When.com Web Search

  1. Ad

    related to: sabbateans history timeline chart family tree of isaac

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Sabbateans - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbateans

    The Sabbateans (or Sabbatians) were a variety of Jewish followers, disciples, and believers in Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676), [1] [2] [3] an Ottoman Jewish rabbi and Kabbalist who was proclaimed to be the Jewish Messiah in 1666 by Nathan of Gaza.

  3. Patriarchs (Bible) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarchs_(Bible)

    The patriarchs of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites. These three figures are referred to collectively as the patriarchs, and the period in which they lived is known as the patriarchal age. They play significant roles in Hebrew scripture during ...

  4. Sabbatai Zevi - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbatai_Zevi

    Sabbatai revealed his claim to being the Messiah early on to Isaac Silveyra and Moses Pinheiro, the latter a brother-in-law of the Italian rabbi and Kabbalist Joseph Ergas. [13] However, at a mere 22, Sabbatai was still too young to be considered an established rabbinic authority; his influence on the local community was limited.

  5. Patriarchal age - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarchal_age

    The patriarchal age is the era of the three biblical patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, according to the narratives of Genesis 12–50 (these chapters also contain the history of Joseph, although Joseph is not one of the patriarchs). It is preceded in the Bible by the primeval history and followed by The Exodus.

  6. Twelve Tribes of Israel - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Tribes_of_Israel

    Jacob, later called Israel, was the second-born son of Isaac and Rebecca, the younger twin brother of Esau, and the grandson of Abraham and Sarah. According to biblical texts, he was chosen by God to be the patriarch of the Israelite nation. From what is known of Jacob, he had two wives, sisters Leah and Rachel, and two concubines, Bilhah and ...

  7. Abraham's family tree - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham's_family_tree

    The following is a family tree for the descendants of the line of Noah's son Shem, through Abraham to Jacob and his sons. Dashed lines are marriage connections. Not all individuals in this portion of the Bible are given names. For example, one English translation of the Bible states in Genesis 11:13 that "After the birth of Shelah,

  8. Biblical literalist chronology - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_literalist_chronology

    The creation of a literalist chronology of the Bible faces several hurdles, of which the following are the most significant: . There are different texts of the Jewish Bible, the major text-families being: the Septuagint, a Greek translation of the original Hebrew scriptures made in the last few centuries before Christ; the Masoretic text, a version of the Hebrew text curated by the Jewish ...

  9. Rebecca - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca

    Isaac became blind in his old age and decided to bestow the blessing of the firstborn upon Esau. According to the Midrash, Isaac had reached the age of 132, five years past the age of his mother, Sarah, had been at the time of her death. According to Genesis, Isaac had reached the age of 137.