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.

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.

According to Biblical chronology, Joshua lived between 1500 – 1390 BCE, or sometime in the late Bronze Age.

Another very useful study aid, found in almost all editions of the Talmud, consists of the marginal notes Torah Or, Ein Mishpat Ner Mitzvah and Masoret ha-Shas by the Italian rabbi Joshua Boaz, which give references respectively to the cited Biblical passages, to the relevant halachic codes and to related Talmudic passages.

In Biblical usage, the name was confined to the country West of the Jordan, the Canaanites being described as dwelling " by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan ," ( Numbers 33: 51 ; Joshua 22: 9 )

Biblical references to Lachish include Joshua 10: 3, 5, 23, 31-35 ; Joshua 12: 11 ; Joshua 15: 39 ; 2 Kings 14: 19 ; 2 Kings 18: 14, 17 ; 2 Kings 19: 8 ; 2 Chronicles 11: 9 ; 2 Chronicles 25: 27 ; 2 Chronicles 32: 9 ; Nehemiah 11: 30 ; Isaiah 36: 2 ; Isaiah 37: 8 ; Jeremiah 34: 7 ; and Micah 1: 13.

It contains references that fit those cited in the Biblical texts, both the reference about the sun and moon found in Joshua and also the reference in 2 Samuel ( in the Hebrew but not in the Septuagint ) to teaching the Sons of Judah to fight with the bow.

** Joshua and the Flow of Biblical History

The tree's unique shape reminded them of a Biblical story in which Joshua reaches his hands up to the sky in prayer.

This identification was backed by the American scholar William Foxwell Albright, who further argued in a 1924 paper that the site of et-Tell held the ruins of a great Canaanite city, corresponding with the Biblical tradition that the Israelite commander Joshua " burnt Ai and made it a heap for ever " ( Joshua 8: 28 ).

Another hypothesis is that the Iron I settlement wave at Ai, as well as in other sites in the region at this time, fits better with the account given in the Biblical Book of Judges, which posits the settlement process of the nation of Israel in somewhat different terms than the Book of Joshua.

According to the great Biblical commentator Rashi, Kiryat Arba (" Town of Arba ") means either the town ( kirya ) of Arba, the giant who had three sons, or the town of the four giants: Anak ( the son of Arba ) and his three sons-Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmi-who are described as being the sons of a " giant " in: " On the way through the Negev, they ( Joshua and Caleb ) came to Hebron where saw Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmi, descendants of the Giant ( ha-anak )..." Some say that Anak (" Giant ", see Anak ) is a proper name ( Targum Jonathan and the Septuagint ), and that he, Anak, may have been the father of the three others mentioned in the Book of Numbers as living in Hebron, previously known as " Kiryat Arba.

* Sefer haYashar ( Biblical references ), the book mentioned in Joshua 10: 13 and 2 Samuel 1: 18.

According to the Biblical narrative it became a Levitical city ( Joshua 13: 26, 13: 30, 21: 38 ; cf.

The Aleinu, said to have been written by the Biblical Joshua, praises God for allowing the Jewish people to serve God, and expresses hope that the whole world one day will recognize God and abandon idolatry.

The name is related to the Hebrew form Joshua, which is a theophoric name first mentioned within the Biblical tradition in referring to one of Moses ' companions ( and his successor as leader of the Israelites ).

Faced with a seemingly impossible task, their spirits were raised when a priest by the name of Peter Desiderius claimed to have a divine vision in which the ghost of Adhemar instructed them to fast for three days and then march in a barefoot procession around the city walls, after which the city would fall in nine days, following the Biblical example of Joshua at the siege of Jericho.

At Toledo, his new home, he occupied himself at first with Biblical studies, and in the course of six months produced an extensive commentary on the books of Joshua, Judges, and Samuel.

Joshua is based on the Biblical figure Joshua, who was Moses's apprentice in the Old Testament.

He also wrote commentaries to the Pentateuch, to Joshua, and to Judges, and probably to other Biblical books.

As representative of the CBA he acted in 1963 as Promoter of the English spelling of Biblical names for Catholic use to the Conference of the Bishops of England and Wales ( e. g. Noah, Elijah, Joshua, in place of Noe, Elias, Josue as in the Douay-Challoner Bible, based on the Latin text ).

Some say they shouted, " Chazak V ' amatz ", --' Be strong and have courage ', the Biblical phrase that God uses to encourage Joshua after the death of Moses.