Q is the name used by scholars to describe a lost source on Jesus' teachings.It can be reconstructed from the gospels of Matthew and Luke, which are based on two earlier sources: the gospel of Mark and Q. Stated differently,…
Q is the name used by scholars to describe a lost source on Jesus' teachings. It can be reconstructed from the gospels of Matthew and Luke, which are based on two earlier sources: the gospel of Mark and Q. Stated…
Battle of Qarqar: one of the fights during the Assyrian king Šalmaneser III's campaign against the city states of Syria. The main source is the Kurkh Stela, which has become famous because it mentions king Ahab of Israel.Prelude
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Sabbath: the seventh and last day of the Jewish week, a day for rest.According to the book of Genesis, God had finished the creation he had been making and rested from all his work on the seventh day.note[Genesis 2.2.] Because…
The Sadducees (sedûqîm) were one of the three main Jewish political and religious movements in the years between c.150 BCE and 70 CE. (The other movements were the Essenes and the Pharisees.) They had a conservative outlook and accepted only…
Samaritans: group of monotheists worshipping YHWH on Mount Gerizim. They are related to but not identical with the inhabitants of ancient Samaria.Samaritanism resembles Judaism, but there are several differences.
Samaritans think that the temple of YHWH should not be on Mount…
Septuagint: Greek translation of the Jewish Bible, made in the third century BCE for the Jews living in the Diaspora. The name means "translation by seventy men".
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Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.Simon bar Giora (69-70 CE)
Source: Flavius Josephus,…
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.Simon of Peraea (4 BCE)
Sources: Flavius Josephus,…
Suffetes (Phoenician sptm, "judges"): highest official in a Phoenician city.
A suffete from Lepcis Magna
The Phoenician officials known as suffetes are…