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  2. Cave of the Patriarchs - Wikipedia

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    The story of Abraham's burial is recounted in, for example, Ibn Kathir's 14th century Stories of the Prophets. Tomb of Abraham. Jewish midrashic literature avows that, in addition to the patriarch couples, Adam, the first man, and his wife, Eve, were also interred in the Cave of the Patriarchs, [75] a tradition supported by ancient Samaritan ...

  3. The Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives - Wikipedia

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    The consensus can be summarized as the proposal that, even if archaeology could not directly confirm the existence of the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob), these patriarchal narratives had originated in a second millennium BC setting because many personal names, place names, and customs referenced in the Genesis narratives were unique to ...

  4. Patriarchs (Bible) - Wikipedia

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    The patriarchs (Hebrew: אבות ‎ ʾAvot, "fathers") of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites. These three figures are referred to collectively as "the patriarchs", and the period in which they lived is known as the patriarchal age .

  5. Nympholepsy - Wikipedia

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    By the writings of Archedemos in the cave, it is presumed that the Vari Cave was furnished with a dwelling and a garden for the nymphs, as well as a well of water. [2] Richard Chandler, an English antiquary, was the first scientist to report his findings of the Vari Cave in 1765, [2] but the cave was not excavated until 1901 by Charles Heald ...

  6. Patriarchal age - Wikipedia

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    The patriarchal age is the era of the three biblical patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, according to the narratives of Genesis 12–50 (these chapters also contain the history of Joseph, although Joseph is not one of the patriarchs). It is preceded in the Bible by the primeval history and followed by The Exodus.

  7. Genesis Apocryphon - Wikipedia

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    The Genesis Apocryphon was the most damaged out of the first four scrolls found in Cave 1 making the publication history difficult, lengthy yet interesting. The scroll is dated palaeographical to 25 BC through 50 AD [11] which coincides with the radiocarbon dating estimate of 89 BC – 118 AD. Due to its fragile condition the Genesis Apocryphon ...

  8. Psychohistory - Wikipedia

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    Psychohistory is a social science that analyzes human behavior by combining psychology, history, and other social sciences, while also being a amalgam of psychology, history, and related social sciences and the humanities. [1] Its proponents claim to examine the "why" of history, especially the difference between stated intention and actual ...

  9. Patriarchate - Wikipedia

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    Eastern patriarchates of the Pentarchy, after the Council of Chalcedon (451). Patriarchate (/ ˈ p eɪ t r i ɑːr k ɪ t,-k eɪ t /, UK also / ˈ p æ t r i-/; [1] Ancient Greek: πατριαρχεῖον, patriarcheîon) is an ecclesiological term in Christianity, designating the office and jurisdiction of an ecclesiastical patriarch.