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81MASORAH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: 1. THE TRANSMISSION OF THE BIBLE 1.1. THE SOFERIM 1.2. WRITTEN TRANSMISSION 1.2.1. Methods of Writing 1.2.1.1. THE ORDER OF THE BOOKS 1.2.1.2. SEDARIM AND PARASHIYYOT …
82MIDRASH LEKAḤ TOV — (Heb. מִדְרַשׁ לֶקַח טוֹב), a late 11th century Midrash on the Pentateuch and Five Scrolls by Tobias b. Eliezer. The author called it Lekaḥ Tov ( good doctrine ) on the basis of its opening verse (Prov. 4:2): For I give you good doctrine which he …
83SAADIAH (Ben Joseph) GAON — (882–942), greatest scholar and author of the geonic period and important leader of Babylonian Jewry. Saadiah was born in Pithom (Abu Suweir), in the Faiyum district in Egypt. Little is known about his family except that his opponents slandered… …
84TABERNACLE — (Lat. tabernaculum, tent ; taberna, hut ; the word renders the Heb. mishkan), the portable sanctuary constructed by the Children of Israel in the wilderness at the command of God. (The word has no connection with the Festival of Tabernacles –… …
85Halakha — Part of a series on …
86John Chrysostom — This article is about the Christian saint. For other uses, see Chrysostomos (disambiguation). Saint John Chrysostom East: Great Hierarch and Ecumenical Teacher West: Bishop and Doctor of the Church Born …
87Mahayana — Mahāyāna Buddhism …
88Preterism — is a variant of Christian eschatology which holds that some or all of the biblical prophecies concerning the Last Days or End Times refer to events which actually happened in the first century after Christ s birth. The term preterism comes from… …
89Satanic Verses — For the novel by Salman Rushdie, see The Satanic Verses. Part of a series on the Quran …
90Rabbinic literature — See also: Rabbinic Judaism and Oral Torah Part of a series of articles on Jews and Judaism …
