Elephantine books

См. также в других словарях:

• BOOKS — Production and Treatment The history of Hebrew bookmaking is as old as the history of the Jewish people and goes back for more than 3,000 years. It may be divided into three periods: from earliest times to the final editing of the Talmud (sixth… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• EZRA AND NEHEMIAH, BOOKS OF — EZRA AND NEHEMIAH, BOOKS OF, two books in the Hagiographa (i.e., the Book of Ezra and the Book of Nehemiah), which were originally a single work. The Masoretic tradition regarded the books of Ezra and Nehemiah as one book and referred to it as… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• ARAMAIC — ARAMAIC, an ancient northwestern semitic language spoken (to some extent) to this day. The entry is arranged according to the following outline: ancient aramaic and official aramaic sources syria and its neighboring countries iraq and iran egypt… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Egypt — • Provides information on history, religion, and literature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Egypt     Egypt     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …   Universalium

• Sothis-Zyklus — Sternbild Sopdet in Hieroglyphen Mittleres Reich …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Seneferu — Namen von Snofru Statue des Snofru; Ägyptisches Museum, Kairo Eigenname …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Sneferu — Namen von Snofru Statue des Snofru; Ägyptisches Museum, Kairo Eigenname …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Tetragrammaton — For other uses, see Tetragrammaton (disambiguation). YHWH redirects here. For discussion of the God of Israel as described in the Hebrew Bible, and the Yahweh of ancient Semitic religion, see Yahweh. The Mesha Stele bears the earliest known… …   Wikipedia

• PENTATEUCH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction definition outline contents and structure the primeval history the patriarchs the exodus Sinai/Horeb Covenant and Laws the journey Moses Farewell the authors doublets and… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Khnum — the Egyptian god Khnum was usually depicted with the head of a ram. God of creation and the waters Name in hieroglyphs …   Wikipedia