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- α45ἈβιμέλεχAbimelech… whereas the MT contains אלהים elohīm to be interpreted as "gods" — not "God." That the translation warrants a plural is supported by the antiquity of the original motif (Boling, Judges (Anchor), 173-74.15; 175.20). …
- α69ἈβραάμAbraham… Use of tu/pos here is twofold: 1) To assert that God's appearance to Abraham was indirect (echoing Philo, On Abraham, XVII.79-80); 2) To impart, as if a corollary of tu/pos in Romans 5:14, that …
- δ1170Διονύσιος ὁ ἈρεωπαγίτηςDionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the Areopagite… of Christian faith against pagan worship. [11] "which comes from God": literally “the wisdom of God”, the knowledge of things created, philosophy; The expression comes from Paul (see below). [12] See n.11. [13] Amos …
- μ147ΜάνηςManes, Mani… 2) is set in contrast to the proper contract with God. [3] The Acts of Archelaus (cf. kappa 2174) gives this name or nationality to the father of Terebinthus. It perhaps represents a derogatory …
- ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… by ancient commentators to be used in praying to the gods as e)/popoi 'overseers' (web address 1). The word e)/popos, with recessive accent, is attested only in scholarly works (Eustathius, Commentary on the Iliad …
- ε2405ἘπίκουροςEpicurus, Epikouros… -- on individuals guilty of being an "enemy of the gods"; this means, in the surviving fragments, people held to adhere to the Epicurean school. The attitude towards Epicurean doctrine that Aelian displays is …