ACTS OF THE APOSTLES : The Book that give the history of early Christianity from the Ascension of Christ to the end of two years of Paul Imprisonment in Rome. I. TITLE OF THE BOOK:  An early MS has the Title  “ACTS” ( GK. Praxeis, “doings, transactions, achievements”). Others early titles are “Acts Of the […]

Abraham, Abram : etymology uncertain but interpreted as “Father Of  a multitude” [ Genesis 17:5, perhaps a play on words] his original name, use from Genesis 11:26 to 17:5, was abram H92, possibly short form abiram H53 “[ my] father is exalted” [ see. Abiram] ). Son of TERAH, Fouder  Of the Hebrew Nations and […]

Aaron ( derivation uncertain, possibly an Egyptian name; Greek Aaron G2). The Oldest son of AMRAM and JOCHEBED, of the tribe of LEVI, and the brother MOSES and MIRIAM ( Exodus 6:20, Numbers 26:59). He was born during the Captivity in Egypt, before PHAROAH’S edict that all male infants should be destroyed and was three […]

                                                ABBREVIATIONS GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS AKK —————————- AKKADIAN ANE—————————–  ANCIENT NEAR EAST ANET—————————- ANCIENT NEAR EAST TEXT  RELATING TO THE OLD TESTAMENT , ed. J.B. Pritchard, 3rd. Edition ( 1969 ). AOR —————————— […]

Robert A Millikan, American Physicist and Nobel Price winner, Once said that aknowledge of the bible is an indispensable qualification of a well educated man. No other single book in the history of literature has been so widely distributed or read, or has exercised so powerful an influence on Civilization. It is the fountainhead of […]

For More than two decades the Zondervan Pictorial Dictionary  has been a best seller. During that period however more background information have become available. Archaeological excavations have been carried out on biblical sites. New books have been written to enhance our understanding of the bible. A further dimension was added with the publication of the […]

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Tribulation TRIBULATION (צַר֒, H7639, צָרָה֒, H7650, straits, distress, affliction; θλίβω, G2567, to press together, to oppress; θλῖψις, G2568, pressure, oppression, tribulation). Generally, tribulation in the Bible is affliction of one person by another. Clarity requires distinction of the source and object. 1. Judgmental tribulation. God may afflict His people for their unfaithfulness. Should Israel sin like the nations it drove out of Canaan, it too would be driven out and scattered […]

God  The Old Testament. In the Old Testament the plural form elohim [yihl\a] became the favored generic term for God. This development is lost in obscurity, but the evidence from ancient literature contemporary with the Old Testament attests to the use of the plural form in other cultures around Israel as the designation of a single deity […]

Genesis GENESIS jĕn’ ə sis (בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית, using the first word of the book in beginning, LXX γένεσις, G1161, beginning). This article assumes that authorship of Genesis may rightly be attributed to Moses. No statement in the book makes that claim, nor does any other OT book. The NT makes assertions, as we shall see, that point to Mosaic authorship of the […]