Biblical scholars suspect that the Elohist account offers both matrilinial and patrilinial descent from Levites in order to magnify the religious credentials of Moses.

Rav also devoted much attention to mystical and transcendental speculations which the rabbis connect with the Biblical account of creation ( Genesis 1, Ma ' aseh Bereshit ), the vision of the mysterious chariot of God ( Ezekiel 1, Ma ' aseh Merkabah ), and the Divine Name.

In the Biblical account, unlike Rachel's first son, Joseph, Benjamin was born in Canaan.

As examples of Biblical myths, Every cites the creation account in Genesis 1 and 2 and the story of Eve's temptation.

* In the 2006 Melbourne Fringe Festival, The Backyard Bard toured a Biblical Storytelling production of ' Esther ', featuring four women storytellers telling the story word-for-word from the Biblical account.

Although not attested in the Biblical account of the Partriarch's life, it became an important aspect of Abraham's character in later Jewish tradition.

Luce, in Sense without Matter ( 1954 ), attempts to bring Berkeley up to date by modernising his vocabulary and putting the issues he faced in modern terms, and treats the Biblical account of matter and the psychology of perception and nature.

Biblical scholar John Dominic Crossan differentiates between Josephus's account of John and Jesus like this: " John had a monopoly, but Jesus had a franchise.

It concludes that the closest parallels with Isaiah's description of the king of Babylon as a fallen morning star cast down from heaven are to be found not in any lost Canaanite and other myths but in traditional ideas of the Jewish people themselves, echoed in the Biblical account of the fall of Adam and Eve, cast out of God's presence for wishing to be as God, and the picture in of the " gods " and " sons of the Most High " destined to die and fall.

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 account is followed by the story of the Curse of Ham.

Biblical scholar Bruce M. Metzger notes that in one account of the Osirian cycle he dies on the 17th of the month of Athyr ( approximating to a month between October 28 and November 26 in modern calendars ), is revivified on the 19th and compares this to Christ rising on the " third day " but he thinks " resurrection " is a questionable description.

In the Biblical account these women did not meet with opposition for the relatively public presence they had.

As shabath ( rest ), Sabbath was first described in the Biblical account of the seventh day of Creation ().

The well-known Assyrian Siege of Jerusalem in the 8th century BC came to an end when the Israelites bought them off with gifts and tribute, according to the Assyrian account, or when the Assyrian camp was struck by mass death, according to the Biblical account.

However, the following account of the Assyrian kings, which was among the archaeological discoveries in Babylon, differs from the Samaritan and Jewish Biblical accounts:

An Ethiopian account ( Kebra Nagast ) maintains that the Queen of Sheba had sexual relations with King Solomon ( of which the Biblical and Quranic accounts give no hint ) and gave birth by the Mai Bella stream in the province of Hamasien, Eritrea.

His description of the story of the Virgin Birth demystifies Biblical language and suggests that Mary was just another unfortunate fallen woman: it is " an account of a young woman engaged to be married, and while under this engagement she is, to speak plain language, debauched by a ghost ".

A parallel has been drawn between these activities and the human condition according to the Biblical account of the expulsion from the garden of Eden.

There it generated considerable interest, because at a time when most people in England still believed in the Biblical account of creation, which implied that the Earth was only a few thousand years old, it raised questions about the history of living things and of the Earth itself.

In contrast to the Biblical account, it became clear by the 1920s that the idea of an Israelite conquest of Canaan-the story of the book of Joshua-was not supported by the archaeological record.

While this precise terminology —" by faith alone "— does not appear in English Bible translations other than in where it has been claimed that the author seems to reject the notion that a person is justified by God solely on account of faith, other Catholic authorities also used " alone " in their translation of Romans 3: 28 or exegesis of salvation by faith passages, and it is claimed to summarize the teaching of the New Testament, and especially the Pauline epistles such as, which systematically reject the proposition that justification before God is obtained due to the merit of one's obedience to the Law of Moses ( see also Biblical law in Christianity ), or Abraham's circumcision and works.

In the second and third chapters of Revelation the new version retains, however, the old phrase `` angel of the church '' which Biblical scholars have previously interpreted as meaning bishop.

Hell, however, does not fit modern, humanitarian concepts of punishment because it cannot deter the unbeliever nor rehabilitate the damned, this however, does not affect the Christian belief which places Biblical teaching above the ideas of society.

As early as the 2nd century, however, some authorities declared this resurrection of the dead was a prophetic vision: an opinion regarded by Maimonides ( Guide for the Perplexed, II: 46 ) and his followers as the only rational explanation of the Biblical passage.

Readers accustomed to identifying poetry with Dante, Goethe, Mickiewicz and Rumi may think of it as written in lines based on rhyme and regular meter ; however, there are traditions, such as Biblical poetry, that use other means to create rhythm and euphony.

Phyllis Trible, however, published " Depatriarchalizing in Biblical Interpretation " in 1973, offering a reading of the Song with a positive representation of sexuality and egalitarian gender relations, which was widely discussed, notably ( and favourably ) in Marvin Pope's major commentary for the Anchor Bible.

It is sometimes claimed, however, that the Jewish analogue of Christian theological discussion would more properly be Rabbinical discussion of Jewish law and Jewish Biblical commentaries.

Alan V. Murray, however, has argued that, at least for the accounts of Persia and the Turks in his chronicle, William relied on Biblical and earlier medieval legends rather than actual history, and his knowledge " may be less indicative of eastern ethnography than of western mythography.

Some Biblical scholars reject this identification, however.

Biblical scholars have often identified it with two biblical mountains of uncertain location: Mount Moriah where the binding of Isaac took place, and Mount Zion where the original Jebusite fortress stood ; however, both interpretations are disputed.

Some Biblical scholars, however, view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation.

According to the Torah, the tribe consisted of descendants of Simeon the second son of Jacob, and of Leah, from whom it took its name ; however some Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation.

According to the Torah, the tribe consisted of descendants of Ephraim a son of Joseph, from whom it took its name ; however Biblical scholars view this also as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation.

Some critics, however, view this as a postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite confederation In the Biblical account, Joseph is one of the two children of Rachel and Jacob, a brother to Benjamin, and father to both Ephraim, and his first son, Manasseh ; Ephraim received the blessing of the firstborn, although Manasseh was the eldest, because Jacob foresaw that Ephraim's descendants would be greater than his brother's.

Ostriches, however, were already well known in Biblical times.

Although Protestant Christianity, as a whole, rejects the overall concept that the original Church ( established by Jesus Christ ) was thrown into complete anarchy and chaos through Catholicism, it does however assert that there was gross abuse of Biblical authority ( especially by the Papacy ) and a wandering from clear Biblical teachings prior to the Reformation.

Protestants claim, however, that the Roman Catholic Church has added to the Deposit of Faith handed down by the Apostles, especially since the time of Reformation, such as the Immaculate Conception and Assumption of Mary and Papal Infallibility, though Catholics can point to Biblical support for each.

If, however, the starting place is 814 BC, measuring back 143 or 144 years does not agree with this Biblical date.

The Book of Malachi has one of the most quoted Biblical verses assumed to be about tithing when isolated from the context of the chapter, however when taken in context, it is clear that the verse is not talking about those failing to tithe, he is talking about the Priests who oversee the distribution of the tithe from the storehouse took more than their equal share, or who took the best portions of what was to be shared equally.

Unlike other Zionist leaders, however, Kook's motivations were purely based on Jewish law and Biblical prophecy.

This is very early form of Christianity, as the Biblical Canon had only been adopted about 30 years previously at the Council of Laodicea, however see Development of the Christian biblical canon for details.

In theory, however, the Biblical law of levirate marriage is still presumed in force, thus making the childless widow who remarries without performing the halizah ceremony an adulterer.

Traditionally, Christian names were those of Biblical figures or recognised saints ; however, in the Gothic Revival of the Victorian era, other Anglo Saxon and mythical names enjoyed something of a fashion among the literati.