The Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch is designed to be your first stop in the study and research of the Pentateuch, on which the rest of the Bible is built.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• How to Use This Dictionary
• Abbreviations
• Transliterations
• List of Contributors
• A
• AARON
• AARONIC/AARONIDE PRIESTHOOD.
• AARON'S ROD.
• ABEL
• ABIHU.
• ABIMELECH
• ABRAHAM
• ABRAHAMIC COVENANT(S).
• ABRAM.
• ABORTION.
• ADAM
• ʾĀDÔN ĂDŌNNAY.
• ADULTERY.
• AGRICULTURE
• ALIEN, FOREIGN RESIDENT
• ALIENATION.
• ALPHABET.
• ALTAR OF INCENSE.
• ALTARS
• AMARNA TEXTS.
• AMMONITES.
• AMORITES.
• ANACHRONISMS.
• ANCESTORS, VENERATION OF.
• ANCESTRAL RELIGION.
• ANGEL OF THE LORD.
• ANIMAL HUSBANDRY.
• ANIMALS.
• APODITIC LAW.
• ARCHAEOLOGY
• ARK, NOAH'S.
• ARK OF THE COVENANT.
• ARK OF THE TESTIMONY.
• ARMY.
• ARTS AND CRAFTS
• ASHER
• ASSEMBLY, SACRED.
• ASTROLOGY.
• ASYLUM.
• ATONEMENT.
• ATONEMENT, DAY OF
• ATRAHASIS EPIC.
• AUTHORITY.
• AUTHORSHIP OF THE PENTATEUCH
• AZAZEL.
• B
• BABEL
• BALAAM
• BALAK.
• BAN.
• BARLEY.
• BASIN, BRONZE.
• BATTLE.
• BEASTS OF BURDEN.
• BELIEVING.
• BENJAMIN
• BESTIALITY.
• BETROTHAL.
• BEZALEL.
• BIRDS.
• BLASPHEMY
• BLESSINGS AND CURSES
• BLOOD
• BLOOD KINSHIP.
• BODILY INJURIES, MURDER, MANSLAUGHTER
• BOOK OF THE COVENANT
• BORDERS
• BOUNDARIES.
• BREASTPIECE.
• BREATH OF LIFE.
• BURGLARY.
• BURIAL AND MOURNING
• BURNT OFFERING.
• C
• CAIN
• CALEB
• CALENDAR.
• CALF, GOLDEN.
• CAMELS.
• CAMP.
• CANAAN.
• CANAANITES.
• CASUISTIC LAW.
• CATTLE.
• CENSUS.
• CHAOS.
• CHARACTER FORMATION.
• CHERUBIM
• CHIEF PRIEST.
• CHIEFDOM.
• CHILDREN.
• CHOSEN PLACE.
• CHRISTOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION.
• CHRONOLOGY
• CIRCUMCISION
• CITIES OF REFUGE
• CITY, TOWN, CAMP
• CLAN.
• CLASSICAL HEBREW.
• CLAY.
• CLEAN.
• CLOTHING PREPARATION.
• CLOUD.
• COMPOSITION CRITICISM.
• NTAMINATION.
• COSMOGONY.
• COSMOLOGY
• COVENANT
• COVENANT AT MOAB.
• COVENANT CODE.
• COVENANT OF WORKS.
• COVENANT RENEWAL.
• CRAFTS.
• CREATIO EX NIHILO.
• CREATION
• CREATOR.
• CROPS.
• CURSES.
• D
• D.
• DAILY OFFERING.
• DAN
• DATE OF EXODUS.
• DAUGHTERS OF MAN.
• DAUGHTERS OF ZELOPHEHAD.
• DAY OF ATONEMENT.
• DEAD SEA SCROLLS.
• DEATH.
• DEBT, REMISSION OF.
• DECALOGUE
• DESERT.
• DEUTERONOMIC COVENANT.
• DEUTERONOMIST.
• DEUTERONOMY, BOOK OF
• DEVOTIONAL INTERPRETATION.
• DISEASE.
• DIVINATION, MAGIC
• DIVINE NAMES.
• DIVINE PROMISES.
• DIVORCE.
• DOCTRINAL INTERPRETATION.
• DOCUMENTARY HYPOTHESIS.
• DOMINION.
• DONKEYS.
• DOUBLETS.
• DREAMS
• DUST.
• DWELLING, DIVINE.
• E
• E.
• EARTH.
• EDEN, GARDEN OF
• EDOMITES.
• EGYPT, EGYPTIANS
• EGYPTIANS.
• EL ELYON.
• ELDERS.
• ELEAZAR
• ELECTION
• ELOHIM.
• ELOHIST.
• ENDOGAMY.
• EPHOD.
• EPHRAIM.
• ESAU, EDOMITES
• ETHICAL INTERPRETATION.
• ETHICS
• ETHNICITY.
• EVE
• EVIL
• EXILE
• EXODUS, BOOK OF
• EXODUS, DATE OF
• EXODUS ROUTE AND WILDERNESS ITINERARY
• F
• FAITH
• FALL
• FAMILIES.
• FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
• FAMINE.
• FARMING.
• FATHERHOOD OF GOD.
• FAVOR.
• FEASTS.
• FEMINIST INTERPRETATION.
• FERTILITY.
• FESTIVALS AND FEASTS
• FIGS.
• FIRMAMENT.
• FIRSTBORN.
• FIRSTFRUITS
• FLOCKS.
• FLOOD
• FOLKTALE.
• FOOD PREPARATION.
• FOODS, CLEAN AND UNCLEAN
• FOREIGNER.
• FORGIVENESS.
• FORM CRITICISM
• FORMGESCHICHTE.
• FRAUD.
• FULFILLMENT.
• G
• GAD
• GARDEN OF EDEN.
• GATTUNGSGESCHICHTE.
• GENDER OF GOD.
• GENEALOGIES
• GENESIS, BOOK OF
• GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES.
• GILGAMESH EPIC.
• GIRGASHITES.
• GLORY.
• GOATS.
• GOD.
• GOD, NAMES OF
• GOLDEN CALF
• GRACE
• GRADATIONS OF HOLINESS.
• GRAIN.
• GRAIN OFFERING.
• GRAPES.
• GROUND.
• GUILT.
• GUILT OFFERING.
• H
• HAGAR
• HAM.
• HARAN
• HARDNESS OF HEART
• HARLOTRY.
• HEALTH.
• HEART, HARD.
• HEBREW, CLASSICAL.
• HEIFER, RED.
• HERDS.
• ḤĒREM
• HERMENEUTICS
• ḤESED.
• HEXATEUCH.
• HIGH PRIEST.
• HIGHWAYS.
• HISTORICAL CREDO.
• HISTORICAL CRITICISM
• HITTITES.
• HIVITES.
• HOBAB.
• HOLINESS.
• HOLINESS CODE.
• HOLY AND HOLINESS, CLEAN AND UNCLEAN
• HOLY CAMP.
• HOLY OF HOLIES.
• HOLY PLACE.
• HOLY WAR.
• HOMOSEXUAL ACTS.
• HONEY.
• HONOR AND SHAME
• HORSES.
• HOSPITALITY.
• HOUSEHOLD GODS.
• HOUSEHOLDS.
• HUMANITY.
• I
• IDOLATRY.
• IDOLS, IDOLATRY, TERAPHIM, HOUSEHOLD GODS
• ILLNESS.
• IMAGE OF GOD
• IMAGO DEI.
• IMPERIALIST INTERPRETATION.
• IMPURITY.
• INCEST.
• INGATHERING, FEAST OF.
• INHERITANCE.
• INIQUITY.
• INJURY.
• ISAAC
• ISHMAEL
• ISRAELITES
• ISSACHAR
• J, K
• J.
• JACOB
• JACOB'S LADDER.
• JAHWIST.
• JAPHETH.
• JEALOUS GOD.
• JEBUSITES.
• J, E, D, P.
• JETHRO
• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH CLANS.
• JOSEPH NARRATIVE.
• JOSHUA
• JOSIANIC REFORM.
• JUBILEE.
• JUDAH
• JUDGE
• JUSTICE.
• KIDNAPPING.
• KING, LAW OF.
• KINSHIP.
• L
• LABAN.
• LAMPSTAND.
• LAND, FALLOW.
• LAND, FERTILITY, FAMINE
• LANGUAGE OF THE PENTATEUCH
• LAVER, BRONZE.
• LAW
• LAW, ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN.
• LAW COLLECTIONS.
• LEADERSHIP, ELDERS
• LEAH.
• LEATHER WORK.
• LEGEND.
• LEVI, LEVITES
• LEVITES.
• LEVITICUS, BOOK OF
• LEX TALIONIS.
• LIBERATION INTERPRETATION.
• LIFE, DISEASE AND DEATH
• LIGHT.
• LINEAR GENEALOGY.
• LITERACY.
• LITERARY/NARRATIVE CRITICISM
• LITERARY STRUCTURE OF THE PENTATEUCH
• LOT
• LOTS, CASTING.
• LOVE.
• M
• MAGIC.
• MANASSEH.
• MANNA
• MANSLAUGHTER.
• MÄRCHEN.
• MARK OF CAIN.
• MARRIAGE CUSTOMS.
• MARVEL.
• MASORETIC TEXT.
• MEASURES.
• MEDICAL CARE.
• MELCHIZEDEK
• MENORAH.
• MERCY.
• MERNEPTAH STELA.
• MESSIAH
• METAL WORKING.
• MIDIAN, MIDIANITES.
• MIDRASHIC INTERPRETATION.
• MIRIAM
• MISP0 AT” I9I9 M+.
• MOABITES.
• MODERN INTERPRETATION.
• MONOTHEISM.
• MORAL OBLIGATION.
• MORALITY.
• MORTALITY.
• MOSAIC AUTHORSHIP.
• MOSES
• MOST HOLY PLACE.
• MOUNT SINAI.
• MOURNING.
• MURDER.
• MURMURING
• MYTH.
• N
• NADAB AND ABIHU
• NAHOR
• NAMES, DIVINE.
• NAMES, PERSONAL.
• NAMES, PROPER.
• NAPHTALI
• NARRATIVE CRITICISM.
• NARRATOLOGY.
• NATIONS, TABLE OF
• NATIONS OF CANAAN
• NATURAL LAW.
• NAZIRITE VOW.
• NEPHILIM.
• NEW MOON.
• NEW YEAR.
• NOAH
• NOAHIC COVENANT.
• NOAH'S SONS.
• NOMADISM.
• NOVELLA.
• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, LARGE.
• O
• OFFERINGS.
• OLIVES.
• OMEN.
• ONOMASTICS.
• ORAL TRADITION.
• ORDER.
• ORIGINAL SIN.
• ORPHAN
• P, Q
• P.
• PARADISE.
• PASSOVER, FEAST OF.
• PASTORAL SOCIETY.
• PATRIARCHAL PROMISES.
• PATRIARCHAL RELIGION.
• PATRIARCHY.
• PEACE.
• PEACE OFFERING.
• PENTATEUCHAL CRITICISM, HISTORY OF
• PENTECOST.
• PERIZITTES.
• PESHITTA.
• PHARAOH
• PILGRIMAGE FEASTS.
• PILLAR OF FIRE.
• PLAGUES.
• POETICS.
• POLLUTION.
• POLYGAMY.
• POMEGRANATES.
• POSTMODERN INTERPRETATION.
• POTTERY.
• POVERTY.
• PREACHING FROM THE PENTATEUCH
• PRESENCE, DIVINE.
• PRIESTLY CLOTHING
• PRIESTLY SOURCE.
• PRIESTS, PRIESTHOOD
• PRIMEVAL HISTORY.
• PROGENY.
• PROMISED LAND.
• PROMISES, DIVINE
• PROPHECY.
• PROPHETS, PROPHECY
• PROSTITUTION.
• PROTOEVANGELIUM.
• PUNISHMENT, DIVINE.
• PURIFICATION OFFERING.
• PURITY.
• R
• RAAMSES AND PITHOM.
• RACHEL.
• RAINBOW
• RAPE.
• REBEKAH.
• RED HEIFER
• RED SEA.
• REFUGE.
• RELIGION
• REPARATION OFFERING.
• REPENTANCE
• REST, PEACE
• RETRIBUTION, PRINCIPLE OF.
• REUBEN
• REUEL.
• RIGHTEOUSNESS.
• ROADS.
• ROBBERY.
• ROD, STAFF
• ROYAL GRANT COVENANT.
• S
• SABBATH, SABBATICAL YEAR, JUBILEE
• SABBATICAL YEAR.
• SACRED.
• SACRED ASSEMBLY.
• SACRIFICE OF ISAAC.
• SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS
• SAGA.
• SALVATION.
• SAMARITAN PENTATEUCH.
• SANCTUARY.
• SARAH
• SATAN.
• SCAPEGOAT.
• SEA.
• SEA CREATURES.
• SEA OF REEDS.
• SEA TRAVEL.
• SEASONS.
• SEDUCTION.
• SEERS.
• SEGMENTED GENEALOGY.
• SEMITIC LANGUAGES.
• SEPTUAGINT.
• SERPENT
• SETH
• SEXUALITY, SEXUAL ETHICS
• SHALOM.
• SHAME.
• SHEEP.
• SHEM
• SICKNESS.
• SIGNS AND WONDERS
• SIMEON
• SIN, GUILT
• SIN OFFERING.
• SINAI.
• SINAI THEOPHANY.
• SINAITIC COVENANT.
• SITZ IM LEBEN.
• SKIN DISEASES.
• SLAVE, SLAVERY
• SLAVERY.
• SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
• SOCIAL STRUCTURE
• SOCIAL-SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES
• SOJOURNER.
• SONS OF GOD, DAUGHTERS OF MAN
• SOOTHSAYERS.
• SOURCE CRITICISM
• SPIRITISTS.
• SPOIL, PLUNDER.
• STAFF OF GOD.
• STEALING.
• STRUCTURALISM.
• SUBDUE.
• SUZERAIN-VASSAL TREATIES.
• T
• TABERNACLE
• TABERNACLES, FEAST OF.
• TABLE OF NATIONS.
• TABLE OF THE PRESENCE.
• TAMAR
• TAMID.
• TARGUMS.
• TELL DEIR ‘ALLA TEXTS.
• TEMPLE, COSMOS AS.
• TEMPTATION.
• TEN COMMANDMENTS.
• TEN WORDS.
• TENT OF MEETING.
• TERAH
• TERAPHIM.
• TESTING
• TETRAGRAMMATON.
• TETRATEUCH.
• TEXTUAL CRITICISM
• THEFT AND DEPRIVATION OF PROPERTY
• THEOGONY.
• THEOLOGY OF THE PENTATEUCH
• THEOMACHY.
• THEOPHANY
• TÔLĚDÔT,.
• TORAH.
• TOWER OF BABEL.
• TOWN.
• TRADITIO-HISTORICAL CRITICISM
• TRADITIONSGESCHICHTE.
• TRANSCENDENCE OF GOD.
• TRANSPORTATION.
• TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION
• TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL.
• TREE OF LIFE.
• TRIBES OF ISRAEL.
• ÜBERLIEFERUNGSGESCHICHTE.
• UNCLEAN.
• UNLEAVENED BREAD, FEAST OF.
• U, V
• UR
• URIM AND THUMMIM.
• USURY.
• UTNAPISHTIM.
• VILLAGE.
• VISIONS.
• W, X, Y, Z
• WANDERING IN WILDERNESS.
• WAR CAMP.
• WARFARE
• WEALTH AND POVERTY
• WEEKS, FEAST OF.
• WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
• WHEAT.
• WIDOW
• WILDERNESS, DESERT
• WOMEN
• WONDERS.
• WORLDVIEW.
• WORSHIP.
• WRATH.
• WRITING
• YAHWEH.
• YAHWIST.
• YHWH.
• YOM KIPPUR.
• ZEBULUN
• ZELOPHEHAD, DAUGHTERS OF
• ZIPPORAH.
• ZIUSUDRA.
• ZOOLOGY
• Maps