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higher criticism

(Encyclopedia)higher criticism, name given to a type of biblical criticism distinguished from textual or lower criticism. It seeks to interpret text of the Bible free from confessional and dogmatic theology. Higher...

Beth-car

(Encyclopedia)Beth-car, in the Bible, a town, generally west of Jerusalem.

Hexapla

(Encyclopedia)Hexapla hĕkˈsəplə [key] [Gr.,=sixfold], polyglot edition of the Hebrew Bible prepared by Origen (c.185–c.255). It was mainly in six columns—a Hebrew text (probably the Masoretic), a Greek tran...

Jezreel

(Encyclopedia)Jezreel jĕzˈrēĕl [key] [Heb.,=God sows]. 1 City, ancient Palestine, in the plain of Esdraelon, halfway from Megiddo to the Jordan, and mentioned in the Bible. Situated on land allotted to Issachar...

Borrow, George Henry

(Encyclopedia)Borrow, George Henry, 1803–81, English writer and traveler. He led a nomadic life in England and on the Continent, where he was a translator and agent for the British and Foreign Bible Society. His ...

Hen

(Encyclopedia)Hen, in the Bible, man who was to have a memorial in the temple.

Nimrod

(Encyclopedia)Nimrod, in the Bible, descendant of Cush who is recorded as a mighty hunter.

Nob

(Encyclopedia)Nob, in the Bible, religious center just N of Jerusalem. Saul had its inhabitants massacred.

Bildad

(Encyclopedia)Bildad, in the Bible, the second, and perhaps the least consoling, of Job's comforters.

Zalmon

(Encyclopedia)Zalmon, in the Bible, probably the place referred to in Ps. 68.14 as Salmon.