Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Ramath – mizpeh (Heb. Ramath’ ham- Aitspeh’, , high-place of the watch- tower; Sept. , v. r. ; Vulg. Ramath Masphe). In defining the boundaries of the tribe of Gad, Joshua states that Moses gave them inheritance… : from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim (Jos 13:26). This place is nowhere else mentioned; and it appears … Continue reading “Ramath – mizpeh”

Ramath A city of Simeon. Jos 19:8 Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

Ramanuja A renowned Indian thinker and theologian of the 11th cent A.D. who restated within the tradition of Vishnuism (q.v.) the doctrines of the Vedanta (q.v.) in that he assumed world and soul to be a transformation of God variously articulated. — K.F.L. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Ramanandis a Hindiu sect which addressed its devotions particularly to Ramachandra, and the divine manifestations connected with Vishnu in that incarnation. The originator of this sect was Raminand, who is calculated by Prof. H. H. Wilson to have flourished in the end of the 14th or beginning of the 15th century. he resided at Benares, … Continue reading “Ramanandis”

Ramah Of Naphtali Er-Ramieh lies seven miles and a quarter south-west of Safed, and is described in the Memoirs accompanying the Ordnance Survey (1:202) as “a small stone village, containing about one hundred and fifty Muoslems, situated on a hill-top in a valley, with a few figs, olives, and arable land; the valley to the … Continue reading “Ramah Of Naphtali”

Ramah Of Benjamin Er-Raim lies five miles north of Jerusalem, and this “a small village in a conspicuous position on the top of a high white hill, with olives. It. has a well to the south. . . . The houses are of stone, partly built from old materials” (Memoirs to Ordnance Survey, 3:13). The … Continue reading “Ramah Of Benjamin”

Ramah Of Asher The Ordnance Map exhibits no name corresponding to this in the required locality except Khurbet Rumeh, which lies six miles and a half from the shore, between Ez-Zib (Ecdippa) and Ras en-Nakurah, and is described in the accompanying Memoirs (1:180) as: “heaps of scattered stones; a few cisterns.” Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Ramah Of Asher”

Ramah (Ramoth) Of The South RAMAH (RAMOTH) OF THE SOUTH.See Ramah, No. 8. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible

RAMAH Plural RAMOTH, an eminence; and hence many places in Palestine are named Ramah, Ramath, Ramath, Ramathaim, etc. Sometimes the same place is called by one or other of these names indiscriminately, all signifying the same, 2Ki 8:28,29 . Sometimes Rama, Or Ramoth, is joined to another name, to determine the place of such city … Continue reading “RAMAH”

Ramadan the ninth month in the Mohammedan year. In it Mohammed received his first revelation, and every believer is therefore enjoined to keep a strict fast throughout its entire course, from the dawn when a white thread call be distinguished from a black thread to sunset. Eating, drinking, smoking, bathing, smelling perfumes, and other bodily … Continue reading “Ramadan”