CHILD SACRIFICE
Child sacrificeSacrifice is commonly understood as the practice of offering or giving up something as a sign of worship, commitment, or obedience. In the Old…
Archives: Glossary Terms
CIRCUMCISION
CircumcisionCircumcision is an act of cutting off part of a male (or female) sex organ for religious or health reasons. In the Bible circumcision was…
Cornelius
An early Gentile convert to the Christian faith.
COVENANT
A covenant is a promise or agreement. In the Bible the promises made between God and God’s people are known as covenants; they state or…
CREATION
Creation, in biblical terms, is the universe as we know or perceive it. Genesis says that in the beginning God created the heavens and the…
CULT PROPHET
Cult prophets were those who spoke oracles with specific religious sects. Some (like Habakkuk) were associated with the cultic practices of Israel. Others, however, were…
CUNEIFORM
Cuneiform is a script, one of the earliest known forms of writing. About 3000 B.C.E. Sumerians developed this form of writing on clay tablets with…