King of Syria from 175 B.C. His policy of attaining political unity by propagating Greek culture met with violent resistance from the Jews. In 170 B.C. he attacked Jerusalem and spoiled the Temple, and in 168 B.C. made a renewed and fiercer onslaught in a determination to exterminate Judaism. This led to the Maccabean revolt, after which Antiochus [..]

The biblical books received by the early church as part of the Greek version of the Old Testament

Commands that begin with "do" or "do not", such as "When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field" (Fee & Stuart).

The Semitic language which was the vernacular in Palestine in the time of Christ, and which he himself almost certainly used (Cross, The Oxford Dictionary Of The Christian Church).

"Army of the Lord"

Meaning "lord," Baal, the god worshiped by the Canaanites and Phoenicians, was variously known to them as the son of Dagon

Ban (herem)

Denotes a collection or list of books accepted as an authoritative rule of faith and practice. The Christian canon varies according to Protestant, Roman Catholic, or Eastern Orthodox traditions (Soulen, Handbook of Biblical Criticism).

In Old Testament form criticism

The highest of the nine orders of angels. In the Old Testament