Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Rosin properly naphtha (; Vulg. naphtha, so thee Peshito-Syriac). In the Song of the Three Children (Jdt 2:23), the servants of the king of Babylon are said to have ceased not to make the oven hot with rosin. pitch, tow, and small wood. Pliny (2, 101) mentions naphtha as a product of Babylonia, similar in … Continue reading “Rosin”

ROSICRUCIANS A name assumed by a sect or cabal of hermetical philosophers, who arose, as it has been said, or at least became first taken notice of in Germany, in the beginning of the fourteenth century. They bound themselves together by a solemn secret, which they all swore inviolably to preserve; and obliged themselves, at … Continue reading “Rosicrucians”

Rosh hasshanah The first day of Tishri (October), the seventh month of the Hebrew year, and, next to Yom Kippur, or Day of Atonement, the greatest feast of the Hebrews. It is ordained in the words “The seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall keep a sabbath, a memorial, with the … Continue reading “Rosh hasshanah”

Rosh Hashanah The first day of Tishri (October), the seventh month of the Hebrew year. Two trumpets are mentioned in the Bible, the shophar and hacocerah. The latter was a long, straight, slender, silver clarion, liturgically a priestly instrument. The shophar was made of horn, as we see from its now and then being called … Continue reading “Rosh Hashanah”

Rosh hash-Shanah SEE TALMUD. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Rosh (Heb. Rosh, , head, as often; Sept. ), the name of a man and perhaps of a people. SEE GALL. 1. The seventh named of ten sons of Benjamin, each of whom was head of a family in Israel (Gen 46:21). B.C. cir. 1880. He is perhaps identical with the RAPHA of 1Ch 8:2. … Continue reading “Rosh”

Rosewell, Thomas (1) an English clergyman, was born near Bath in 1630, and educated at Pembroke College, Oxford. He became rector of Sutton Mandeville in 1657, was ejected for nonconformity in 1662, and was settled as minister at Rotherhithe in 1674. He was tried for high treason in 1684 by judge Jeffreys for some expressions … Continue reading “Rosewell, Thomas (2)”

Rosette an ornament in front of the hat worn by prelates, dignitaries in a cathedral, and archdeacons. Savage (Progress of a Divine, 1735) says, He gained a cassock, beaver, and a rose. Walcott, Sac. Archoeol. s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Rosetta Stone SEE HIEROGLYPHICS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Roser, Jacob a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Sondershausen, September 21, 1641, studied at different universities, and died at Quedlinburg, November 6, 1689, superintendent and court-preacher. He wrote, De Manifestatione Nominis Jehovah ad Exo 6:2 : De Fictitia Denominatione Missae a Papicolis ex Deu 16:10 : De Dagone 1Sa 5:2-4 : De Morte … Continue reading “Roser, Jacob”