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The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, 12 Volumes is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Jewish people have been connected with some of the important movements in history. The early histories of the world’s most influential monotheistic religions are connected with the Hebrew Bible. The Jewish Encyclopedia gives a comprehensive, systematized, and succinct account of the Jewish people—their history and literature, social and intellectual life, and their contribution to the world’s...

Zaretan,” on the Jordan, near the spot where the Israelites crossed the river on dry ground. It is probably to be identified with the modern Tel Damieh. G. B. L. ADAM ḲADMON (more correctly, ḲADMONI*—Adam, Hebrew for “man”; Ḳadmon or Ḳadmoni, “first” or “original”) Philo The various philosophical (Gnostic) views concerning the original man are, in spite of their differences, intimately related, being a compound of Oriental mythology, Greek philosophy, and rabbinical theology. The first to use
Volume 1, Pages 181–182
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