- BOOK OF LIFE
- an idea found in Egyptian, HEBREW CHRISTIAN and ISLAMIC sources that GOD, or the GODS, keeps a record of human activities until the DAY OF JUDGMENT.
Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.
BOOK OF LIFE
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BOOK OF LIFE — BOOK OF LIFE, or perhaps more correctly BOOK OF THE LIVING (Heb. סֵפֶר חַיִּים, Sefer Ḥayyim), a heavenly book in which the names of the righteous are inscribed. The expression Book of Life appears only once in the Bible, in Psalms 69: 29 (28),… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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Book of Life — The Book of Life (Hebrew: ספר החיים, transliterated Sefer HaChaim ) is the allegorical book in which God records the names and lives of the righteous. According to the Talmud it is open on Rosh Hashanah; its analog for the wicked, the Book of the … Wikipedia
Book of Life — The Hebrews believed that Yahweh kept a register of living persons, from whom the ungodly could be blotted out (Ps. 69:28). In the NT Paul mentions a book which records the names of believers (Phil. 4:3). At the judgement [[➝ Judgement]] of the… … Dictionary of the Bible
Book of Life — book in which the righteous are inscribed between the Jewish New Year and Yom Kippur (as opposed to the Book of Death for the wicked) … English contemporary dictionary
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The Book of Life — may stand for: *Book of Life, in the Jewish and Christian religions, a book in which God records the names of the righteous *The Book of Life (film) *The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth *… … Wikipedia
The Book of Life (film) — The Book of Life is a movie that was released in 1998, and was made by Hal Hartley. It was one of the first films shot on digital video.PlotJesus returns to earth on the eve of the new millennium planning to bring about the apocalypse, but finds… … Wikipedia
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