Biblia

Tancred

Tancred Prince of Antioch, born about 1072; died at Antioch, 12 Dec., 1112. He was the son of Marquess Odo and Emma, probably the daughter of Robert Guiscard. He took the Cross in 1096 with the Norman lords of Southern Italy and joined the service of his uncle Bohemund. Having disembarked at Arlona (Epirus), they … Continue reading “Tancred”

Tanchuma ben-Abba

Tanchuma ben-Abba who flourished A.D. 380, is the reputed author of the celebrated commentary on the Pentateuch called , for which see the art. SEE MIDRASH. The latest edition is that published by E. Perlmutter (Stettin, 1864). See First, Bibl. Jud. 3, 409; Steinschneider, Catalogus Libr. Hebr. in Bibl. Bodl. col. 2669; Gratz, Gesch. der … Continue reading “Tanchuma ben-Abba”

Tanchum

Tanchum (OF JERUSALEM) BEN-JOSEF, also called R. Tanchum Jerushalmi of Haleb, flourished about A.D. 1265-80. The first who made Tanchum’s name known to the learned world was the famous scholar Schnurrer, who in 1791 published ch. 1-12 of Tanchum’s Arabic commentary on Judges: R. Tanchumi Hierosolymitani ad Libros V. T. Commentarii Arabici Specimen una cum … Continue reading “Tanchum”

Tanchelm

Tanchelm (TANCHELIN, TANQUELIN), a fanatic who lived in the 11th century, and was identified with the opposition current in that age against the ecclesiasticism then prevailing. We are told that he despised the Church and the clergy, from the pope downward, and claimed that the true Church inhered in him and his followers; that the … Continue reading “Tanchelm”

Tanagra

Tanagra A titular see in Hellas, suffragan of Corinth; it was a town of Bœotia, in a fertile plain on the right bank of the Æsopus. It was also called Poemandria and its territory Poemandris. In 457 B. C. the Athenians were defeated near Tanagra by the Lacedæmonians, but early in the following year they … Continue reading “Tanagra”

Tanach

Tanach (Jos 21:25). SEE TAANACH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Tanach Jos 21:25. (See TAANACH.) Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary Tanach tanak (, tanakh, , taanakh). See TAANACH. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Tanach [Ta’nach] See TAANACH. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary Tanach See Taanach Taanach Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible Tanach Ta’nach. A slight … Continue reading “Tanach”