territorial limits Quick reference
A Dictionary of Law (10 ed.)
... limits The geographical limits within which an Act of Parliament operates, which include, in the UK, the territorial sea up to the 12-mile limit. The limits are restricted by international law ( see sovereignty of Parliament...
territorial limits Quick reference
A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (2 ed.)
... limits The geographical limits within which an Act of Parliament operates, which include, in the UK, the territorial sea up to the 12-mile limit. The limits are restricted by international...
territorial limits
The Crisis of the Arab Intellectual: Traditionalism or Historicism? Reference library
Laroui Abdallah
Islam in Transition: Muslim Perspectives (2 ed.)
...condemned as being too slow to transpire. There are those who prefer to panegyrize Arab unity rather than bring it about. Only an his-torical critique can put an end to such seductions. This critique must be carried out on two levels: first, the Arab states, within those territorial organizations to which each revolutionary intellectual belongs. Second, the Arab unitary movement: this must be structured, liberated from every consideration of or dependence on local interests, freed from the limitations of current political practice, and given the major role...
Kinship and Kingship: The Early Monarchy Reference library
Carol Meyers
Oxford History of the Biblical World
... Material Features of the Early State in Israel A chief characteristic of a monarchic system is a territorial base that transcends traditional, older, and prior territorial segments or regions. The biblical texts' recounting of the military exploits and political actions of the first three kings, however stylized or legendary the accounts, reveals the core area in which Saul rose to power. The nucleus of Saul's...
Jihad and the Modern World Reference library
Jackson Sherman
Islam in Transition: Muslim Perspectives (2 ed.)
...preserving the physical integrity of the Muslim community. The 20th century has introduced, however, major changes to this situation. Beginning with the Covenant of the League of Nations after WW I and culminating in the signing of the United Nations Charter after WW II, the territorial integrity of every nation on earth has been rendered inviolable. In effect, this development dismantled the general “state of war” and established peace as the assumed and normal relationship between all nations. This was an unprecedented development in the history of the...
Forging an Identity: The Emergence of Ancient Israel Reference library
Lawrence E. Stager
Oxford History of the Biblical World
...premature proclamation of the demise of Israel is the first reference in history to this polity, which survived for another six hundred years as a “nation,” first as a confederation of tribes and later as a monarchy (1025–586 bce ). Within the larger territorial framework of Canaan, the Egyptians use the determinative for a fortified city-state to designate the smaller kingdoms of Ashkelon, Gezer, and Yanoam; Israel is correctly distinguished as a rural or tribal entity by the determinative for “people.” In Egyptian the names of...
The Principle of Movement in the Structure of Islam Reference library
Muhammad Iqbal
Liberal Islam: A Sourcebook
...reject their past entirely; for it is their past that has made their personal identity. And in a society like Islam the problem of a revision of old institutions becomes still more delicate, and the responsibility of the reformer assumes a far more serious aspect. Islam is non-territorial in its character, and its aim is to furnish a model for the final combination of humanity by drawing its adherents from a variety of mutually repellent races, and then transforming this atomic aggregate into a people possessing a self-consciousness of their own. This was not an...
Amos Reference library
Jennifer M. Dines and Jennifer M. Dines
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...( ṭārap ) is used of wild beasts tearing their prey ( cf. 3:4 ). Teman (N) and Bosra (S) represent the whole of Edom/Idumea. ( 1:13–15 ) Ammon ‘Gilead’ knits Ammon's crime with 1:3 , so Israelites are victims. For Ammon's kinship with Israel, see Gen 19:30–8 . The motive is territorial gain, through a form of genocide ( cf. 2 Kings 8:12; 15:16; Hos 13:16 ), doing to Gilead what YHWH threatens to do to the Philistines. Military action becomes a tempest (suggesting YHWH as the epiphanic warrior), a merging of themes typical of Amos. ‘Says the Lord’, and ‘exile’...
Joshua Reference library
Gordon McConville and Gordon McConville
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...constructed carefully round the southern extremities of the city of Jerusalem ( v. 8 ), pointedly excluding it from Judah. And the western limit is the Mediterranean. Although Jerusalem is not counted to Judah here, its presence is felt. The last verse of the chapter ( v. 63 ) notes that Judah could not take it. It is elsewhere assigned to Benjamin ( 18:28 ), whose southern border corresponds closely to the northern limit of Judah outlined here ( Josh 18:15–19 ). Alongside this neat picture, however, must be laid Judg 1:8 , which records that Judah did indeed...
Transitions and Trajectories: Jews and Christians in the Roman Empire Reference library
Barbara Geller
Oxford History of the Biblical World
...the former Byzantium. The end of the Byzantine empire is usually dated at 1453, when, under Mehmet the Conqueror, the Ottoman Turks captured Constantinople. Justinian's lust for power and glory in both secular and sacred spheres was reflected not only in his territorial ambitions but also in his building projects. They included the rebuilding of the magnificent Hagia Sophia church in Constantinople, whose extraordinary interior prompted Byzantine clerical sources to observe that it embraced the divine cosmos, enabling worshipers through their...
Deuteronomy Reference library
Christoph Bultmann and Christoph Bultmann
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...inscriptions. An alternative general designation is ‘the land of the Canaanites’ (᾽ ereṣ hakkĕna῾ănî ), and elsewhere in Deuteronomy a list of peoples is used for describing the population of the land ( cf. 7:1; 20:17 ). Whereas chs. 2–3 carefully define Israel's territorial claims east of the Jordan ( cf. 3:8 ), the vision of Israel's land as extending to the north as far as the river Euphrates ( v. 7; cf. Josh 1:4 ) is alien to the concept of a conquest as well as to Israel's historical traditions. It may be either an echo of imperial rhetoric (...
A Land Divided: Judah and Israel from the Death of Solomon to the Fall of Samaria Reference library
Edward F. Campbell Jr.
Oxford History of the Biblical World
...blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, so he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Joash. The restoration of the territorial boundaries reached to the ideal northern extent of the land promised to Israel in Numbers 34.7–9 and implicitly attained by Solomon ( 1 Kings 8.65 ). To the south, it reached to the east coast of the Dead Sea, the limit sometimes attained by the kingdom of Israel. Confirmation that Jeroboam actually held all this territory derives from the sarcastic words in Amos 6.13–14 . There the...
Numbers Reference library
Terence E. Fretheim and Terence E. Fretheim
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...help the wilderness community face into the future. ( 30:1–16 ) Vows and their Limits The mention of votive offerings in 29:39 perhaps provides the link to this material ( see lev 7:16–18 ; 22:17–25 ; 27 ; num 15:1–10 ). These statutes in casuistic style ( cf. deut 23:21–3 ) concern vows or pledges ( nēder ) made by men ( v. 2 ), who are bound by their word, and by women who are as well ( vv. 3–15 ). But women are usually ( v. 9 ) bound to their vows within limits placed by the actions of a father or husband. These are (sworn) promises to God...
Genesis Reference library
R. N. Whybray and R. N. Whybray
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...also defines a territorial boundary which each partner swears to observe. This is really an agreement not simply between two individuals but between representatives of two nations, as is indicated by the double naming of the boundary cairn that they have set up in two distinct languages: both Jegarsahadutha (Aramaic) and Galeed (Hebrew gal῾ēd ) mean ‘cairn of witness’. Behind this incident there undoubtedly lies an ancient tradition of an agreement once made between Israel and the Arameans, who were, however, later to be involved in territorial wars ( cf....
1 Maccabees Reference library
U. Rappaport and U. Rappaport
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...( 14:28 ). v. 36 , the Jews could not storm the Akra, and so they resorted to a prolonged siege, which indicates the limits of their military power. v. 37 , Chaphenatha was probably a quarter of Jerusalem, but its location is unknown. v. 38 , Adida was a village north-east of Lydda (Heb. ḥadid ), guarding one of the western entrances to Judea ( see 13:13 ). ( 12:39–53 ) That Trypho resorted to enticing Jonathan into a trap shows the limits of his power to impose his will on the Jews. vv. 39–40 , indeed, Trypho did assassinate Antiochus and replace him on...
Between Alexandria and Antioch: Jews and Judaism in the Hellenistic Period Reference library
Leonard J. Greenspoon
Oxford History of the Biblical World
...occurred midway through the quarter century of Janneus's rule (103–76 bce ). He faced no further internal threats for the remainder of his reign, but it is doubtful that things were so tranquil below the surface. Janneus did continue to pursue his policy of territorial conquest and expansion, with mixed results. Faced with an increasingly aggressive challenge from the Nabatean Arab king Aretas III, Janneus constructed and fortified several sites, probably including Masada of later fame. To Janneus's reign can also be dated several important...
Israel among the Nations: The Persian Period Reference library
Mary Joan Winn Leith
Oxford History of the Biblical World
...on multiple fronts. To consolidate his control and to further integrate the political and social order of conquered territories into his imperial system, Darius embarked on a series of administrative reforms. He organized the empire into twenty tributary satrapies, large territorial units that included provinces usually following the former boundaries of conquered lands. Darius did not create the satrap system, but he did bring to it a new level of systematized administrative practices. In charge of each satrapy was the satrap (Median Kh...
1 Chronicles Reference library
H. P. Mathys, H. P. Mathys, and H. P. Mathys
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...declaration of the Chronicler's theology. v. 19 , the precise references (along with the place-name in v. 4 ) have been interpreted by some exegetes as evidence underlining the plausibility of the reported battle. More probably, however, this reflects postexilic Judean territorial claims. v. 20 , the phrasing suggests that Rehoboam died an unnatural death ( cf. 21:18; 1 Sam 25:38 ), though no mention of this is made elsewhere in the tradition. Contrary to the Chronicler's statement (which is perhaps meant only theologically), Jeroboam outlives Abijah by...
