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6541 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ur of the Chaldees.4
… . Another argument which has been advanced for this identification is that Haran, the city to which Terah migrated, was also a center of moon-god worship. This …
6542 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ur of the Chaldees.6
… the arguments are by no means weighty, more scholars at the present favor Mugheir than any other site.
6543 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Virgin Birth.33
… an argument against any and all theories which presuppose a fictitious origin for the central statement. Negatively, we may with confidence assert that …
6544 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Virgin Birth.40
… . The argument from the virgin-birth to His sinlessness (see IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ) was made by the church, not by the New Testament writers. The sinlessness …
6545 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Vulgate.37
… the arguments briefly are: (1) That Augustine, writing 20 years after the appearance of the revised Gospels, speaks only of "Gospel": "Evangelium ex Graeco interpretatus …
6546 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Wheel.3
… the argument turns on results wider than any individual's existence. "Wheel of nature" is certainly right. But a comparison of life to a wheel in some sense …
6547 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Wisdom.23
… main argument of the book. Proverbs does not raise the question, while Ecclesiastes and Sirach categorically deny immortality ( Ecclesiastes 9:2 - 10; Sirach …
6548 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Wisdom of Solomon, The.48
… , the arguments in favor of the unity of the book outweigh those against it. But the evidence is by no means decisive. The Wisdom section ( Wisdom of Solomon 1:1 …
6549 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Woman.58
… his argument for woman's keeping silence in public worship on Adam's priority of creation and her priority in transgression ( 1 Timothy 2:13 - 14 ), modern scholarship …
6550 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Writing, 2.25
… . This argument is vigorously opposed by Blau (14, 15), but the fact of the use of papyrus seems to be confirmed by the tale that the Romans wrapped the Jewish school …
6551 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Zechariah, Book of.17
… main arguments of those who advocate a pre-exilic origin for these oracles: (1) Zechariah 11:8, "And I cut off the three shepherds in one month." These "three shepherds …
6552 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Zechariah, Book of.18
… the arguments urged by the representatives of this school special caution is needed in distinguishing between the grounds advanced in support of a post …
6553 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Zechariah, Book of.20
Other arguments advanced by the post-Zecharian school are: (1) Zechariah 14:9, "And Yahweh shall be King over all the earth: in that day shall Yahweh be one, and his …
6554 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Zechariah, Book of.21
… another argument advanced in favor of a late post-Zecharian date for these oracles is that from language and style: Aramaisms, scriptio plena, the preponderance …
6555 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Zechariah, Book of.23
… the arguments which favor the genuineness of these disputed chapters: (1) The fundamental ideas of both parts are the same. By this we mean that the deeper we …
6556 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Zechariah, Book of.24
… this argument has failed utterly to grasp the point (ICC, 243); (d) the use made of the cardinal number "two"; thus, two olive trees ( Zechariah 4:3 ); two women ( Zechariah …
6557 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Zephaniah, Book of.22
… . Koenig's arguments are altogether inconclusive, while all the internal evidence points toward the reign of Josiah as the period of Zephaniah's activity …
6558 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Zephaniah, Book of.23
… important arguments in favor of the later period are: (a) Deuteronomy 28:29 - 30 is quoted in Zephaniah 1:13, 15, 17, in a manner which shows that the former book was …
6559 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Zephaniah, Book of.30
… five arguments are by no means conclusive: (a) The prophet is announcing a world judgment. Could this be executed by the Scythians if they confined themselves …
6560 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Zoheleth, the Stone of.2
… no argument can be based on a name alone.