QUMRAN

Meaning of QUMRAN in English

Khirbat Qumran

Khirbet Qumran

Qumran Khirbat

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

QUMRĀN — Site on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947. Excavations less …
Английский словарь Британика
QUMRAN — /koom"rahn/ , n. See Khirbet Qumran . Also, Qûmran .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
QUMRAN — also spelled Kumran region on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, notable since 1947 as the site of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
QUMRAN — Site on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947. Excavations less …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
QUMRAN, KHIRBAT — geographical name see: Khirbat Qumran
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KHIRBET QUMRAN — geographical name see: Khirbat Qumran
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KHIRBAT QUMRAN — or Khirbet Qumran geographical name locality West Bank on Wadi Qumran near NW shore of Dead Sea; site of an …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KHIRBET QUMRAN — /kear"bet koom"rahn/ an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KHIRBET QUMRAN — see Khirbat Qumran
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUMRAN, KHIRBAT — — see Khirbat Qumran
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KHIRBAT QUMRAN — or Khir·bet Qum·ran kir-ˈbat-küm-ˈrän locality West Bank on Wadi Qumran near NW shore of Dead Sea; site of an Essene …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MANUAL OF DISCIPLINE — or Rule of the Community Major document produced by the Essene community of Jews. The manual, written on scrolls found …
Английский словарь Британика
DEAD SEA SCROLLS — Caches of ancient, mostly Hebrew, manuscripts found at several sites on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea (1947–56). The …
Английский словарь Британика
DAMASCUS DOCUMENT — or Zadokite Fragments Document associated with the ancient Jewish community at Qumrān . The group had fled to the desert …
Английский словарь Британика
TEXTUAL CRITICISM — the study of a literary or other work for the purpose of establishing the original form or a single definitive …
Britannica English vocabulary
EXEGESIS — the critical interpretation of the biblical text to discover its intended meaning. Both Jews and Christians have used various exegetical …
Britannica English vocabulary
DUALISM — in religion, the doctrine that the world (or reality) consists of two basic, opposed, and irreducible principles that account for …
Britannica English vocabulary
CALLIGRAPHY — writing as an art. The term derives from the Greek words for good or beautiful and for writing or drawing …
Britannica English vocabulary
BIBLICAL LITERATURE
Britannica English vocabulary
YEAR IN REVIEW 1998: ARCHAEOLOGY — Eastern Hemisphere. In 1997 stone tools from Ethiopia's Gona River were dated to between 2,600,000 and 2,520,000 years ago, which …
Britannica English vocabulary
WAR OF THE SONS OF LIGHT AGAINST THE SONS OF DARKNESS, THE — Hebrew Megillat Milhamat B'ne, or Beb'ne Hoshekh, also called War Rule, or War Scroll, a Dead Sea Scroll, and one …
Britannica English vocabulary
TWELVE PATRIARCHS, TESTAMENTS OF THE — pseudepigraphal work (not in any biblical canon) purporting to present the last words of the 12 sons of Jacobfounders of …
Britannica English vocabulary
SUKENIK, ELIEZER — born Aug. 12, 1889, Bialystok, Pol., Russian Empire died Feb. 28, 1953, Jerusalem, Israel in full Eliezer Lipa Sukenik Polish-born …
Britannica English vocabulary
MANUAL OF DISCIPLINE — also called Rule Of The Community, one of the most important documents produced by the Essene community of Jews, who …
Britannica English vocabulary
JUBILEES, BOOK OF — also called the Little Genesis, pseudepigraphal work (not included in any canon of scripture), most notable for its chronological schema, …
Britannica English vocabulary
ESSENE — member of a religious sect or brotherhood that flourished in Palestine from about the 2nd century BC to the end …
Britannica English vocabulary
ENOCH, FIRST BOOK OF — also called Ethiopic Book Of Enoch, pseudepigraphal work (not included in any canon of scripture) whose only complete extant version …
Britannica English vocabulary
DEAD SEA SCROLLS — ancient manuscripts (of leather, papyrus, and copper) discovered in desert caves and ancient ruins in the wilderness of Judaea. They …
Britannica English vocabulary
DAMASCUS DOCUMENT — in full The Document Of The New Covenant In The Land Of Damascus, also called Zadokite Fragments, one of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
BIBLICAL LITERATURE IN LITURGY — Biblical literature in liturgy Biblical literature in the liturgy of Judaism The liturgy of Judaism is that of the synagogue, …
Britannica English vocabulary
AARON — also called Aaron The Moor, a Moor and the beloved of Tamora, queen of the Goths, in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus. …
Britannica English vocabulary
DEBRIS — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE industrial ▪ Roses between thorns: the lock cottage at Witton surrounded by industrial premises …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

← QUITO QUMRAN, KHIRBAT→