Artapanus — Artapanus, also spelled Artapanas, may refer to:*A General in the Persian army under Xerxes; see Artapanus (General) *A Jewish historian from the 2nd century BC; see Artapanus of Alexandria … Wikipedia
Artapanus — est un général perse sous Xerxès Ier. Selon l’Histoire de Perse de Ctésias, Artapanus dirige la première vague perse contre les Spartes lors de la bataille des Thermopyles en 480 av. J. C. Bien qu il ait dirigé une force de 10 000 hommes,… … Wikipédia en Français
Moses — For other uses, see Moses (disambiguation). Moses Moses … Wikipedia
BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MOSES — (Heb. מֹשֶׁה; LXX, Mōusēs; Vulg. Moyses), leader, prophet, and lawgiver (set in modern chronology in the first half of the 13th century B.C.E.). Commissioned to take the Israelites out of Egypt, Moses led them from his 80th year to his death at… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Moses in Judeo-Hellenistic literature — The Biblical character Moses is discussed or alluded to in surviving works by a number of Judeo Hellenic or Judeo Roman authors, including Eupolemus, Artapanus, Josephus, and Philo, as well as the non Jewish Hellenistic authors discussed in the… … Wikipedia
Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… … Universalium
Moses in Hellenistic literature — While the Pentateuch represents Moses as the greatest of all prophets, to whom the Lord made Himself known face to face (Deut. xxxiv. 10; comp. Num. xii. 7), and who, when descending Mount Sinai, had a halo about his head which so filled the… … Wikipedia
HELLENISTIC JEWISH LITERATURE — To a general historian the term Hellenistic describes the literature of the period from the death of Alexander the Great (323 B.C.E.) until Rome s predominance in the Mediterranean (c. 30 B.C.E.). Sometimes the same general term is used to refer… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HELLENISM — HELLENISM, term generally used by historians to refer to the period from the death of Alexander the Great (323 B.C.E.) to the death of Cleopatra and the incorporation of Egypt in the Roman Empire in 30 B.C.E. Egypt was the last important survivor … Encyclopedia of Judaism
