AHIKAR, BOOK OF — AHIKAR, BOOK OF, a folk work, apparently already widespread in Aramaic speaking lands during the period of Assyrian rule. It was evidently well known among the Jewish colonists in southern Egypt during the fifth century B.C.E. and at the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden — (A B Book Dist Inc, March 1994, ISBN 1 881316 63 7) is an anthology of ancient, apocryphal writings. The book was originally two books. The Lost Books of the Bible (Testament, 1998, ISBN 0 517 27795 6) was originally published in 1928, and was… … Wikipedia
Non-canonical books referenced in the Bible — The non canonical books in this article include Biblical apocrypha and Deuterocanonical books (which are accepted as part of the Biblical canon by most non Protestant Christians), Pseudepigrapha, writings from Hellenistic and other non Biblical… … Wikipedia
biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… … Universalium
Sennacherib — /seuh nak euhr ib/, n. died 681 B.C., king of Assyria 705 681. * * * died January 681 BC King of Assyria (r. 705/704–681 BC), son and successor of Sargon II. Between 703 and 689 he undertook six campaigns against Elam (southwestern Iran), which… … Universalium
Ahiqar — or Ahikar was an Assyrian sage known in the ancient Near East for his outstanding wisdom. The Story of Ahikar, also known as the Words of Ahikar, has been found in an Aramaic papyrus of 500 B.C. among the ruins of Elephantine. The narrative of… … Wikipedia
TOBIT, BOOK OF — TOBIT, BOOK OF, one of the books of the apocrypha included in the Septuagint and Vulgate in the canon. It is the story of Tobit, an honest, upright man of the tribe of Naphtali, who observed the precepts and was exiled to Assyria by Shalmaneser… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Lokman — Luqman (auch: Lokman) war eine sagenumwobene Gestalt des arabischen Heidentums. Im Koran trägt die 31. Sure Luqmans Namen. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Luqman in vorislamischer Zeit 2 Luqman im Koran 3 Luqman in spätorientalischer Dichtung 4… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Luqmān — Luqman (auch: Lokman) war eine sagenumwobene Gestalt des arabischen Heidentums. Im Koran trägt die 31. Sure Luqmans Namen. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Luqman in vorislamischer Zeit 2 Luqman im Koran 3 Luqman in spätorientalischer Dichtung 4… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Luqman — (auch: Lokman; arabisch لقمان, DMG Luqmān) war eine sagenumwobene Gestalt des arabischen Heidentums. Im Koran trägt die 31. Sure Luqmans Namen. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Luqman in vorislamischer Zeit 2 Luqman im Kor … Deutsch Wikipedia