Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Ahamkara (Skr.) Literally “I-maker”, the principle generating the consciousness of one’s ego or personal identity; the ground of apperception. — K.F.L. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Aham brahma asmi (Skr.) “I am brahman”, the formula of the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad 1.4.10, denoting the full coincidence of the human and divine, arrived at not so much by a spontaneous mystic insight as by logical deduction from the nature of world and self. — K.F.L. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Ahalya in Hindft mythology, was the daughter of Brama of wonderful beauty. The god of the sun, Indra, fell in love with her, and won her favor when her husband Gautama, a priest, was absent.. The angry husband cursed the god, and in consequence thereof a singular punishment was inflicted upon the latter. On his … Continue reading “Ahalya”

Ahalim and Ahaloth SEE ALOE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Ahair, John a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in North Carolina, about 1768. He was a devout, zealous Christian, and labored in the ministry three years, dying in Nov. 1794. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1795, p. 60. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Ahadith a name for the Mohammedan traditions, which are alleged to amount to 5266 in number. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Ahad SEE ACHAD. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Ahabath Olam ( , eternal love), one of the benedictions which the Jews who were dispersed over the whole Roman empire in the time of our Lord daily recited before the reading of the Shema. It ran thus: “Thou hast loved us, O Lord our God, with eternal love; thou hast spared us with great … Continue reading “Ahabath Olam”

Ahab and Zedekiah ahab, zed-e-ka (, ‘ah’abh, uncle; , cidhkyahu, Yahweh is my righteousness): Ahab, son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah, son of Maaseiah, were two prophets against whom Jeremiah uttered an oracle for prophesying falsely in the name of Yahweh, and for immoral conduct. They should be delivered over to Nebuchadrezzar and be slain, and … Continue reading “Ahab and Zedekiah”

AHAB 1. The sixth king of Israel, succeeded his father Omri B. C. 918, and reigned twenty-two years. His wife was Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal king of Tyre; an ambitious and passionate idolatress, through whose influence the worship of Baal and Ashtoreth was introduced in Israel. Ahab erected in Samaria a house of Baal, and … Continue reading “Ahab”