The Testament of Abraham is a pseudepigraphic text of the Old Testament. Probably composed in the 1st or 2nd century AD, it is of Jewish origin and is...
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of a trio of very similar works, the other two of which are the Testament of Abraham and Testament of Jacob, though there is no reason to assume that...
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similar works called the Testament of the Patriarchs, the other two of which are the Testament of Abraham and Testament of Isaac, though there is no...
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The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs is a constituent of the apocryphal scriptures connected with the Bible. It is believed to be a pseudepigraphical...
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Scriptures: Testament of Abraham Testament of Isaac Testament of Jacob These are generally considered important to the Abrahamic Faiths of Christianity...
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Puriel (category Angels of death)
angel who appears in the apocryphal work of the Testament of Abraham, the 2nd century apocalyptic tale of Abraham's journey to heaven. Puriel is described...
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הסיבילות) Sirach (בן סירא) Testament of Abraham (צוואת אברהם) Testament of Job (דברי איוב) Testament of Qahat (צוואת קהת) Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs...
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phrase "bosom of Abraham" (Greek: τὸν κόλπον Ἀβραάμ, romanized: ton kolpon Abraam) occurs only once in the New Testament, in the parable of the rich man...
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Abraham was a prophet and messenger of God according to Islam, and an ancestor to the Ishmaelite Arabs and Israelites. Abraham plays a prominent role as...
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is from the 2nd century Testament of Abraham. Archangel Michael is the one who is most commonly shown weighing the souls of people on scales on Judgement...
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The Testament of Job (also referred to as Divrei Lyov, literally meaning "Words of Job") is a book written in the 1st century BC or the 1st century AD...
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part of the Old Testament. Athanasius writes that the Book of Wisdom along with three other deuterocanonical books, while not being part of the Canon, "were...
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Westcott, A General Survey of the History of the Canon of the New Testament (5th ed. Edinburgh, 1881), pp. 440, 541–2. "Council of Carthage (A.D. 419) Canon...
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(πρωτότοκος) "firstborn." The use of "firstborn" is taken further along figurative lines. In the pseudepigraphical Testament of Abraham disease is personified as...
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The Apocalypse of Abraham is an apocalyptic Jewish pseudepigrapha (a text whose claimed authorship is uncertain) based on biblical Abraham narratives. It...
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and "Epistle of Enoch" are based on Jubilees. It is the source for certain of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, for instance that of Reuben. It was...
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written in "the annals of the kings of Israel". O Lord Almighty, God of our ancestors, of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and of their righteous offspring...
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2nd–1st cent. BC) Testament of Job (Jewish, c. late 1st cent. BC) Testaments of the Three Patriarchs (Jewish Testaments of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob from...
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beginning'; Latin: Liber Genesis) is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its Hebrew name is the same as its first word, Bereshit...
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Particular judgment (redirect from Beatitude of the elect)
writing known as the Testament of Abraham includes a clear account of particular judgment, in which souls go either through the wide gate of destruction or...
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texts Testament of Abraham, an Old Testament pseudepigraphon This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Book of Abraham. If an...
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Copies of the earlier sections of 1 Enoch were preserved in Aramaic among the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Qumran Caves. Authors of the New Testament were also...
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Abel (category Book of Genesis people)
Testament of Abraham (A:13 / B:11), where Abel has been raised to the position as the judge of the souls. In Bereshit Rabbah (22:2), a discussion of Gen...
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Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the...
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They are classed as Biblical apocrypha or as Old Testament pseudepigrapha; they appear in various copies of the Septuagint and the Peshitta, but were not...
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revelation to Abraham. Other scholars, however, suggest it refers to the Testament of Abraham, which was also available at the time of Muhammad (Muḥammad...
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3 Enoch (redirect from The Book of Rabbi Ishmael the High Priest)
"(Hebrew Apocalypse of) Enoch (Fifth to Sixth Century A.D.)". The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. Vol. 1: Apocalyptic Literature and Testaments. Translated by...
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2 Enoch (redirect from Secrets of Enoch)
in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs). Particularly noticeable is a lack of interest in the sin of fornication, and not once is the Law of Moses...
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September 10, 2023. Van Buren, Abraham (February 18, 1817). "Last will and testament of Abraham Van Buren". The Papers of Martin Van Buren. Lebanon, TN:...
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The Testament of Qahat is a text found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.The manuscript has been dated on palaeographic grounds to 125-10 BCE, and the composition...
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