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Enosh
[People]Enosh is an antediluvian figure in Genesis, the son of Seth and grandson of Adam. The record of his birth is followed by the words "then began men to call upon the name of the LORD."
Mizpah
[Bible]Mizpah is an Old Testament place name meaning "watchtower" or "lookout." Several places bore this name. The best known is Mizpah in the territory of Benjamin, where Samuel assembled Israel for repentance and prayer.
Manuscript
[Bible]A manuscript is a book or document copied by hand from an original. None of the original documents of the Bible survive, and modern Bibles are translated from texts established by comparing manuscripts from many periods.
Kenan
[People]Kenan was the son of Enosh, Adam's grandson, and the father of Mahalalel. He appears in the antediluvian genealogy of Genesis 5. In Luke's genealogy of Jesus, his name is given as Cainan.
Massacre of the Innocents
[Bible]The Massacre of the Innocents was the killing, ordered by King Herod, of all male children two years old and under in Bethlehem and its surrounding region in an attempt to eliminate the newborn "King of the Jews." It is recorded only in Matthew 2.
Redeemer
[Doctrine & Theology]A redeemer is one who pays a price to recover a person or property that has been sold or bound. In Christianity, the term is a title for God, and especially for Jesus Christ, who delivers humanity from sin and death.
Great White Throne Judgment
[Bible]The Great White Throne Judgment is the final judgment scene that John saw in a vision, recorded in Revelation 20:11-15. Before a great white throne, the dead are judged according to their works, and whoever is not found written in the book of life is cast into the lake of fire.
Two-Source Hypothesis
[Doctrine & Theology]The Two-Source Hypothesis holds that the Gospels of Matthew and Luke were written using both the Gospel of Mark and a hypothetical collection of the sayings of Jesus called "Q." It is one of the leading theories proposed to explain the Synoptic Problem.
Nisroch
[Bible]In the Old Testament, Nisroch is the name of the god worshiped by the Assyrian king Sennacherib. According to the biblical account, Sennacherib was killed by two of his sons while worshiping in the temple of Nisroch.
Serug
[People]Serug is a figure in the genealogy of Shem in Genesis 11. He was the son of Reu, the father of Nahor, and the great-grandfather of Abraham. His name also appears in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke.
Empty Tomb
[Bible]The empty tomb is the event in which women went to the tomb of Jesus early on the first day of the week, the third day after his crucifixion and burial, and found the stone moved away and his body gone. All four Gospels record it.
Shenazar
[People]Shenazar was a son of Jeconiah (Jehoiachin), the king of Judah who was carried captive to Babylon. He is mentioned by name only, in the genealogy of the house of David in 1 Chronicles 3:18. Some scholars identify him with Sheshbazzar.
Fishers of Men
[Bible]A phrase Jesus used when He called disciples who were fishermen on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. It likens the work of bringing people to God to catching fish and appears in Matthew 4:19 and Mark 1:17.
Reu
[People]Reu is a figure in the genealogy of Shem in Genesis 11. He was the son of Peleg, the father of Serug, and the great-great-grandfather of Abraham. In the New Testament, his name appears in Luke's genealogy of Jesus.
Abishur
[People]Abishur is a figure in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles 2. He was the son of Shammai, a descendant of Jerahmeel, and the husband of Abihail.
Bedan
[People]Bedan is a figure named by Samuel in 1 Samuel 12:11 as one of those who delivered Israel. Because Scripture records nothing else about him, interpreters have proposed several identifications.
Field of Zophim
[Bible]The field of Zophim is a field at the top of Pisgah mentioned in Numbers 23. It was the second place to which Balak, king of Moab, brought Balaam to curse Israel, and there, too, Balaam pronounced a blessing instead of a curse.
Saint Patrick
[People]Saint Patrick (Patricius, 5th century) was a missionary and bishop from Roman Britannia who brought Christianity to Ireland. He is the patron saint of Ireland and is commemorated on March 17.
Deuteronomy 24
[Bible]Deuteronomy 24 contains laws protecting households and neighbors, including the prohibition against remarrying a former wife after divorce, the exemption of newly married men from military service, rules on pledges and wages, the principle of individual responsibility, and the leaving of gleanings for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.
Beguines
[History]The Beguines were a medieval women's religious movement that began in the late twelfth century in the region of Liège, in present-day Belgium. Women who took no lifelong vows formed communities and lived lives of chastity, prayer, and work.