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Chananja ben-Teradion a Jewish teacher of the 2nd century, was one of the ten martyrs who died in the revolt of Bar-Cochba. He was found engaged in the perusal of a roll of the law. To the question how he had ventured to defy the imperial edict, he replied by appealing to the higher duty … Continue reading “Chananja ben-Teradion”

Chananel Ben-Chushiel a rabbi of Kairwan, in Africa, was born about 990, and died about 1050. He was one of the greatest teachers of his time, and is the author of a commentary on the Pentateuch and Ezekiel. He also wrote a commentary on the Talmudic treatise Makkoth. See Dr. Berliner’s Migdal Channel, sein Leben … Continue reading “Chananel Ben-Chushiel”

Chanamal SEE FROST. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Chanaanites Descendants of Chanaan, son of Cham , who inhabited all of western Palestine between the Jordan and the Mediterranean coast. They came into Palestine from the north about 3000 B.C., and for a long time were under Babylonian influence. Their civilization was progressive, as shown by their use of bronze, iron, and other metals, … Continue reading “Chanaanites”

Chanaanite (), another form for CANAANITE (Jdt 5:16). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Chanaan, land of (Semitic: kana, to bow down; hence, lowlands) Term applied in a limited sense by biblical writers to the northern coast of modern Palestine, or Phenicia; or to the lowland of the Philistines on the southern coast. They identify it more generally with the whole of Western Palestine, including the mountainous districts occupied … Continue reading “Chanaan, land of”

Chanaan, Chanaanites (Canaan, Canaanites). The Hebrew word Kenaan, denoting a person, occurs: in the Old Testament as the name of one of Ham’s sons; in a lengthened form, Kenaanah (D.V., Chanana, Canaana) as the name of two other people (1 Chronicles 7:10; 2 Chronicles 18:10); denoting a country, as the name of the region of … Continue reading “Chanaan, Chanaanites”

Chanaan, Chanaanite kanan, kana-an, kanan-t (, Chanaan), the King James Version in the Apocrypha (Judith 5:3, 16) and New Testament (Act 7:11; Act 13:19) for the Revised Version (British and American) CANAAN; CANAANITES (which see). Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Chanaan See Canaan. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Chanaan (X), a mode of Anglicizing, or, rather, Graecizing the name CANAAN in the A. V. of the Apocrypha and N.T. (Jdt 5:3; Jdt 5:9-10; Bar 3:22; Sus. 56; 1Ma 9:37; Act 7:11; Act 13:19). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Chanaan [Cha’naan] Act … Continue reading “Chanaan”

Ch’an wei Prognostics in 300 B.C.-400 A.D., a system represented by a group of prophetic writings called ch’an and a group of apocryphal “complements” or “woofs” to the Confucian classics, called wei, in an attempt to interpret the classics in terms of medieval Chinese theology, the theory of correspondence between man and the universe, and … Continue reading “Ch’an wei”