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The Deir 'Alla inscription or Balaam inscription, known as KAI 312, is a famous [1] inscription discovered during a 1967 excavation in Deir 'Alla, Jordan. It is currently at the Jordan Archaeological Museum .
Some resources for more complete information on the scrolls are the book by Emanuel Tov, "Revised Lists of the Texts from the Judaean Desert" [3] for a complete list of all of the Dead Sea Scroll texts, as well as the online webpages for the Shrine of the Book [4] and the Leon Levy Collection, [5] both of which present photographs and images of the scrolls and fragments themselves for closer ...
On a wall was written a story relating visions of the seer of the gods "Balʿam son of Beʿor" (Balaam son of Beor), who may be the same Balʿam son of Beʿor mentioned in Numbers 22–24 and in other passages of the Bible. The Deir Alla Balaam is associated with "a god bearing the name Shgr, 'Shadday' gods and goddesses, and with the goddess ...
Balaam and the angel, painting from Gustav Jaeger, 1836. Balaam (/ ˈ b eɪ l æ m /; [1] Hebrew: בִּלְעָם, romanized: Bīlʿām), son of Beor, [2] was a biblical character, a non-Israelite prophet and diviner who lived in Pethor, a place identified with the ancient city of Pitru, thought to have been located between the region of Iraq and northern Syria in what is now southeastern Turkey.
This article should be ordered chronologically. It makes no sense to have the oldest evidence of Balaam, the Deir Alla inscription, at the end. Amplifysound 17:06, 31 July 2022 (UTC) I attempted to remedy this, but someone thought the current mess was "cleaner." Temerarius 23:28, 4 November 2023 (UTC) Still attempting.
Beor (Hebrew: בְּעוֹר Bə‘ōr, "a burning") is a name which appears in relation to a king ("Bela son of Beor") and a diviner ("Balaam son of Beor").Because the two names vary only by a single letter (ם , -m, often added to the ends of names), scholars have hypothesized that the two refer to the same person.
Sheet 3 of the Joshua Roll; Joshua and the Israelites Portion of the Joshua Roll; scenes before the battle at Gibeon – the moon and sun are seen at the right.. The Joshua Roll is a Byzantine illuminated manuscript of highly unusual format, probably of the 10th century Macedonian Renaissance, [1] believed to have been created by artists of the imperial workshops in Constantinople, [2] and now ...
Balaam Barugahara Ateenyi [1] [2] commonly known as Balaam [3] [4] (born 28 July 1979) is a Ugandan Politician, [5] business man, music and events promoter. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] He is the state minister for gender, labour, and social development in charge of children and youth affairs appointed by the President Yoweri Museveni .