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1.   NAMES OF GOD.    
Like other Hebrew proper names, the name of God is more than a mere distinguishing title. It represents the Hebrew ... 

2.   ALPHABET, THE HEBREW:    
The characters of the Hebrew Alphabet are derived from the so-called Phenician or Old Semitic letters, to which almost all ... 

3.   CABALA.    
The specific term for the esoteric or mystic doctrine concerning God and the universe, asserted to have come down as ... 

4.   JESUS OF NAZARETH.    
Founder of Christianity; born at Nazareth about 2 B.C. (according to Luke iii. 23); executed at Jerusalem 14th of Nisan, ... 

5.   TALMUD    
Name of two works which have been preserved to posterity as the product of the Palestinian and Babylonian schools during ... 

6.   ANGELOLOGY.    
Angelology is that branch of theology which treats of angels. Angels (from αγγελōς = messenger, Greek equivalent of the Hebrew ... 

7.   URIM AND THUMMIM.    
Objects connected with the breastplate of the high priest, and used as a kind of divine oracle. Since the days ... 

8.   AZAZEL    
The name of a supernatural being mentioned in connection with the ritual of the Day of Atonement (Lev. xvi.). After ... 

9.   KOL NIDRE    
Prayer recited in the synagogue at the beginning of the evening service on the Day of Atonement; the name is ... 

10.   NEBUCHADNEZZAR.    
The son of Nabopolassar; became king of Babylon in 604 B.C. as Assyria was on the decline; died 561.His name, ... 

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