TAANACH — (Heb. תַּצֲנָךְ ,תַּעְנַךְ), Canaanite city state, identified with Tell Ti ʿ innik, about 5 mi. (8 km.) S.E. of Megiddo. The earliest city flourished during the 27th–25th centuries B.C.E. (end of early Bronze Age II to the first half of Early… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Taanach — A sandy place, an ancient royal city of the Canaanites, on the south western border of the plain of Esdraelon, 4 miles south of Megiddo. Its king was conquered by Joshua (12:21). It was assigned to the Levites of the family of Kohath (17:11… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
HEBREW LANGUAGE — This entry is arranged according to the following scheme: pre biblical biblical the dead sea scrolls mishnaic medieval modern period A detailed table of contents precedes each section. PRE BIBLICAL nature of the evidence the sources phonology… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
POPULATION — THE JEWISH POPULATION Growth by Aliyah In 1882 the Jewish population of Ereẓ Israel numbered some 24,000, roughly 5% of the total, and about 0.3% of the world Jewish population. Since then there has been an almost continuous flow of aliyah, which … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Megiddo partof= campaign= caption=Aerial view of Tel Megiddo from the north east. date=16 April 1457 BC (9 May traditional) place=Megiddo, Israel casus=Canaanite uprising territory= result=Egyptian… … Wikipedia
Amarna letters — The Amarna letters (sometimes Amarna correspondence or Amarna tablets ) are an archive of correspondence on clay tablets, mostly diplomatic, between the Egyptian administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru during the New Kingdom.… … Wikipedia
WRITING — (Scripts, Materials, and Inscriptions). SCRIPTS AND MATERIALS General Survey From the end of the third millennium B.C.E., the art of writing was practiced in the ancient Near East (see alphabet ). Here, the pictographic, cuneiform, and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
List of Biblical names — This is a list of names from the Bible, mainly taken from the 19th century public domain resource: : Hitchcock s New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible by Roswell D. Hitchcock, New York: A. J. Johnson, 1874, c1869.Each name is given with its … Wikipedia
Biblical archaeology — Part of a series on The Bible … Wikipedia
Schlacht bei Megiddo — Satellitenbild der Region Datum 26 … Deutsch Wikipedia