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  2. Tannaim - Wikipedia

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    The period of the Tannaim, also referred to as the Mishnaic period, lasted about 210 years. It came after the period of the Zugot "Pairs" and was immediately followed by the period of the Amoraim "Interpreters". [3] The root tanna (תנא) is the Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew root shanah (שנה), which also is the root word of Mishnah.

  3. Biblical Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Dwelleth in Egypt painted by James Jacques Joseph Tissot, c. 1900. Biblical Egypt (Hebrew: מִצְרַיִם; Mīṣrāyīm), or Mizraim, is a theological term used by historians and scholars to differentiate between Ancient Egypt as it is portrayed in Judeo-Christian texts and what is known about the region based on archaeological evidence.

  4. Egyptian chronology - Wikipedia

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    First Intermediate Period: Seventh: 2475–2445: 2181–2160 Eighth: ... (see Pharaohs in the Bible). In the 20th century, such biblical bias has mostly been confined ...

  5. Chronology of the Bible - Wikipedia

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    It is possible that the period of the Genesis flood narrative is not meant to be included in the count, as Shem, born 100 years before the flood, "begot" his first son two years after it, which should make him 102, but Genesis 11:10–11 specifies that he is only 100, suggesting that time has been suspended. [20] [21] AM 1948 Birth of Abraham

  6. Biblical clothing - Wikipedia

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    The Jews visited Egypt in the Bible from the earliest patriarchs (beginning in Genesis 12:10–20), to the flight into Egypt by Joseph, Mary, and the infant Jesus (in Matthew 2:13–23). The most notable example is the long stay from Joseph's (son of Jacob) being sold into slavery in Genesis 29 , to the Exodus from Egypt in Exodus 14 , during ...

  7. History of ancient Israel and Judah - Wikipedia

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    There is a general consensus among scholars that the first formative event in the emergence of the distinctive religion described in the Bible was triggered by the destruction of Israel by Assyria in c. 722 BCE. Refugees from the northern kingdom fled to Judah, bringing with them laws and a prophetic tradition of Yahweh.

  8. Sister Helen Prejean on Capital Punishment, Justice, and ...

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    First of all, the average wait of victims' families from the time a death sentence is given in the United States to execution is 17 years. All these years, that grief is public. The media are at ...

  9. Census of Quirinius - Wikipedia

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    Contrary to the Gospel of Matthew, which places Jesus's birth in the time of Herod I, [6] the Gospel of Luke correlates it with the census: [a] In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.