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Sokho (alternate spellings: Sokhoh, Sochoh, Soco, Sokoh; Hebrew: שׂוֹכֹה ,שׂוֹכוֹ ,שֹׂכֹה) is the name given to two ancient towns in the territorial domain of Judah as mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, west of the Judean hills. Both towns were given the name Shuweikah in Arabic, a diminutive of the Arabic shawk, meaning "thorn ...
Antigonus of Sokho (Hebrew: אנטיגנוס איש סוכו) was one of the first scholars of whom Jewish tradition has preserved not only the name but also an important theological doctrine. He flourished in the first decades of the second century BCE. [1] According to the Mishnah, he was the disciple of Simon the Just (Hebrew: שמעון ...
He and Jose ben Joezer were the successors and, it is said, the disciples of Antigonus of Sokho, [1] and the two together formed the first of a series of duumvirates that transmitted the traditional law; according to tradition, in each pair one was the Nasi (prince or president) and the other was the Av Beit Din (Chief Justice of the Sanhedrin ...
Sokho: Tell es-Sultan: Tel Jericho [60] Tower of Jericho, Wall of Jericho. A World Heritage Site [118] Shuqba cave: Type-site of the Natufian culture: Al-Sinnabra: Silwan: Kfar HaShiloah Silwan necropolis: Es Skhul: Skhul Cave [119] Solomon's Pools: Solomon's Stables: Marwani Prayer Hall Suba: Soba, Sobetha, Zova, Tel Tzova, Jabal Suba Susya ...
The Sadducees (/ ˈ s æ dj ə s iː z /; Hebrew: צְדוּקִים, romanized: Ṣəḏūqīm, lit. 'Zadokites') were a sect of Jews active in Judea during the Second Temple period , from the second century BCE to the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE.
A Committee of the Hebrew Language was established. After the establishment of Israel, it became the Academy of the Hebrew Language. The results of Ben-Yehuda's lexicographical work were published in a dictionary (The Complete Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Hebrew, Ben-Yehuda Dictionary). The seeds of Ben-Yehuda's work fell on fertile ground ...
The post-Talmudic work Avot of Rabbi Natan gives the following origin of the schism between the Pharisees and Sadducees/Boethusians: Antigonus of Sokho having taught the maxim, "Be not like the servants who serve their masters for the sake of the wages, but be rather like those who serve without thought of receiving wages", [2] his two pupils, Zadok and Boethus, repeated this maxim to their ...
Shaaraim (Hebrew: שַׁעֲרַיִם, romanized: Šaʿărayim), possibly meaning Two Gates, is an Israelite city mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. Some have identified it with Khirbet Qeiyafa , an archaeological site on a hilltop overlooking the Valley of Elah in the Judean Mountains .