαβυλών), derived from the native Bābilim, meaning "gate of the god(s)".The cuneiform spelling was ???????????????? (KA₂.DIG̃IR.RA KI). [failed verification] This would correspond to the Sumerian phrase kan dig̃irak.The sign ???? (KA₂) is the logogram for "gate", ???? means "god", and ???? (RA) represents ...

Turoyo (Syriac: ܛܘܪܝܐ) (Ṭūr ‘Abdinian Aramaic), also referred to as modern Surayt (Syriac: ܣܘܪܝܬ), or modern Suryoyo (Syriac: ܣܘܪܝܝܐ), is a Central Neo-Aramaic language traditionally spoken in the Tur Abdin region in southeastern Turkey and in northern Syria. Turoyo speakers are mostly adherents of the Syriac Orthodox Church, but there are also some Turoyo-speaking ...

The Greek Old Testament, or Septuagint (/ ˈ s ɛ p tj u ə dʒ ɪ n t /, US also / s ɛ p ˈ tj uː ə dʒ ɪ n t /; from the Latin: septuaginta, lit. 'seventy'; often abbreviated 70; in Roman numerals, LXX), is the earliest extant Greek translation of books from the Hebrew Bible. It includes several books beyond those contained in the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible as canonically used in ...

The Common English Bible (CEB) is an English translation of the Bible whose language is intended to be at a comfortable reading level for the majority of English readers. The translation was begun in late 2008 and was finished in 2011. It includes the deuterocanonical books, or apocrypha, which are found in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Church canons, and in some …

Amharic (/ æ m ˈ h ær ɪ k / or / ɑː m ˈ h ɑːr ɪ k /; (Amharic: አማርኛ), Amarəñña, IPA: [amarɨɲːa] ()) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages.It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other populations residing in major cities and towns of Ethiopia.

A rabbi (/ ˈ r æ ˌ b aɪ /) is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as semikha – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud.The basic form of the rabbi developed in the Pharisaic (167 BCE–73 CE) and Talmudic (70–640 CE) eras, when learned teachers assembled to codify …

Jehovah (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ h oʊ v ə /) is a Latinization of the Hebrew יְהֹוָה ‎ Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה ‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. The Tetragrammaton יהוה is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and one of the names of God in Christianity.. The consensus among scholars is that ...

Balaam (/ ˈ b eɪ l æ m /; Hebrew: בִּלְעָם, Standard Bīlʿam Tiberian Bīlʿām) is a diviner in the Torah whose story begins in Chapter 22 of the Book of Numbers ().Ancient references to Balaam consider him a non-Israelite, a prophet, and the son of Beor. King Balak of Moab offered him money to curse Israel (Numbers 22–24), but Balaam blessed the Israelites instead, as dictated ...

The Jerusalem Bible (JB or TJB) is an English translation of the Bible published in 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd. As a Catholic Bible, it includes 73 books: the 39 books shared with the Hebrew Bible, along with the seven deuterocanonical books as the Old Testament, and the 27 books shared by all Christians as the New Testament.It also contains copious footnotes and …

Luke the Evangelist (Latin: Lucas; Ancient Greek: Λουκᾶς, Loukâs; Hebrew: לוקאס, Lūqās; Imperial Aramaic: /ܠܘܩܐ לוקא, Lūqā’; Ge'ez: ሉቃስ) is one of the Four Evangelists—the four traditionally ascribed authors of the canonical gospels.The Early Church Fathers ascribed to him authorship of both the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.