Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Semmes, Raphael Naval officer. Born on 27 September 1809 in Charles County, Maryland; died on 30 September 1877 at Point Clear, Alabama. Served with distinction in the United States Navy while simultaneously studying law and being admitted to the bar. Appointed naval commander in the Confederate Navy at the outbreak of the Civil War, and … Continue reading “Semmes, Raphael”

Semmelweiss, Ignaz Philipp Physician, discoverer of infection as cause of puerperal fever. Born on 1 July 1818 in Buda, Hungary; died on 13 August 1865 in Vienna, Austria. After being assistant at the obstetrical clinic at Vienna, in 1850 he became head of Saint Roch’s hospital in Pest, and professor of obstetrics. He died in … Continue reading “Semmelweiss, Ignaz Philipp”

Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp Physician and discoverer of the cause of puerperal fever, b. Ofen (Buda), 1 July, 1818; d. at Vienna, 13 August, 1865. The son of a German merchant, he became a medical student at Vienna in 1837, and after he had taken a philosophical course at Pesth, continued his medical studies there, obtaining … Continue reading “Semmelweis, Ignaz Philipp”

Semler, Johann Salomo a German theologian in the latter half of the 18th century, who became notorious as the founder of the modern school of so called historical critics of the Bible. He was born in 1725 at Saalfeld, where his father held the office of deacon; and from his earliest childhood came under the … Continue reading “Semler, Johann Salomo”

Semitic Languages SEE SHEMITIC LANGUAGES. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Semitic Languages Semit’ic Languages. See Shemitic Languages; Hebrew Languages. Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Semitic Epigraphy Semitic epigraphy is a new science, dating only from the past fifty years. At the beginning of the eighteenth century European scholars sought in vain to decipher two Palmyran inscriptions which had been discovered at Rome. At the end of the century Swinton in England and the Abbé Barthélemy in France succeeded in … Continue reading “Semitic Epigraphy”

Semites, Semitic Religion semts, sem-itik 1.Biblical References 2.The Five Sons of Shem 3.Original Home of the Semites 4.Confusion with Other Races 5.Reliability of Genesis 10 6.Semitic Languages 7.Semitic Religion (1)Its Peculiar Theism (2)Personality of God (3)Its View of Nature (4)The Moral Being of God LITERATURE 1. Biblical References: The words Semites, Semitic, do not occur … Continue reading “Semites, Semitic Religion”

Semites A group of peoples whose home is Asia and Africa, reputed descendants of Sem, son of Noe. In historic times all western Asia, with the exception of Asia Minor, was Semitic, and philologically the race is divided into four chief groups: Babylonian-Assyrian, Chanaanite, Aramaic, and Arabian. The tribes which inhabited these territories show in … Continue reading “Semites”

Semis (, v.r. v, ), a Graecized form (1Es 9:23) of the name SHIMEI SEE SHIMEI (q.v.) the Levite after the return from Babylon (Ezr 10:23). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Semis semis: the King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American) SEMEIS (which see). Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Semipelagianism The doctrines first put forward by Cassian, Abbot of Saint Victor at Marseilles, and which amounted to a compromise between the Augustinian explanation of grace and that held by the Pelagians. According to Cassian and his followers God’s grace sometimes awaits man’s free cooperation the beginning of faith is in one’s power salvation, always … Continue reading “Semipelagianism”