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What word best captures the spirit of לִּילִית in Isaiah 34:14?

What word best captures the spirit of לִּילִית in Isaiah 34:14?

Isaiah 34:14 in the Masoretic Text is the following:

גְשׁוּ צִיִּים אֶת-אִיִּים, וְשָׂעִיר עַל-רֵעֵהוּ יִקְרָא; אַךְ-שָׁם הִרְגִּיעָה לִּילִית, וּמָצְאָה לָהּ מָנוֹח

Here, לִּילִית is supposedly the only known mention of “lilith” in …

Why Devil’s sin didn’t bring death?

Why Devil’s sin didn’t bring death?

1 John 3:8 King

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning.

Romans 5:12

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin

Since the devil sinned before Adam and sin will bring d…

What was Onan’s sin?

What was Onan’s sin?

Genesis 38:6-11 (NJPS):

Judah got a wife for Er his first-born; her name was Tamar. But Er, Judah’s first-born, was displeasing to the Lord, and the Lord took his life. Then Judah said to Onan, “Join with your brother’s wife and do you…

Is Jesus giving the Holy Spirit in John 20:22?

Is Jesus giving the Holy Spirit in John 20:22?

After the resurrection in John’s gospel, Jesus appears to the disciples and in John 20:22 he breathes on them and says, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” What is happening here? Is Jesus giving them the Holy Spirit by breathing on them?

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