For the district, see Anah ( district ), and for the character in the Book of Book of Genesis, see List of minor Biblical figures: Anah.

He also wrote several works of Biblical exegesis, primarily of volumes in the Old Testament, which are preserved in excerpts regarding the Book of Genesis, the Song of Solomon, and Psalms.

Biblical scholars believe Bethlehem, located in the " hill country " of Judah, may be the same as the Biblical Ephrath, which means " fertile ", as there is a reference to it in the Book of Micah as Bethlehem Ephratah.

The Book of Ruth (; Sephardic, Israeli Hebrew: ; Ashkenazi Hebrew: ; Biblical Hebrew: Megilath Ruth " the Scroll of Ruth ") is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible, Tanakh, or Old Testament.

" The only other Biblical book bearing the name of a woman is the Book of Esther.

* Putting God on Trial: The Biblical Book of Job-a literary, legal and philosophical commentary

Quadruple combination opened to the Book of Isaiah-note the cross references between Biblical and Latter-day Saint scripture in the footnotes

He also wanted to do a film on the Biblical Book of Revelation.

Esther (; ), born Hadassah, is the eponymous heroine of the Biblical Book of Esther.

Sometimes, as in the triumphant Song of Deborah found in the Biblical Book of Judges, these songs celebrate victory.

Indeed, amongst many ancient writers, Moses himself was seen as an Egyptian rather than a Jew, and two manuscripts likely dating to the 4th century, both of which purport to be the legendary eighth Book of Moses ( the first five being the initial books in the Biblical Old Testament ), present him as a polytheist who explained how to conjure gods and subdue demons.

However, not all such grimoires of this era were based upon Arabic sources ; the 13th century the Sworn Book of Honorius for instance was, like the ancient Testament of Solomon before it, largely based upon the supposed teachings of the Biblical king Solomon, and also included ideas such as prayers and a ritual circle, with the mystical purpose of having visions of God, Hell and Purgatory, and gaining much wisdom and knowledge as a result.

According to the Biblical Book of Genesis, the Patriarch Abraham and his wife Sarah were half-siblings, both being children of Terah ( Ge 20: 12 ).

Jews and Christians consider the Book of Isaiah a part of their Biblical canon ; he is the first listed ( although not the earliest ) of the neviim akharonim, the latter prophets.

Hence, he applies Biblical and traditional ideas to his descriptions of this earth during the millennium, throughout the closing chapters of Book 5.

The more important are the book of Jubilees and the Book of Biblical Antiquities.

According to the Book of Jeremiah, Moab and Biblical Elam which were exiled during the Babylonian Exile, will be brought back from their captivity in the end of days.

According to the Biblical Book of Kings this brass serpent remained in existence until the days of King Hezekiah, who destroyed it after persons began treating it as an idol.

However, in addition to accepting the Biblical account of Moses, Mormons include Selections from the Book of Moses as part of their scriptural canon.

The Biblical Book of Joshua contains the story of the miraculous Battle of Jericho.

Many Christians support a secular state, and may acknowledge that the conception has support in Biblical teachings, particularly the statement of Jesus in the Book of Luke: " Then give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's .".

Deff-Tambourine, Palestine, picture p. 579 in W. M. Thomson: The Land and the Book ; or Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land.

Ur is considered by many to be the city of Ur Kasdim mentioned in the Book of Genesis ( Biblical Hebrew ) as the birthplace of the Hebrew patriarch Abram ( Abraham ; Aramaic: Oraham, Arabic: Ibrahim ), traditionally believed to be sometime in the 2nd millennium BC.

An example is the Biblical Jubilee year, described in the Book of Leviticus.

Ginsberg was inspired to write Part II during a period of peyote-induced visionary consciousness in which he saw a hotel façade as a monstrous and horrible visage which he identified with that of Moloch, the Biblical idol in Leviticus to whom the Canaanites sacrificed children.

This relates to the authority of a master over his servants ( as per Ephesians 6: 5 ), who according to ( Biblical ) law owe undivided loyalty to their master ( as per Leviticus 25: 44 – 46 ).

According to the theories of Julius Wellhausen and others who have followed his approach, the Biblical chapters that contain the Jubilee and Sabbatical-year legislation ( chapters 25 and 27 of Leviticus ) were part of the so-called " P " or Priestly Code that represented the last stage in the development of Israel's religion.

More fundamentally, Biblical sourcing for discerning the opinion of God about private property, and especially about inequality of property ownership must take into account Leviticus 25 and Deuteronomy 15 and the vast array of verses throughout scripture which refer to those unenforced and habitually non-observed sections of the Law of Moses.

The Biblical regulations of Leviticus specify that a menstruating woman must " separate " for seven days ().

Biblical scholars have regarded it as a distinct unit and have noted that the style is noticeably different from the main body of Leviticus: unlike the remainder of Leviticus, the many laws of the Holiness Code are expressed very closely packed together, and very briefly.

Many of its teachings are no longer in practice in the mainstream Christian denominations, however see Leviticus 18 and Biblical law in Christianity for details.

The Biblical books of Deuteronomy ( 23: 20 ) and Leviticus ( 25: 37 ) explicitly prohibit lending at interest, and are the source of two of the 613 mitzvot ( Maimonides # 534 & # 535 ), the commands of God to the Jewish people.

Adoration may be seen as the abrogation of the command to adore God alone, as commanded in Leviticus, but see Biblical law in Christianity.

Leviticus 18 is a chapter of the Biblical book of Leviticus.

The term " burnt offering " derives from the Septuagint translation, itself deriving from the Biblical phrase " an offering made by fire ", which occurs in the description ( Leviticus 1 ) of the offering.

The Year of Jubilee is announced in advance on the Day of Atonement, or the tenth day of the seventh Biblical month, in the forty-ninth year by the blowing of trumpets throughout the land of Israel.

The Jubilee ( Hebrew yovel יובל ) year is the year at the end of seven cycles of shmita ( Sabbatical years ), and according to Biblical regulations had a special impact on the ownership and management of land in the Land of Israel ; there is some debate whether it was the 49th year ( the last year of seven sabbatical cycles, referred to as the Sabbath's Sabbath ), or whether it was the following ( 50th ) year.

Biblical scholars argue that the Jubilee is an obvious development of the Sabbatical year.

Economist Michael Hudson maintains that the Biblical legislation of the Jubilee and Sabbatical years addressed the same problems encountered by these Babylonian kings, but the Biblical formulation of the laws presented a significant advance in justice and the rights of the people.

In Mosaic law, each fiftieth year was to be celebrated as a jubilee year, and that at this season every household should recover its absent members, the land return to its former owners, the Hebrew slaves be set free, and debts be remitted ( see Jubilee ( Biblical )).

* Jubilee ( Biblical )

A range of left-wing values vis-à-vis social justice can be traced to Jewish religious texts, including the Tanakh and later texts, which include a strong endorsement of hospitality to " the stranger " and the principle of redistribution of wealth in the Biblical idea of Jubilee — as well as a tradition of challenging authority, as exemplified by the Biblical Prophets.

Noting that the Biblical Jubilees involved the forgiveness of debts, the rock singer Bono, among others supported Jubilee 2000 to increase awareness of the developing nations struggling under a possibly unpayable foreign debt.

In accord with the visions of other socialist Zionists of his time, Arlosoroff believed that ancient Biblical agricultural traditions, such as the " Sabbath Year " and " Year of Jubilee ", could be restored in modern practice alongside institutional parameters established for the new Jewish nation.