The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (928 page)

Read The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Online

Authors: John Bowker

BOOK: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
2.52Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
Halal
(released from prohibition)
:
Halevi, Judah
(Jewish philosopher and poet)
:
aliza
or
alitsa
(Heb.). ‘Taking off the shoe’, part of the ritual arising from
levirate marriage
if the brother of a dead man (without male descendant) wishes to repudiate his obligation to marry the widow. The description is in Deuteronomy (25. 5–10).
allah
.
Type of dough or bread, or a portion, set aside for the
priest
in ancient Judaism. The laws governing
allah are found in the tractate of that name in
Mishnah
and the subsequent writings dependent on Mishnah.

Other books

FutureImperfect by Stefan Petrucha
The Cage by Ethan Cross
The Time-Traveling Outlaw by Macy Babineaux
Under the Jeweled Sky by Alison McQueen
Once Upon a Road Trip by Angela N. Blount