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Aholibamah (or Oholibamah) – Daughter of Anah and one of Esau's wives. Also called Judith. Genesis [17] Anna the Prophetess – aged Jewish prophetess who prophesied about Jesus at the Temple of Jerusalem. Luke [18] Asenath – Egyptian wife of Joseph. Genesis [19] Asherah - Consort of God (wife of El), Yahweh. 1 Kings and 2 Kings
"Names for the Nameless", in The Oxford Companion to the Bible, Bruce M. Metzger and Michael D. Coogan, editors. ISBN 0-19-504645-5; Ilan, Tal. “Biblical Women’s Names in the Apocryphal Traditions.” Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 6, no. 11 (1993): 3–67. "The Poem of the Man God", Centro Editoriale Valtortiano srl, Maria ...
The Scroll of Fasting should not be confused with the similarly-named "Scroll of Fasts", an obscure work extant in a Babylonian version and a Palestinian one. It is a list of 22–26 days where fasting should be observed, generally due to the death of Biblical figures or sages. It does not appear to have been a very influential work. [48]
This pocket Bible devotional for women is the perfect size to take with you wherever you go, making it easier to find even a few minutes of time amid a busy schedule to read.
Nevertheless, fasting is conducive to atonement, for it tends to precipitate contrition. [2] Therefore, the Bible requires fasting on Yom Kippur . [ 3 ] Because, according to the Hebrew Bible, hardship and calamitous circumstances can occur as a result of sin, [ 4 ] fasting is often undertaken by the community or by individuals to achieve ...
The Biblical depiction of early Bronze Age culture up through the Axial Age, depicts the "essence" of women, (that is the Bible's metaphysical view of being and nature), of both male and female as "created in the image of God" with neither one inherently inferior in nature.
Christian virgin and martyr from Syracuse, Sicily, was born into nobility and vowed chastity and devotion to God. After distributing her wealth to the poor, she was betrayed by a suitor and persecuted under Diocletian. Despite torture, she remained faithful and was executed by sword.
Leah [a] (/ ˈ l iː ə /) appears in the Hebrew Bible as one of the two wives of the Biblical patriarch Jacob. Leah was Jacob's first wife, and the older sister of his second (and favored) wife Rachel. She is the mother of Jacob's first son Reuben.