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  2. List of women in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Tamar #1 – daughter-in-law of Judah, as well as the mother of two of his children, the twins Zerah and Perez. Genesis[ 190] Tamar #2 – daughter of King David, and sister of Absalom. Her mother was Maacah, daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur. II Samuel[ 191] Tamar #3 – daughter of David's son Absalom.

  3. Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History - Wikipedia

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    Published in 1871 [1] by writer, educator, and Presbyterian minister Sebastian C. Adams, the chart integrates genealogies of the King James Bible with numerous historical references and compendiums (listed in the Sources, below)* merging secular history with a chronological account beginning with Adam and Eve in 4,004 B.C. (date of the Biblical ...

  4. Chapters and verses of the Bible - Wikipedia

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    There are 23,145 verses in the Old Testament and 7,957 verses in the New Testament. This gives a total of 31,102 verses, [ 29] which is an average of a little more than 26 verses per chapter and 471 verses per book. Psalm 103 :1–2 being the 15,551st and 15,552nd verses is in the middle of the 31,102 verses of the Bible.

  5. Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    From these figures for the size of a Biblical ell, that of the basic unit — the finger-breadth ( Etzba) — can be calculated to be either 2.1 or 2.2 cm (0.83 or 0.87 in); Rav Avraham Chaim Naeh approximates at 2 cm (0.79 in); Talmudic scholar Chazon Ish at 2.38 cm (0.94 in). The mile ( Mil) is thus about 963 or 1146 meters (3160 or 3760 ft ...

  6. List of English Bible translations - Wikipedia

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    The base text is a modified version of the New Century Version. Offers alternate translations alongside the main translation Ferrar Fenton Bible: Modern English 1903 Masoretic Text and Westcott-Hort: Free Bible Version: FBV Modern English 2018 Novum Testamentum Graece [10] Released under Creative Commons license (BY-SA) [11] Geneva Bible: GEN

  7. List of biblical names - Wikipedia

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    List of biblical names. Names play a variety of roles in the Bible. They sometimes relate to the nominee's role in a biblical narrative, as in the case of Nabal, a foolish man whose name means "fool". [ 1] Names in the Bible can represent human hopes, divine revelations, or are used to illustrate prophecies. [ 2] [clarification needed]

  8. Urtext (biblical studies) - Wikipedia

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    Urtext (biblical studies) The inter-relationship between various significant ancient manuscripts of the Old Testament (some identified by their siglum). The lowermost text " (lost)" would be the urtext. In biblical studies, the Urtext is the theorized original, uniform text of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), preceding both the Septuagint (LXX) and ...

  9. List of Bible translations by language - Wikipedia

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    The Bible is the most translated book in the world, with more translations (including an increasing number of sign languages) being produced annually. The United Bible Societies is a global fellowship of around 150 Bible Societies with the aim of translating publishing, and distributing the Bible.