* Torah min ha-shamayim be ' aspaklariya shel ha-dorot ; Theology of Ancient Judaism.

The Essenes ( in Modern but not in Ancient Hebrew:, Isiyim ; Greek: Εσσήνοι, Εσσαίοι, or Οσσαίοι ; Essēnoi, Essaioi, Ossaioi ) were a sect of Second Temple Judaism that flourished from the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century CE which some scholars claim seceded from the Zadokite priests.

Ancient hymns include the Egyptian Great Hymn to the Aten, composed by Pharaoh Akhenaten ; the Vedas, a collection of hymns in the tradition of Hinduism ; and the Psalms, a collection of songs from Judaism.

In Ancient Egyptian faith, belief in an afterlife is much more stressed than in ancient Judaism.

Weber's work in the field of sociology of religion started with the essay The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism and continued with the analysis of The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism, The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism and Ancient Judaism.

His work on other religions was interrupted by his sudden death in 1920, which prevented him from following Ancient Judaism with studies of early Christianity and Islam.

His next work, Ancient Judaism was an attempt to prove this theory.

Ancient Greek thought and Islam affirm pre-existence, but it is generally denied in Judaism and Christianity.

Claims of prophets have existed in many cultures through history, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, in Ancient Greece, Zoroaster, and many others.

Max Weber published four major texts on religion in a context of economic sociology and his rationalization thesis: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism ( 1905 ), The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism ( 1915 ), The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism ( 1915 ), and Ancient Judaism ( 1920 ).

* Ancient Judaism

* Ancient Judaism, Max Weber, Free Press, 1967, ISBN 0-02-934130-2

( 2008 ), Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Greek Religion, Judaism, and Christianity, 100 BC to AD 200, Oxford classical monographs, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-921854-7.

They were educated in the Hellenistic culture of Alexandria and Roman culture, to a degree in Ancient Egyptian culture and particularly in the traditions of Judaism, in the study of Jewish traditional literature and in Greek philosophy.

He does not reject the subjective experience of Ancient Judaism ; yet, he repeatedly explains that the Torah cannot be understood as a concrete, objective history.

" Hermeneutics and Classical Political Thought in Leo Strauss ", 178 – 89 in Essays on Ancient and Modern Judaism.

* See: Chepey, S. Nazirites in Late Second Temple Judaism: A Survey of Ancient Jewish Writings, the New Testament, Archaeological Evidence, and other Writings from Late Antiquity.

Revelation and Mystery in Ancient Judaism and Pauline Christianity

Although not a detailed study of Protestantism but rather an introduction to Weber's later studies of interaction between various religious ideas and economics ( The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism, The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism, and Ancient Judaism ), The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism argues that Puritan ethics and ideas influenced the development of capitalism.

* Ancient Judaism ( book )

* Tabor, James D. " Ancient Judaism: Nazarenes and Ebionites ", The Jewish Roman World of Jesus.

* Perspectives on Transformational Leadership in the Sanhedrin of Ancient Judaism

Shmuel Eisenstadt argues in the introduction to The Origins and Diversity of Axial Age Civilizations that Max Weber's work in his The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism, The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism and Ancient Judaism provided a background for the importance of the period, and notes parallels with Eric Voegelin's Order and History.

* Ancient Judaism ( original 1917-1920, part of Gesammelte Aufsatze zur Religionssoziologie in 1920-1921, translation-1952 )

Ancient Greece in the eighth through fourth centuries BC, between the Greek Dark Ages and the Hellenistic period, is referred to as Hellenic Greece.

The Orpheos Bakkikos crucifixion, hematite seal reflecting Ancient Greece | ancient Greek themes, considered to be from the third or fourth century CE, although a more recent source concludes that it is from the early Christian era.

Rings are placed on the fourth finger on the left hand, because Ancient Egyptians believed that it contained a vein that lead to the heart ( vena amoris ).

Ancient Armagh was the territory of the Ulaid ( also known as Voluntii, Ultonians, Ulidians, Ulstermen ) before the fourth century AD.

In the fourth episode of Stargate Universe, the Ancient ship Destiny suffers an almost complete loss of power and must use aerobraking to change course.

According to Muslim authors, Sabians followed the fourth book of Abrahamic tradition, the Zabur, which was given to the prophet King David of Ancient Israel according to the Qur ' an.

As the plot unfolds, it becomes clear that Pious is attempting to summon his Ancient into this reality, while the powerful fourth " Corpse God " Mantorok is bound on Earth already, apparently helpless to stop it.

Merneptah ( or Merenptah ) was the fourth ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt.

The month of Koiak is also the fourth month of the Season of Akhet ( Inundation ) in Ancient Egypt, when the Nile floods historically covered the land of Egypt ; they have not done so since the construction of the High Dam at Aswan.

Paremoude was also the fourth month of the Season of Proyet ( Growth and Emergence ) in Ancient Egypt, when the Nile floods recede and the crops start to grow throughout Egypt.

The month of Mesori is also the fourth month of the Season of Shemu ( Harvest ) in Ancient Egypt, where the Egyptians harvest their crops throughout Egypt.

Panurge ( from Ancient Greek Πανοῦργος / Panoûrgos meaning " He who makes everything ") is one of the principal characters in the Pantagruel ( especially the third and fourth books ) of Rabelais, an exceedingly crafty knave, a libertine, and a coward.

The Ancient Pueblo were one of four major prehistoric archaeological traditions recognized in the American Southwest, sometimes referred to as Oasisamerica.

Earlier than 900 CE progressing past the 13th century, the population complexes were a major center of culture for the Ancient Pueblo Peoples.

This was a major discovery in an important field of mathematics ; construction problems had occupied mathematicians since the days of the Ancient Greeks, and the discovery ultimately led Gauss to choose mathematics instead of philology as a career.

The Golden Rule existed among all the major philosophical schools of Ancient China: Mohism, Taoism, and Confucianism.

In addition, despite his major impact on Ancient Egyptian architecture and field of medicine, even ancient historians failed to write about him, which adds to his mystery.

Ancient Mexico can be said to have produced five major civilizations: the Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Aztec.

Mechanical devices experienced a major expansion in their use in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome with the systematic employment of new energy sources. especially waterwheels.

He was also a major contributor to reviving traditional textile arts and methods of production, and one of the founders of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, now a statutory element in the preservation of historic buildings in the UK.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ( originally The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere ) is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, written in 1797 – 98 and published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads.

This finely grained material was a major contributing factor to precision of detail, both architectural and sculptural, that adorned Ancient Greek architecture.

Ancient Roman amphitheatres were major public venues, circular or oval in shape, and used for events such as gladiator combats, chariot races, venationes ( animal slayings ) and executions.

Frankfort is home to several major distilleries of Kentucky Bourbon whiskey, including Buffalo Trace Distillery ( formerly Ancient Age ).

Ancient Arles was closer to the sea than it is now and served as a major port.

Greek written history extends far back into Ancient Greece, and was a major part of ancient Greek theater.

All the major initiation ceremonies ( as performed in Cuba, Trinidad, Puerto Rico and Venezuela for the last few hundred years ) are based on the traditional Shango ceremony of Ancient Oyo.

The major dialect groups of the Ancient Greek period can be assumed to have developed not later than 1120 BC, at the time of the Dorian invasion ( s ), and their first appearances as precise alphabetic writing began in the 8th century BC.

His major work, Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums ( 1764, " The History of Ancient Art "), deeply influenced contemporary views of the superiority of Greek art.

Yet Ancient Greek law contained major constitutional innovations in the development of democracy.

A major city of ancient Caria, Muğla is known to have been occupied by raiding parties of Egyptians, Assyrians and Scythians, until eventually the area was settled by Ancient Greek colonists.

The major sub-ethnic division is religious, between the Eastern group (" Assyrian Church of the East ", " Ancient Church of the East " and " Chaldean Catholic ") indigenous to northern Iraq, northwest Iran, northeast Syria and southeast Turkey, and a Western one (" Syrian Orthodox ", and Syriac Catholic ") found mainly in south central Turkey and Syria, this latter group often preferring an Aramean identity, being culturally but not ethnically the same as Assyrians.

The modern domesticated turkey is descended from one of six subspecies of wild turkey: Meleagris gallopavo gallopavo, found in the area bounded by the present Mexican states of Jalisco, Guerrero, and Veracruz Ancient Mesoamericans domesticated this subspecies, using its meat and eggs as major sources of protein and employing its feathers extensively for decorative purposes.

As a result, major festivals of music in New York include the Chinese New Year celebrations, Pulaski Day Parade and the St. Patrick's Day Parade run by the Ancient Order of Hibernians ; New York is home to the largest St. Patrick's Day Parade in the world, a tradition that has continued since 1762 due to the large Irish population in New York.