Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Abulafia, Abraham Ben-Samuel the founder of, a Cabalistic school called the school of Abulafia, was born at Saragossa in 1240, and died about 1292. For thirty years he devoted himself to the study of the Bible, the Talmud, philology, philosophy, and medicine, making himself master of the then existing philosophical writings. Finding no comfort in … Continue reading “Abulafia, Abraham Ben-Samuel”

Abul-faraj, Gregory (ABUL-PHARAGIUS, or ABULFARADASCH), (called also Bar-Hebraeus, from his father having been originally a Jew), was the son of Aaron, a physician of Malatia, in Armenia, and was born in 1226, and, like his father, was a Jacobite. He applied himself to the study of the Syriac and Arabic languages, philosophy, theology, and medicine: … Continue reading “Abul-faraj, Gregory”

Abujahja is, according to the teachings of Islam, the angel of death, who separates the soul from the body. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Abudiente, Moses Ben-Gideon a Jewish native of Lisbon in the early part of the 17th century, is the author of Grammatica Hebraica (Hamb. 1633), Hebrew and Portuguese: also Fin de los Dias, which treats of the end of time, as foretold by the prophets. See Furst, Bibl. Jud 1:1; Jud 1:15; De’ Rossi, Dizionario Storico … Continue reading “Abudiente, Moses Ben-Gideon”

Abudad in Persian mythology, was the bull which Ormuzd first created, and in which lay the germ of all life. Ahriman sent out two evil genii to kill the bull, which in dying prophesied the final overthrow of evil. Out of his right fore-part sprang the first man, out of his left fore-part sprang the … Continue reading “Abudad”

Abudacnus, Joseph a learned Orientalist, Was born at Cairo, in Egypt, in the 17th century. For some time he was professor of Arabic at Oxford. He then went to Louvain, where he instructed in the Oriental languages. He is the author of Historia Jacobitarum seu Coptorum in Egypto, Libya, etc., Habitantium, published at Oxford in … Continue reading “Abudacnus, Joseph”

Abucara, Theodore A bishop of Caria in Syria; d., probably, in 770. In his anti-heretical dialogues (P.G., XCVII, 1461-1609) he claimed frequently to reproduce the identical words of the great Eastern theologian, St. John of Damascus, whose disciple he was. St. John addressed to him three famous discourses in defence of the sacred images. There … Continue reading “Abucara, Theodore”

Abubus (, prob. of Syrian origin), the father of Ptolemy, the general of Antiochus, who slew Simon Maccabaeus (1Ma 16:11; 1Ma 16:15). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Abubus ABUBUS.Father of Ptolemy the murderer of Simon the Maccabee (1Ma 16:11; 1Ma 16:15). Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Abubus a-bubus (, Aboubos): The … Continue reading “Abubus”

Abu-Said of Egypt is known as the author of an Arabic version of the Samaritan Pentateuch, which he made about 1070, on the basis of the Arabic translation of Saadias. Like the original Samaritan, it avoids anthropomorphisms and anthropopathisms, replacing the latter by euphemisms, besides occasionally making some slight alterations, more especiaily in proper names. … Continue reading “Abu-Said”

Abu-Isaac, Ben-Assal a learned Maronite, who flourished about the year 1240, is said to be the author of An Exposition of the Apocalypse, written in Arabic; An Exposition of the Four Gospels; An Exposition of the Gospel of St. John; An Exposition of the Lord’s Prayer; An Exposition of the Nicene Creed; and Magma Osuteldin, … Continue reading “Abu-Isaac, Ben-Assal”