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Paliography |
Study of all writing |
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Hypothesis |
A educated guess |
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sitz in leban |
the context in a situation |
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Sons of Light |
a sect of judism, that had biblical scrolls |
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Apocalyptic Literature |
genre of prophetical writing that developed in post-Exilic Jewish culture and was popular among millennialist early Christians |
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Digital Reconstruction |
The image of a point source |
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DNA testing |
is the genetic blueprint that determines a person's biological characteristics |
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Archaeology |
The systematic study of past human life and culture by the recovery and examination of remaining material evidence, such as graves, buildings, tools, and pottery. |
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Anthropology |
The scientific study of the origin and behavior of man, including the development of societies and cultures |
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Geology |
the science that deals with the dynamics and physical history of the earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the physical, chemical, and biological changes that the earth has undergone or is undergoing. |
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Dead Sea |
a salt lake between Israel and Jordan: the lowest lake in the world. 46 mi. (74 km) long; 10 mi. (16 km) wide; 1293 ft. (394 m) below sea level |
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Qumran |
An ancient village of Palestine on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea in the West Bank east of Jerusalem. It is noted for the caves in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. |
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Dead Sea Scrolls |
a number of leather, papyrus, and copper scrolls dating from c100 b.c. to a.d. 135, containing partial texts of some of the books of the Old Testament and some non-Biblical scrolls, in Hebrew and Aramaic, and including apocryphal writings, commentaries, hymns, and psalms: found in caves near the NW coast of the Dead Sea beginning in 1947 |
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Parable |
a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson. |
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Hymn |
a song or ode in praise or honor of God, a deity, a nation, etc |
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Geneology |
a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc |
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Legend |
a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical. |
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Myth |
1. a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, esp. one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature. |
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Proverbs |
1. a short popular saying, usually of unknown and ancient origin, that expresses effectively some commonplace truth or useful thought; adage; saw. |
