"unlike its Biblical model, the song is about a Hebrew community persecuted by a cruel king and witnessing the birth of a miraculous saviour—a subject of obvious interest and attraction to the Jewish people who composed and sang it in Medieval Spain. The song attributes to Abraham elements that are from the story of Moses's birth, the cruel king killing innocent babies, with the midwives ordered to kill them, the 'holy light' in the Jewish area, as well as from the careers of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego who emerged unscathed from the fiery furnace. Nimrod is thus made to conflate"
"they were assigned Chaldean names, so that Hananiah became Shadrach (שַׁדְרַך ""Šaḏraḵ""), Mishael became Meshach (מֵישַׁ֖ךְ ""Mêšaḵ"") and Azariah became Abednego (עֲבֵ֣דנְג֑וֹ ""‘Ǎḇêḏ-Nəḡō"") . Shadrach's name is possibly derived from Shudur Aku ""Command of Aku (the moon god)"", Meshach is probably a variation of Mi-sha-aku, meaning ""Who is as Aku is?"", and Abednego is either ""Slave of the god Nebo/Nabu"" or a variation of Abednergal, ""Slave of the god Nergal."" The Chaldean names are related to the Hebrew names, but the name of a heathen god has replaced that of Yahweh. The word ""Dura"" (where the statue is erected) means"
"Archangel Michael in Christian art Archangel Michael may be depicted in Christian art alone or with other angels such as Gabriel or saints. Some depictions with Gabriel date back to the 8th century, e.g. the stone casket at Notre Dame de Mortain church in France. He is very often present in scenes of the Last Judgement, but few other specific scenes, so most images including him are devotional rather than narrative. The angel who rescues Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego from the ""fiery furnace"" in the Book of is usually regarded in Christian tradition as Michael; this is sometimes represented in"
"Beneberak Benebarak (""Sons of Barak"") (, ""Bnei Brak"") was a biblical city mentioned in the Book of Joshua. According to the biblical account it was allocated to the Tribe of Dan. In the Talmudic era, Beneberak became the seat of the court of Rabbi Akiva, and is identified as the site of his all-night ""seder"" in the Passover ""Haggadah"". Benebarak was also associated with agriculture, as evident from the Talmudic account of the sage Rami bar Yehezkel, who declared that he understood the meaning of the Torah's description of the ""Land of Israel"" as a ""land flowing with milk and"
"According to T.G. Pinches and A.T. Clay, some Talmudic and medieval Arabic writers identified Ur of the Chaldees with the Sumerian city of Uruk, called ""Erech"" in the Bible and ""Warka"" in Arabic. Both scholars reject the equation. Talmud ""Yoma"" 10a identifies Erech with a place called ""Urichus"", and no tradition exists equating Ur Kaśdim with Urichus or Erech/Uruk. Jewish scholarship identifies Abraham's birthplace as somewhere in Upper Mesopotamia. This view was particularly noted by Nachmanides (Ramban). Nevertheless, this interpretation of ""moledet"" as meaning ""birthplace"" is not universal. Many Pentateuchal translations, from the Septuagint to some modern English versions, render"
"afterwards transformed into a temple (church) dedicated to the three Three Young Men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ministered to the sick gratis and at the same time laboured with all the ardour of an apostle of the Faith, and won many from pagan superstition. He would say, “Whoever wishes to avoid being ill should refrain from sin, for sin is often the cause of bodily illness.” This took place under the Emperor Diocletian. Denounced to the prefect of the city he fled to Arabia where he took refuge in a town near the sea called Tzoten. There, having received"
"Secacah Secacah (, ""səkākā"") is a town mentioned in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament as well as in the Dead Sea Scrolls. The town was located in the wilderness of Judah, otherwise known as the Judean Desert, and is identified by some scholars with the archaeological site of Khirbet Qumran. The toponym Secacah is derived from the root סכך, which means either “enclosed” or “cover” (possibly in reference to a shaded area). The variation in the spelling of the place name, סככה in the Hebrew Bible versus סככא in the Copper Scroll, reflects an orthographic phenomenon seen elsewhere in later phases"
"and Aqabah. Both Admah and Sodom were given particular scrutiny due to the controversy surrounding the works of Pettinato concerning a different tablet. Questionable place names in the EGA included Abel-Shittim, Ashdod, Geshur, Lod, Yabneh, and Gilead, amongst many others. The same EGA, now called the ""List of Geographic Names"" by more recent researchers, has been interpreted quite differently as names of places in Mesopotamia and not Palestine. For example, the same city in the list, No. 172, is said to be Beirut in the Shea article, while at least one modern scholar believes it is Abudan, locating it in"
"Mount Pisgah (Bible) Some translators of the biblical book of Deuteronomy translate Pisgah (פִּסְגָּה) as a name of a mountain, usually referring to Mount Nebo. The region lies directly east of the Jordan River and just northeast of the Dead Sea. Mount Nebo (31°45.9'N 35°43.1'E) is the highest among a handful of Pisgah summits; an arid cluster of hilltops on the western edge of the Trans-Jordanian Plateau. Arabic names for Pisgah include: Fasga (Phasga), Jabal Siyāgha (transliterated also as Siaghah/Siâghah/Siyagha/Siyāgha, etc.), Rās as-Siyāgha and Rujm Siyāgha. In Deuteronomy, God commanded Moses to climb up and view the Promised Land from"
"most common identification of Kadesh or Kadesh Barnea in modern scholarship is with the present-day Tell el-Qudeirat, with most contemporary scholars seeing the biblical references to Kadesh as referring to a single site. The Bible locates Kadesh, or Kadesh Barnea, as an oasis south of Canaan, west of the Arabah and east of the Brook of Egypt. It is 11 days' march by way of Mount Seir from Horeb (Deuteronomy 1:2). By the late nineteenth century, as many as eighteen sites had been proposed for biblical Kadesh. One source of confusion has been the fact that Kadesh is sometimes mentioned"
"of Meshek""—""rosh meshek"" in Hebrew—sounded suspiciously like Russia and Moscow. Even some Russians took up the idea, apparently unconcerned by the implications (""Ancestors were found in the Bible, and that was enough""), as did Ronald Reagan. Some post–Cold War millenarians still identify Gog with Russia, but they now tend to stress its allies among Islamic nations, especially Iran. For the most fervent, the countdown to Armageddon began with the return of the Jews to Israel, followed quickly by further signs pointing to the nearness of the final battle—nuclear weapons, European integration, Israel's seizure of Jerusalem, and America's wars in Afghanistan"
"been independent. It forms a pair with the story of Daniel in the lions' den, both making the point that the God of the Jews will deliver those who are faithful to him. King Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden image in the plain of Dura (a word meaning simply ""plain"") and commanded that all his officials bow down before it. All who failed to do so would be thrown into a blazing furnace. Certain officials informed the king that the three Jewish youths Hanania, Mishael, and Azaria, who bore the Babylonian names Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and whom the king"
"The suggestion of the Trinity leaves """"the rivals"""" unexplained. Another possibility is the trio of Peter, James and John, often mentioned together in the Gospels, who had a dispute ""among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest"" (Luke 22:24). Pastor Paul Kolch of Trinity Lutheran Church in Sacramento taught that the three referred to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who resisted burning in the fiery furnace and were ""rivals"" to the Babylonians. Another option is Yr Eifl, a group of three similar and adjacent mountains in Wales called ""The Rivals"" in English. A classical option is Hera,"
"Kadesh (biblical) Kadesh or Qadesh (in classical Hebrew , from the root ""holy"") is a place-name that occurs several times in the Hebrew Bible, describing a site or sites located south of, or at the southern border of, Canaan and the Kingdom of Judah. Many modern academics hold that it was a single site, located at the modern 'Ain el-Qudeirat, while some academics and rabbinical authorities hold that there were two locations named Kadesh. A related term, either synonymous with Kadesh or referring to one of the two sites, is Kadesh (or Qadesh) Barnea. Various etymologies for ""Barnea"" have been"
"used as a synonym for Assyria or Mesopotamia, is mentioned in the Book of Micah 5:6: Genesis says that the ""beginning of his kingdom"" (""reshit mamlakto"") were the towns of ""Babel, Erech, Akkad and Calneh in the land of Shinar"" (Mesopotamia) (Gen 10:10)—understood variously to imply that he either founded these cities, ruled over them, or both. Owing to an ambiguity in the original Hebrew text, it is unclear whether it is he or Ashur who additionally built Nineveh, Resen, Rehoboth-Ir and Calah (both interpretations are reflected in various English versions). Sir Walter Raleigh devoted several pages in his ""History"
"station, known as Hiriya, was built at the ancient/modern site. Beneberak Benebarak (""Sons of Barak"") (, ""Bnei Brak"") was a biblical city mentioned in the Book of Joshua. According to the biblical account it was allocated to the Tribe of Dan. In the Talmudic era, Beneberak became the seat of the court of Rabbi Akiva, and is identified as the site of his all-night ""seder"" in the Passover ""Haggadah"". Benebarak was also associated with agriculture, as evident from the Talmudic account of the sage Rami bar Yehezkel, who declared that he understood the meaning of the Torah's description of the"
"Moladah Moladah was a biblical town of Simeon in the Negeb near Beersheba. Moladah has several mentions in the bible: Joshua 15:26, Joshua 19:2, 1 Chronicles 4:28 and Nehemiah 11:26. In Joshua, it is just allotting land for the Tribes of Israel. In 1 Chronicles, it is in a list of places of the descendants of Simeon. In Nehemiah, it is shown as being occupied by the returning Judahite exiles. It was later turned into an Idumean fortress. There have been, and are, many debates concerning the current location of Moladah. Tell el-Milḥ, southeast of Beersheba, has been regularly identified"
"xv, 5, 8; the references throughout the article being to the fuller Greek text), and the topographical details show that the story, even if it be only a pious romance, is connected with a definite place. Its site, however, is in dispute. Beside Sanur, Mithilîyeh or Misilîyeh, Tell Kheibar and Beit-Ilfa, which have divided opinion for some time, Haraiq el-Mallah, Khirbet Sheikh Shibel, el-Bârid and Sichem (Bethulia being considered a pseudonym) have recently been proposed as sites of Bethulia. The city was situated on a mountain overlooking the plain of Jezrael, or Esdrelon, and commanding narrow; passes to the south"
"not whether they are willing to bow before the king's image, but whether God is present and willing to save. When the three are thrown into the furnace the king sees four men walking in the flames, the fourth like ""a son of god,"" a divine being. Daniel's absence from the tale of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego suggests that it may originally have been an independent story. The Hebrew names of Daniel's friends were Hananiah ( ""Ḥănanyāh""), ""Yah is gracious"", Mishael ( ""Mîšā’êl""), ""Who is what El is?"" and Azariah ( ""Ǎzaryāh""), ""Yah has helped"", but by the king’s decree"
"temples of Amun at al-Hibah and Karnak. There is no mention of either an attack nor tribute from Jerusalem, which has led some to suggest that Shoshenq was not the Biblical Shishak. The fragment of a stela bearing his cartouche from Megiddo has been interpreted as a monument Shoshenq erected there to commemorate his victory. Some of these conquered cities include ancient Israelite fortresses such as Megiddo, Taanach and Shechem. There are other problems with Shoshenq being the same as the biblical Shishak: Shoshenq's Karnak list does not include Jerusalem—his biggest prize according to the Bible. His list focuses on"
"Apocalypse of Sedrach The Apocalypse of Sedrach, also known as the Word of Sedrach, is an ancient apocryphal text. The name of the titular figure, ""Sedrach"" may simply be the Greek form of ""Shadrach"", the name of one of the three individuals put into the fiery furnace in the Book of Daniel. It may however simply be a corruption of ""Esdras"", the Greek form of ""Ezra"", particularly since the text has much similarity with other apocryphal texts attributed to Ezra, such as the ""Apocalypse of Ezra"". Like much other apocalyptic literature, the text narrates how ""Sedrach"" was given a vision"
"Bozrah Bozrah, Botsra or Botzrah (; ) is a historical site and modern village in Tafilah Governorate, Jordan located between the towns of Tafilah (Tophel) and Shoubak and closer to the latter. It is identified by some researchers as the location mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. The site is adjacent to the modern town of Bouseira (), (alternatively Buseirah or Busairah). Bozrah means ""sheepfold"" and was a pastoral city in Edom southeast of the Dead Sea. According to the biblical narrative it was the capital city of Edom and the homeland of Jacob's twin brother, Esau: The prophets"
"rock that turned into a mountain filling the whole earth. Daniel explains the dream to the king: the statue symbolized four successive kingdoms, starting with Nebuchadnezzar, all of which would be crushed by God's kingdom, which would endure forever. Nebuchadnezzar acknowledges the supremacy of Daniel's god, raises Daniel over all his wise men, and places Daniel and his companions over the province of Babylon. Daniel's companions Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refuse to bow to King Nebuchadnezzar's golden statue and are thrown into a fiery furnace. Nebuchadnezzar is astonished to see a fourth figure in the furnace with the three, one"
"with Moladah, but this mound is now thought more likely Canaanite Arad. The more likely location is Khereibet el-Waṭen, east of Beersheba, which is possibly the Arab equivalent of the Hebrew name. Moladah Moladah was a biblical town of Simeon in the Negeb near Beersheba. Moladah has several mentions in the bible: Joshua 15:26, Joshua 19:2, 1 Chronicles 4:28 and Nehemiah 11:26. In Joshua, it is just allotting land for the Tribes of Israel. In 1 Chronicles, it is in a list of places of the descendants of Simeon. In Nehemiah, it is shown as being occupied by the returning"
"and the Gospel from Matthew 24. The Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod commemorates Daniel, together with the Three Young Men (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego), on December 17. Daniel (Arabic: دانيال, ""Danyal""), is not mentioned in the Qur'an, but there are accounts of his prophet-hood in later Muslim literature. He was carried off to Babylon after the destruction of Jerusalem, where he was rescued from lions with the aid of the prophet Jeremiah. (In Bel and the Dragon it is the prophet Habakkuk who plays this role). Another source (Tabiri) retells how Daniel interpreted the king's dream of"
"on the grounds that we have extra-biblical rather than biblical attestation is willful. These texts are, ""mirabile dictu"", even less relevant than the biblical traditions."" As for its location, most scholars believe that Merneptah's Israel must have been in the hill country of central Canaan, but some think it was across the Jordan, others that it was a coalition of Canaanite settlements in the lowlands of the Jezreel valley (the potential Israelites on the walls of Karnak are driving chariots, a weapon of the lowlands rather than the highlands), and others that the inscription gives very little useful information at"
"spelling from that of Eusebius, but in full agreement with the name that the Septuagint gives to the place mentioned in Isaiah 10:31 that Eusebius also refers to, the Madaba Map calls the town ""Madebena, which is now Menois"" (Μαδεβηνὰ ἡ νῦ[ν] Μηνοΐς). Those who do not accept the identification of Madmannah with Minois, give estimates of its current location that include Khirbet umm Deimneh (southwest of Dhahiriya) and Kh. Tatrit. Simsons equated Madmannah with Meconah, but this has not received unanimous agreement. Eusebius stated that the town which he called Medebena is mentioned also in Isaiah, referring to ,"
"of the two prophets is that of a courtier to a peasant, the latter of whom would always describe a royal court more floridly than the former, to whom such things would be familiar. Ezekiel, like all the other prophets, has beheld only a blurred reflection of the divine majesty, just as a poor mirror reflects objects only imperfectly. According to the midrash ""Canticles Rabbah"", it was Ezekiel whom the three pious men, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (also called Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the Bible) asked for advice as to whether they should resist Nebuchadnezzar's command and choose death"
"where the Masoretic text has Madmenah as the name of the town. The Septuagint manuscripts uniformly give the name as Madebena. Scholars have taken the context of the mention of Madmenah in Isaiah 10:31 as indicating that it was a place whereby an army approached Jerusalem from the north. In that interpretation, its site is supposed to be Shu‘fat, 2 kilometres north of Mount Scopus. Michael Avi-Yonah rejects this interpretation of the passage of Isaiah. In the entry ""Madmena"" in the ""Encyclopaedia Judaica"", he accepts Eusebius's identification of Menois with the Madmenah of Isaiah 10:31 (but not with the town"
"Beracah Beracah is a valley in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). It was named the ""Valley of Blessings (""blessing"" is """"Berakhah"""" in Hebrew) by Jehoshaphat after his victory over Moab and Ammon, as is recounted in the Book of Chronicles. The valley is on the main road from Hebron to Jerusalem. According to Chronicles, Jehoshaphat gathered his people together and prayed to God for deliverance. God answered his prayer by stirring up the enemy to kill each other. When Jehoshaphat and his army entered the valley the enemy had completely destroyed themselves. The army took three days to collect the"
"Beth-barah, where Gideon lay in wait for the Midianites (). In the plain of the Jordan, between Succoth and Zarthan, is the clay ground where Solomon had his brass-foundries (1 Kings ). In the Jordan valley is portrayed as a woodland region. Biblical commentator Albert Barnes suggested that ""trees were rare in most parts of Palestine, but plentiful in the Jordan Valley"". In biblical history, the Jordan appears as the scene of several miracles, the first taking place when the Jordan, near Jericho, was crossed by the Israelites under Joshua (). Later the two tribes and the half tribe that"
"Bnei Brak Bnei Brak ( , ""bənê ḇəraq"") is a city located on the central Mediterranean coastal plain in Israel, just east of Tel Aviv. A center of Ultra Orthodox Judaism, Bnei Brak covers an area of 709 hectares (1752 acres, or 2.74 square miles), and had a population of in . It is one of the poorest and most densely populated cities in Israel, and fifth most densely populated city in the world. Bnei Brak takes its name from the ancient Biblical city of Beneberak, mentioned in the Tanakh (Joshua 19:45) in a long list of towns of ancient"
"a qualified pediatrician working at the Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem. The title of the book has a double source. It records the geographical area in which he fought, but it also refers to the biblical verse Deuteronomy 11:24: ""Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be"", defining the boundaries of the Promised land. There is the further implication that the Desert and Lebanon represent different emotional situations - the first symbolizing the difficult period"