Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VI, 1951 Sacred Scripture Peoples and figures

Jabel

IABEL

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Also known as: Jabal

JABEL (Heb. Jābhāl; Greek Iōbēl). - A Cainite, son of Lamech and of Adah. He was the first to begin the life of the nomadic cattle-breeder (Gen. 4:20). It is the primary patriarchal culture of the Altaic, Indo-European and Hamito-Semitic peoples.

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BIBL.: W. Schmidt, Mismale di storia comparata delle religioni, 2nd ed., Brescia 1938, pp. 274 f., 290 f.; M. Sales, La S. Bibbia, I, Turin 1939, p. 90.

Francesco Spadafora

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 1521.

More by Francesco Spadafora: Jabin (Heb. Jābhīn "He considers") · Hus (Heb. Uš) · Jair (Heb. Jā'ir) · Jared (Heb. Jeredh, in pausa Jāredh) · Jephte (Hebrew Jiphtāh)

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Spadafora, Francesco. “Iabel (Ebr. JĀBhĀL; Greco 'IΩΒΗ͂Λ).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1521. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/iabel-ebr-jabhal-greco-iobel.

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Spadafora, Francesco. “Iabel (Ebr. JĀBhĀL; Greco 'IΩΒΗ͂Λ).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1521. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/iabel-ebr-jabhal-greco-iobel.

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  author    = {Spadafora, Francesco},
  title     = {Iabel (Ebr. JĀBhĀL; Greco 'IΩΒΗ͂Λ)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {1521},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/iabel-ebr-jabhal-greco-iobel}
}

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