Rabble rab’l: This word is not found in the King James Version. the Revised Version (British and American) has it once as the translation of , agoraos (literally, lounger in the market place), in Act 17:5, where it replaces baser sort of the King James Version. It has the common meaning of an unruly, lawless … Continue reading “Rabble”
Rabbith
Rabbith (Heb. Rabbith’ [always with the art.], multitude; Sept. v. r. ), a city in the tribe of Issachar (Jos 19:20). Schwarz (Palest. p. 166) found a village, Arubuni, three English miles west of Beth- shean, which he is disposed to identify with the Rebbo of Jerome, and the Rabbith of Joshua. But this is … Continue reading “Rabbith”
Rabbit
Rabbit See Hare Fuente: Plants Animals Of Bible
Rabbinism
rabbinism The teachings and traditions of the rabbis. The rise of rabbinism was gradual. It stretched back to the time of Esdras and Nehemiah, if not beyond it. It is a synthesis of the opinions of Jewish scholars of the East and the West from the aforesaid probable date of origin to the end of … Continue reading “Rabbinism”
Rabbinical Dialect
Rabbinical Dialect By this term we understand that form of the Hebrew language in which the principal Scripture commentators among the rabbins wrote, as Kimchi, Aben-Ezra, Abrabanel, Rashi, together with the Mishna, the Jewish Prayer- books, etc. Books in this dialect are generally printed in a round character, more resembling writing than the ordinary square … Continue reading “Rabbinical Dialect”
Rabbinic Bibles
Rabbinic Bibles also called Mikraoth Gedoloth ( ), or Great Bibles, is the name given to the following Hebrew Bibles, which, besides the original text, also contain the commentaries of sundry Jewish rabbins. 1. , fol. This is the first Rabbinic Bible published by Bomberg, and carried through the press by Felix Pratensis (q.v.) (Venice, … Continue reading “Rabbinic Bibles”
Rabbim
Rabbim SEE BATH-RABBIM. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
RABBI AND RABBONI
RABBI AND RABBONI See RAB. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Rabbi and Rabbinism
Rabbi and Rabbinism The special condition which prevailed in Palestine after the Restoration led to the gradually increasing importance of the Temple, and of the priesthood ministering in it. The spirit of Esdras’s reform outlasted the reformer and survived in the authority henceforth attached to the Law, an authority soon to overshadow the prestige of … Continue reading “Rabbi and Rabbinism”
Rabbi
rabbi (Hebrew: rab, lord, teacher) In the Old Testament, the epithet rab denoted any eminent title of office, even the general of an army (Jeremiah 39). In the New Testament rabbi is the honorable title by which disciples addressed their Master. Thus Christ was usually addressed by His disciples and by the people. The epithet … Continue reading “Rabbi”