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Shammai
[People]Shammai was a Jewish teacher of the law active from the late first century BC to the early first century AD. Together with his contemporary Hillel, he is regarded as a leading representative of Pharisaic legal interpretation, and he founded the "School of Shammai," known for its strict interpretation of the law.
Joshua 24:15
[Bible Verses]Joshua 24:15 records the declaration Joshua made near the end of his life, when he called on Israel to choose that day whom they would serve and announced, "As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." It is among the verses most widely used as a motto for household faith, and it is also cited in discussions of human choice and divine sovereignty.
Psalm 44:22
[Bible Verses]A verse from Psalm 44, a communal lament, in which Israel protests to God that its people are being killed not because of their sin but "for thy sake." Because Paul quotes it in Romans 8:36, it is frequently cited in discussions of suffering and faith.
Gethsemane
[Bible]Gethsemane was a place at the foot of the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem. It is where Jesus Christ prayed and was arrested on the night before his crucifixion. Its name is generally understood to mean "oil press."
Prayer in Gethsemane
[Bible]The prayer in Gethsemane is the prayer Jesus offered in Gethsemane, at the foot of the Mount of Olives, on the night before his arrest, in which he said, "not as I will, but as thou wilt." The event marks the beginning of the Passion narrative.
Names of God
[Bible]The names of God are the proper name and the various titles by which God is called in the Bible. In Scripture a name is regarded not merely as a form of address but as a revelation of the character and authority of the one who bears it.
New Covenant
[Bible]The new covenant is the covenant that God promised in Jeremiah 31:31-34 to make with Israel. The New Testament teaches that this promise was established through the death of Jesus Christ.
Didache
[History]The Didache, meaning "the Teaching (of the Twelve Apostles)," is an early church document generally thought to have been written in the late first or early second century. It contains instructions on baptism, the Eucharist, fasting, prayer, and church offices.
Naboth
[People]Naboth was a Jezreelite who appears in 1 Kings 21. He refused to sell his ancestral vineyard to King Ahab and, through a scheme devised by Jezebel, was falsely accused and stoned to death.
Queen of Heaven
[Bible]The Queen of Heaven is a title used in the Book of Jeremiah for a goddess whom the people of Judah worshiped by burning incense and offering cakes. Jeremiah condemned this worship as idolatry and a departure from God.
Nag Hammadi Library
[History]The Nag Hammadi library is a collection of Coptic manuscripts from around the fourth century, discovered in 1945 near Nag Hammadi, Egypt. Containing some fifty works, including the Gospel of Thomas, it has become a key source for the study of Gnosticism in the early Christian era.
Broom Tree
[Bible]The broom tree (Hebrew *rotem*) is a leguminous shrub that grows in arid regions such as the Sinai wilderness and the Negev. In the Bible it is best known as the place where Elijah, fleeing from Jezebel, asked to die and was then given food by an angel.
Doctor of the Church
[Church Offices]Doctor of the Church is a title the Catholic Church formally confers on saints who have made an outstanding contribution to teaching the faith and doctrine. Protestantism has no corresponding official office or title.
Naboth's Vineyard
[Bible]Naboth's vineyard is the episode in which King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel and his queen, Jezebel, had Naboth the Jezreelite put to death through a false trial in order to seize his vineyard. The account appears in 1 Kings 21.
Zechariah (King of Israel)
[People]Zechariah was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel and the son of Jeroboam II. He reigned for six months before he was assassinated by Shallum, and his death brought the dynasty of Jehu to an end.
Deuteronomy 5
[Bible]Deuteronomy 5 is the chapter in which Moses recalls for Israel the covenant made at Mount Horeb, restates the Ten Commandments, and recounts how the people asked Moses to serve as their mediator.
1 Kings 8
[Bible]1 Kings 8 recounts Solomon's dedication of the completed temple in Jerusalem. He brings in the ark of the covenant and dedicates the house with a prayer of dedication, blessings, peace offerings, and a fourteen-day feast.
Ezra 8
[Bible]Ezra 8 records the families who returned from Babylon with Ezra, the gathering of Levites and the fast at the river of Ahava, and the entrusting of the temple offerings, which were brought safely to Jerusalem.
Job 30
[Bible]Job 30 is one of the chapters of Job's final extended defense. Contrasting his present condition with the former glory he recalled in chapter 29, Job laments that he is now mocked by the lowly and that when he cries out to God, he receives no answer.
Psalm 78
[Bible]Psalm 78 is a didactic psalm (maschil) of Asaph that retraces Israel's history from the Exodus to the accession of David. It contrasts God's faithfulness with the people's repeated disobedience and urges that these things be passed on to the next generation.