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Ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates in southern Mesopotamia. Abraham's birthplace, called 'Ur of the Chalde…

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…

Israel's escape from slavery in Egypt under Moses, the giving of the Law at Sinai, and the building of the tab…

Priestly handbook from Sinai. Sacrifices, festivals, food laws, and the holiness code. The book that teaches I…

Forty years of wandering in the wilderness between Sinai and Canaan. Two generations: the one that came out of…