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A wide wooden fork used to toss threshed grain into the air. The wind carries the chaff away; the heavier grai…

A binding agreement between two parties, sealed by a sign — a meal, a sacrifice, a mark on the body. Used thro…

Solomon builds the Temple. The kingdom splits in two after his death. Elijah confronts Ahab on Mount Carmel.

Priest of Anathoth called to prophesy from the thirteenth year of Josiah through Jerusalem’s fall in 586 BC. A…

Eighth-century prophet of Moresheth in the Shephelah, contemporary of Isaiah. Foretold Samaria’s ruin, Bethleh…

Two covenants Christian theology sets in contrast: the Mosaic covenant given to Israel at Sinai, sealed with t…