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- Jachin and Boaz
Jachin and Boaz, in the Bible, two pillars in front of Solomon's Temple, probably symbolic of God's presence.
- Salmon, in the Bible
Salmon, in the Bible. 1 Father of Boaz. An alternate form is Salma. 2 Place, probably the same as Zalmon.
- Jesse
Jesse, in the Bible, the descendant of Rahab, the grandson of Boaz and Ruth, and the father of David. Referring to the restoration of the Davidic monarchy, the Book of Isaiah speaks of a shoot...
- Ruth
Ruth, book of the Bible. It tells a story, set in the days of the judges, of the fidelity of a Moabite widow (Ruth) to her widowed mother-in-law (Naomi). After the death of her husband in Moab...
- Boas, Franz
Boas, Franz, 1858–1942, German-American anthropologist, b. Minden, Germany; Ph.D. Univ. of Kiel, 1881. He joined an expedition to Baffin Island in 1883 and initiated his fieldwork with observa...
