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Genetic studies of Jews are part of the population genetics discipline and are used to analyze the ancestry of Jewish populations, complementing research in other fields such as history, linguistics, archaeology, and paleontology. These studies investigate the origins of various Jewish ethnic divisions. In particular, they examine whether there ...
The medical genetics of Jews have been studied to identify and prevent some rare genetic diseases that, while still rare, are more common than average among people of Jewish descent. There are several autosomal recessive genetic disorders that are more common than average in ethnically Jewish populations, particularly Ashkenazi Jews, because of ...
In the Hebrew Bible, Melchizedek (/ m ɛ l ˈ k ɪ z ə d ɛ k /; [1] Biblical Hebrew: מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק , romanized: malkī-ṣeḏeq, 'king of righteousness,' 'my king is righteousness,' or ‘my king is Zedek’ [2]), also transliterated Melchisedech, Melchisedec or Malki Tzedek, was the king of Salem and priest of El Elyon (often translated as 'most high God').
The brit milah (Hebrew: בְּרִית מִילָה, Modern Israeli: [bʁit miˈla], Ashkenazi: [bʁis ˈmilə]; " covenant of circumcision ") or bris (Yiddish: ברית, Yiddish: [bʁɪs]) is the ceremony of circumcision in Judaism and Samaritanism, during which the foreskin is surgically removed. [1] According to the Book of Genesis ...
t. e. Papyrus 13, 3rd or 4th century AD, with the Epistle to the Hebrews in the original Koine Greek. The Epistle to the Hebrews[a] (Koinē Greek: Πρὸς Ἑβραίους, romanized: Pròs Hebraíous, lit. 'to the Hebrews') [3] is one of the books of the New Testament. [4]
v. t. e. Jewish genealogy is the study of Jewish families and the tracing of their lineages and history. The Pentateuchal equivalent for "genealogies" is "toledot" (generations). In later Hebrew, as in Aramaic, the term and its derivatives "yiḥus" and "yuḥasin" recur with the implication of legitimacy or nobility of birth. [1]
Jerusalem Talmud: Sotah. Mishneh Torah: Sefer Nashim, Sotah. In the Hebrew Bible, the ordeal of the bitter water was a Jewish trial by ordeal administered by a priest in the tabernacle to a wife whose husband suspected her of adultery, but the husband had no witnesses to make a formal case. It is described in the Book of Numbers (Numbers 5:11 ...
The Hebrew scriptures were an important source for the New Testament authors. [11] There are 27 direct quotations in the Gospel of Mark, 54 in Matthew, 24 in Luke, and 14 in John, and the influence of the scriptures is vastly increased when allusions and echoes are included, [12] with half of Mark's gospel being made up of allusions to and citations of the scriptures. [13]