(Encyclopedia) MagdalaMagdalamăgˈdələ [key], in the New Testament, home of Mary Magdalene. It is identified with Migdal, Israel, a town on the west shore of the Sea of Galilee, and the neighboring…
(Encyclopedia) NadabNadabnāˈdăb [key]. 1 Aaron's eldest son, set apart for the priesthood. The exact nature of the transgression (“offering strange fire”) for which he and his brother Abihu died is…
(Encyclopedia) AphekAphekāˈfĕk [key], in the Bible. 1 Canaanite royal town, the modern Ras el-Ain or Rosh Hayim (Israel). Herod called it Antipatris. It is mentioned in Egyptian documents dating from…
(Encyclopedia) Arabah or ArabaArababoth: äˈräbä, ărˈəbə [key], depression, on the Israel-Jordan border, extending c.100 mi (160 km) from the Dead Sea S to the Gulf of Aqaba; part of the Great Rift…
(Encyclopedia) JahazJahazjāˈhəz [key], Jahaza,&sp;JahazahJahazahboth: jāhāˈzə [key], or JahzahJahzahjäˈzə [key], in the Bible, unidentified town, E of the Dead Sea. Israel's defeat there of the…
(Encyclopedia) Scopus, MountScopus, Mountskōˈpəs [key], peak, 2,736 ft (834 m) high, NNE of Jerusalem. Dominating Jerusalem, it has long held strategic importance in the defense of the city. Roman…
(Encyclopedia) ShuaybShuaybsh&oomacr;hāyb [key], Qur'anic non-biblical prophet, appeared later than Hud and Salih among “the people of the thicket.” His preaching is said to have consisted of a…
(Encyclopedia) BabelBabelbāˈbəl [key] [Heb.,=confused], in the Bible, place where Noah's descendants (who spoke one language) tried to build a tower reaching up to heaven to make a name for…
(Encyclopedia) RimmonRimmonrĭmˈən [key], in the Bible. 1 Syrian god. 2 Father of the murderers of Ish-bosheth. 3 Rock, E of Bethel. There the remnants of the Benjamites took refuge after the battle…
(Encyclopedia) Nayler, James, 1617?–1660, English Quaker leader. He served in the parliamentary army during the English civil war. In 1651 he became a Quaker and a disciple of George Fox, but…
