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.It is memorableto Christians as the scene of the miraculous conversion of that mostillustrious "servant of the Lord Jesus Christ," the apostle Paul, Ac9:1-27 22:1-16.Since 1506, Damascus has been held by the Turks; it isthe metropolis of "the Pashalic of Damascus," and has a population ofabout one hundred and fifty thousand.The Arabs call it Eshshams.Itis still celebrated, with the surrounding country, by all travellers,as one of the most beautiful and luxuriant regions in the world.Theorientals themselves call it "Paradise on earth," and it is pretendedthat Mohammed refused to enter it, lest he should thereby forfeit hisheavenly Paradise.The plain around the city is well watered and ofexuberant fertility; and the eye of the traveller from any directionis fascinated by the view-a wilderness of verdure, interspersed withinnumerable villas and hamlets, with gardens, fountains, and groves.Anearer view of the city discloses much that is offensive to thesenses, as well as to the spirit.It is the most purely oriental cityyet remaining of all that are named in the Bible.Its public buildingsand bazaars are fine; and many private dwellings, though outwardlymean, are decorated within in a style of the most costly luxury.Itsposition has made it from the very first a commercial city, Eze 27:18.They cloth called Damask is supposed to have originated here, andDamascus steel has never been equaled.It still caries on an extensivetraffic in woven stuffs of silk and cotton, in fine inlaid cabinetwork, in leather, fruits, sweetmeats, etc.For this purpose hugefile:///H|/Biblebob/Books/Online/ATSBibleDictionary/d.htm (2 of 31)8/10/2005 3:50:04 AM ATS Dcaravans assemble here at intervals, and traverse, just as of old, thedesert routes to remote cities.Here too is a chief gathering-place ofpilgrims to Mecca.People from all the nations of East resort toDamascus, a fact which shows its importance as a missionary station.An encouraging commencement has been made by English Christians, andthe fierce and bigoted intolerance of its Mussulman population hasbegun to give way.A street is still found here called "Straight,"probably the same referred to in Ac 9:11.It runs a mile or morethrough the city from the eastern gate.DAMNATIONThe state of being excluded from God's mercy, and condemned to theeverlasting punishment of the wicked.This is now the sense of theword damnation, in our language; but at the time when the Bible wastranslated, it signified the same as condemnation.The words damn anddamnation ought therefore be still so understood, in such passages asRo 13:2 14:23 1Co 11:29.DANA judge,1.A son of Jacob by Bilhah, Ge 30:3 35:25.The tribe of Dan wassecond only to that of Judah in numbers before entering Canaan, Nu1:39 26:43.A portion was assigned to Dan, extending southeast fromthe seacoast near Joppa.It bordered on the land of the Philistines,with whom the tribe of Dan had much to do, Jud 13:1-16:31.Theirterritory was fertile, but small, and the natives were powerful.Apart of the tribe therefore sought and conquered another home, Jos19:1-51 Jud 18:1-312.A city originally called Laish, Jud 18:29, at the northernextremity of Israel, in the tribe of Naphtali."From Dan to Beersheba"denotes the whole extent of the land of promise, Dan being thenorthern city, and Beersheba the southern one.Dan was seated at thefoot of Mount Hermon, four miles west of Paneas, near one source ofthe Jordan, on a hill now called Tell-el-Kady.Laish at one timebelonged to Zidon, and received the name of Dan from a portion of thattribe who conquered and rebuilt it, Jud 18:1-31.It was an idolatrouscity even then, and was afterwards the seat of one of the goldenfile:///H|/Biblebob/Books/Online/ATSBibleDictionary/d.htm (3 of 31)8/10/2005 3:50:04 AM ATS Dcalves of Jeroboam, 1Ki 12:28 Am 8:14.Though once and again a veryprosperous city, Jud 18:10 Eze 27:19, only slight remains of it nowexist.DANCINGThe Hebrew word signified "to leap for joy," Ps 30:11; and the actionof the lame man healed by Peter and John, Ac 3:8, more nearlyresembled the Hebrew dancing than the measured artificial steps ofmodern times do.The Jewish dances were expressive of religious joyand gratitude.Sometimes they were in honor of a conqueror, as in thecase of David, 1Sa 18:6,7; when he had slain the Philistine giant,"the women came out all the cities of Israel singing and dancing." Itwas practiced on occasions of domestic joy.See the case of theprodigal son's return.In the religious dance, the timbrel was used todirect the ceremony, and some one led, whom the rest followed withmeasured step and devotional songs; thus Miriam led the women ofIsrael, Ex 15:20,21, and king David the men, 2Sa 6:14 Ps 150:4.Several important conclusions have been drawn from a carefulcomparison of the portions of Scripture in which there is allusions todancing.It was religious in its character; practiced exclusively onjoyous occasions; only by one of the sexes; usually in the daytime,and in the open air: no instances are on record in which the two sexesunited in the exercise; and it was not practiced for amusement.Theexceptions to this latter assertion are "vain fellows," alluded to byMichal, 2Sa 6:20, the ungodly rich families referred to by Job, Job21:11, and the daughter of Herodias, Mt 14:6.Among the Greeks and Romans dancing was a common pastime, resorted toin order to enliven feasts, and also on occasions of domestic joy.Still Cicero says, "No one dances, unless he is either drunk or mad;"and these words express the prevailing sense as to the impropriety ofrespectable individuals taking part in the amusement.Hence the gaycircles of Rome, as is the case in the East at the present time,derived their entertainment from the performances of professionaldancers.These were women of abandoned character; and their dances,like those in heathen temples, were often grossly indecent, Isa 23:16.DANIEL, BOOK OFfile:///H|/Biblebob/Books/Online/ATSBibleDictionary/d.htm (4 of 31)8/10/2005 3:50:04 AM ATS DThis is a mixture of history and prophecy.The first six chapters arechiefly historical, and the remainder prophetical.It was completedabout B.C.534 [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.It is memorableto Christians as the scene of the miraculous conversion of that mostillustrious "servant of the Lord Jesus Christ," the apostle Paul, Ac9:1-27 22:1-16.Since 1506, Damascus has been held by the Turks; it isthe metropolis of "the Pashalic of Damascus," and has a population ofabout one hundred and fifty thousand.The Arabs call it Eshshams.Itis still celebrated, with the surrounding country, by all travellers,as one of the most beautiful and luxuriant regions in the world.Theorientals themselves call it "Paradise on earth," and it is pretendedthat Mohammed refused to enter it, lest he should thereby forfeit hisheavenly Paradise.The plain around the city is well watered and ofexuberant fertility; and the eye of the traveller from any directionis fascinated by the view-a wilderness of verdure, interspersed withinnumerable villas and hamlets, with gardens, fountains, and groves.Anearer view of the city discloses much that is offensive to thesenses, as well as to the spirit.It is the most purely oriental cityyet remaining of all that are named in the Bible.Its public buildingsand bazaars are fine; and many private dwellings, though outwardlymean, are decorated within in a style of the most costly luxury.Itsposition has made it from the very first a commercial city, Eze 27:18.They cloth called Damask is supposed to have originated here, andDamascus steel has never been equaled.It still caries on an extensivetraffic in woven stuffs of silk and cotton, in fine inlaid cabinetwork, in leather, fruits, sweetmeats, etc.For this purpose hugefile:///H|/Biblebob/Books/Online/ATSBibleDictionary/d.htm (2 of 31)8/10/2005 3:50:04 AM ATS Dcaravans assemble here at intervals, and traverse, just as of old, thedesert routes to remote cities.Here too is a chief gathering-place ofpilgrims to Mecca.People from all the nations of East resort toDamascus, a fact which shows its importance as a missionary station.An encouraging commencement has been made by English Christians, andthe fierce and bigoted intolerance of its Mussulman population hasbegun to give way.A street is still found here called "Straight,"probably the same referred to in Ac 9:11.It runs a mile or morethrough the city from the eastern gate.DAMNATIONThe state of being excluded from God's mercy, and condemned to theeverlasting punishment of the wicked.This is now the sense of theword damnation, in our language; but at the time when the Bible wastranslated, it signified the same as condemnation.The words damn anddamnation ought therefore be still so understood, in such passages asRo 13:2 14:23 1Co 11:29.DANA judge,1.A son of Jacob by Bilhah, Ge 30:3 35:25.The tribe of Dan wassecond only to that of Judah in numbers before entering Canaan, Nu1:39 26:43.A portion was assigned to Dan, extending southeast fromthe seacoast near Joppa.It bordered on the land of the Philistines,with whom the tribe of Dan had much to do, Jud 13:1-16:31.Theirterritory was fertile, but small, and the natives were powerful.Apart of the tribe therefore sought and conquered another home, Jos19:1-51 Jud 18:1-312.A city originally called Laish, Jud 18:29, at the northernextremity of Israel, in the tribe of Naphtali."From Dan to Beersheba"denotes the whole extent of the land of promise, Dan being thenorthern city, and Beersheba the southern one.Dan was seated at thefoot of Mount Hermon, four miles west of Paneas, near one source ofthe Jordan, on a hill now called Tell-el-Kady.Laish at one timebelonged to Zidon, and received the name of Dan from a portion of thattribe who conquered and rebuilt it, Jud 18:1-31.It was an idolatrouscity even then, and was afterwards the seat of one of the goldenfile:///H|/Biblebob/Books/Online/ATSBibleDictionary/d.htm (3 of 31)8/10/2005 3:50:04 AM ATS Dcalves of Jeroboam, 1Ki 12:28 Am 8:14.Though once and again a veryprosperous city, Jud 18:10 Eze 27:19, only slight remains of it nowexist.DANCINGThe Hebrew word signified "to leap for joy," Ps 30:11; and the actionof the lame man healed by Peter and John, Ac 3:8, more nearlyresembled the Hebrew dancing than the measured artificial steps ofmodern times do.The Jewish dances were expressive of religious joyand gratitude.Sometimes they were in honor of a conqueror, as in thecase of David, 1Sa 18:6,7; when he had slain the Philistine giant,"the women came out all the cities of Israel singing and dancing." Itwas practiced on occasions of domestic joy.See the case of theprodigal son's return.In the religious dance, the timbrel was used todirect the ceremony, and some one led, whom the rest followed withmeasured step and devotional songs; thus Miriam led the women ofIsrael, Ex 15:20,21, and king David the men, 2Sa 6:14 Ps 150:4.Several important conclusions have been drawn from a carefulcomparison of the portions of Scripture in which there is allusions todancing.It was religious in its character; practiced exclusively onjoyous occasions; only by one of the sexes; usually in the daytime,and in the open air: no instances are on record in which the two sexesunited in the exercise; and it was not practiced for amusement.Theexceptions to this latter assertion are "vain fellows," alluded to byMichal, 2Sa 6:20, the ungodly rich families referred to by Job, Job21:11, and the daughter of Herodias, Mt 14:6.Among the Greeks and Romans dancing was a common pastime, resorted toin order to enliven feasts, and also on occasions of domestic joy.Still Cicero says, "No one dances, unless he is either drunk or mad;"and these words express the prevailing sense as to the impropriety ofrespectable individuals taking part in the amusement.Hence the gaycircles of Rome, as is the case in the East at the present time,derived their entertainment from the performances of professionaldancers.These were women of abandoned character; and their dances,like those in heathen temples, were often grossly indecent, Isa 23:16.DANIEL, BOOK OFfile:///H|/Biblebob/Books/Online/ATSBibleDictionary/d.htm (4 of 31)8/10/2005 3:50:04 AM ATS DThis is a mixture of history and prophecy.The first six chapters arechiefly historical, and the remainder prophetical.It was completedabout B.C.534 [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]