Beelzebub (/ b iː ˈ ɛ l z ə b ʌ b, ˈ b iː l-/ bee-EL-zə-bub, BEEL-; Hebrew: בַּעַל-זְבוּב ‎ Baʿal-zəḇūḇ) or Beelzebul is a name derived from a Philistine god, formerly worshipped in Ekron, and later adopted by some Abrahamic religions as a major demon.The name Beelzebub is associated with the Canaanite god Baal.. In theological sources, predominantly Christian ...

The Pharisees (/ ˈ f ær ə s iː z /; Hebrew: פְּרוּשִׁים, romanized: Pərūšīm) were a Jewish social movement and a school of thought in the Levant during the time of Second Temple Judaism.After the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, Pharisaic beliefs became the foundational, liturgical, and ritualistic basis for Rabbinic Judaism. ...

Yeshua or Y'shua (ישוע; with vowel pointing Hebrew: יֵשׁוּעַ, romanized: Yēšūaʿ ‍) was a common alternative form of the name Yehoshua (Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, romanized: Yəhōšūaʿ, lit. 'Joshua') in later books of the Hebrew Bible and among Jews of the Second Temple period.The name corresponds to the Greek spelling Iesous (Ἰησοῦς), from which, through the ...

A get or gett (/ ɡ ɛ t /; Imperial Aramaic: גט, plural gittin גטין) is a document in Jewish religious law which effectuates a divorce between a Jewish couple. The requirements for a get include that the document be presented by a husband to his wife. The essential part of the get is a very short declaration: "You are hereby permitted to all men". The effect of the get is to free the ...

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The ordeal of the bitter water was a trial by ordeal administered to the wife whose husband suspected her of adultery but who had no witnesses to make a formal case. The ordeal is expanded in the Talmud, in the seventh tractate of Nashim.. According to Rabbinic Judaism, a sotah (Hebrew: שוטה / סוטה) is a woman suspected of adultery who undergoes the ordeal of …

In Judaism, God is strictly monotheistic, an absolute one, indivisible, incorporeal and incomparable being who is the ultimate cause of all existence. The Hebrew Bible presents Hashem as the creator of the world and it also presents him as the only power which is controlling history. The Hebrew Bible commands the Israelites not to worship other gods, they should only …

An ephod (Hebrew: אֵפוֹד ʾēfōḏ; / ˈ ɛ f ɒ d / or / ˈ iː f ɒ d /) was a type of apron worn by the Jewish high priest the kohen gadol, an artifact and an object to be revered in ancient Israelite culture, and was closely connected with oracular practices and priestly ritual.. In the Books of Samuel and Books of Chronicles, David is described as wearing an ephod when dancing in ...

The Jebusites (/ ˈ dʒ ɛ b j ə ˌ s aɪ t s /; Hebrew: יְבוּסִי ‎, Modern: Yevūsī, Tiberian: Yəḇūsī ISO 259-3 Ybusi) were, according to the books of Joshua and Samuel from the Tanakh, a Canaanite tribe that inhabited Jerusalem, then called Jebus (Hebrew: יְבוּס ‎ Yəḇūs, "trampled place") prior to the conquest initiated by Joshua (Joshua 11:3, Joshua 12:10) and ...

Jewish eschatology is the area of Jewish theology concerned with events that will happen in the end of days and related concepts. This includes the ingathering of the exiled diaspora, the coming of a Jewish Messiah, afterlife, and the revival of the dead.In Judaism, the end times are usually called the "end of days" (aḥarit ha-yamim, אחרית הימים), a phrase that appears several ...