If the Greeks did not produce big statues in the Bronze Age, they certainly could not afford to in the Dark Age after it. They did go on producing little figurines, and even made a lot of them out of bronze. These are often found at religious shrines and were clearly gifts to the gods. Some of them are men in armor, and horses; a lot of them are deer.
Included here are articles that deal with aspects of specific New Testament Books or passages, but does not include Lectionary Commentary articles. For more general articles on the New Testament, see Bible Topics, Issues in Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Theology, The Bible in the Church, and Hi...
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Included here are articles that deal with aspects of specific Old Testament Books or passages, but this does not include Lectionary Commentary articles. For more general articles on the Old Testament, see Bible Topics, Issues in Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Theology, The Bible in the Church, a...
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DefinitionLiterary StyleSynoptic GospelsSynoptic ProblemThe ProblemProposed SolutionsTheory of Mutual DependenceTheory of Documentary HypothesisTheory of Oral TraditionEclectic ViewWhy SimilaritiesWhy Diferences?Definition
The Term Gospel comes from an old Anglo-Saxon word godespel meaning God's tid...
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37 B.C.–4 B.C. - The reign of Herod I, a Roman client king of Israel27 B.C.-14 A.D. - The reign of Caesar Augustus, the first emperor of the Roman Empirec. 6 B.C. - The birth of Jesus26-36 A.D. - Pontius Pilate the Prefect of the Roman Empire's Judaea Provincec. 30-33 - The death and resurrection o...
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Description
The term miracle is a general term used to describe extraordinary workings of God in the world during certain times of man's history. However there are several terms used in Greek and Hebrew to describe what is commonly called miracle.
Miracles of Jesus
Miracles of Elisha
Marvellous Work...
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The New Testament, a cornerstone of Christian theology, is a collection of 27 books that provide insight into the life, teachings, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Each book was written by different authors, offering unique perspectives on the early Christian faith. Let's embark on a journey to exp...
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Free Unicode fonts and keyboards
Unicode fonts are now becoming standard, and they are easy to use with the free Tyndale Unicode Font Kit.
Almost all word processors now support unicode - with the notable exceptions of Word Perfect on the PC and Word on the Mac before Word 2004. If you use Windows 9...
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Mac Korean
Mac Korean is a bit-mapped suitcase that contains the fonts named Inchon, KSL, Pusan and Seoul. With these fonts you can write in Korean without the Korean Language Kit or HanTalk. [Thanks to S. Todd Stubbs and Sol Yang Hwan of BYU for the instructions included with these fonts.]
Downloa...
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BST Hebrew (16 KB; ttf).David New Hebrew (14 KB; ttf).Dor (46 KB; ttf).ElroNet (Monospace and Proportional) (30 KB; ttf).Gideon-Medium (19 KB; ttf).Hadasah (19 KB; ttf).Hebrew (38 KB; ttf).Hebrew Bold, Italic, Bold Italic (61 KB; ttf).Hebrew Parse (26 KB; ttf).Hebrew Regular (36 KB; ttf, afm).Hebrew...
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Column 1
In the ruins which are in the Valley of Achor, under
the steps which go eastward, forty
rod-cubits: a strongbox of silver and its vessels
- a weight of seventeen talents. KEN
in the sepulchre of Ben Rabbah the Third: 100 ingots of
gold. In the big cistern in the court of
the peristyle, in a...
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The Book of Secrets
1Q27, 4Q299-301
4Q301 F1
(...) I shall speak out freely, and I shall express my various sayings among you (...) (.. those who would understand parables and riddles, and those who would penetrate the origins of knowledge, along with those who hold fast to the wonderful mysteries ....
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The present work was evidently intended to govern a ritual of baptism or ablutions. A sectarian text by virtue of its mention of the Yachad, this liturgy may have operated during the ritual washings that are discussed in the Charter (see text 5, 3:4-9; 4:21; 5:13b-14). The Liturgy's distinctive form...
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1Q29
F.1
(...) (...) the stone, just as the LORD commanded ....) and your Urim. And it (the cloud?) shall come forth with him, with the tongues of fire. The left-hand stone which is on its left side shall be uncovered before the whole congregation until the priest finishes speaking and after the clo...
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Col.2
(...) And concerning what Scripture says, "In this year of Jubilee you shall return, everyone f you, to your property" (Lev. 25;13) And what is also written; "And this is the manner of the remission; every creditor shall remit the claim that is held against a neighbor, not exacting it of a nei...
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Psalm 4.
I thank you, O Lord,for your eye is awake and watches over my soul.You rescue me from the jealousy of liars,from the congregation of those who seek the smooth way.But you save the soul of the poorwhom they planned to destroyby spilling the blood of your servant.
I walked because of you - bu...
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F.1 Col.2
Please consider this, you who are wise: If a man has a fine tree, which grows high, all the way to heaven (...) (...) of the soil, and it produces succulent fruit every year with the autumn rains and the spring rains, (...) and in thirst, will he not (...) and guard it (...) to multiply th...
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Nippur - Sacred City Of Enlil Supreme God Of Sumer And Akkad
Figure. 1 Map of ancient Mesopotamia....
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After 1380 B.C.Jebus, the original name of ancient Jerusalem, is populated by the Jebusites (a Canaanite tribe). It is a city built on seven hills. A partial siege carried out by the tribe of Judah against the city (Judges 1:8) takes place a short time after the death of Joshua.
1010David begins his...
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