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NameThe 'Prayer of Manasseh' is a very brief text which appears in neither the Jewish nor Christian canons of Scripture but which does appear in an appendix to the Vulgate. It was constructed on the ...

Elisha is presented in the books of Kings as Elijah's nominated successor (1 Kgs 19; 2 Kgs 2). In the stories that follow (2 Kgs 3-9, 13), he appears in two types of context: politically active in ...

In the Bible Adam is the first man. The story about him is recounted in the Garden of Eden narrative in Gen 2:4b-3:24, commonly attributed to the J or Yahwist source (otherwise known as non-P ; see ...



Mount Gerizim (881 metres) rises immediately to the south of the ancient city of Shechem (modern Nablus). It is referred to in the Bible at Deut 11:29; 27:12; Josh 8:33; Judg 9:7; and John 4:20-21 ...

Moses is the leading human character in the Pentateuch, from the beginning of the book of Exodus onwards, and is remembered in later Old Testament books and in Judaism, especially as the giver of the ...

This page is a stub.Moab was a people living in an area on the east side of the Dead Sea and to some extent northwards by the lower course of the Jordan. They were under the control of Israel for a ...

The location and names of the Twelve Minor Prophets in the Hebrew BibleThe Hebrew Bible is divided into three major sections: Torah (the Pentateuch), Nevi’im (the Prophets), and Ketuvim (the W ...