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Onias
.
.
Four Jewish
high priests
of the second
Temple
period. Onias I (4th cent. BCE) is mentioned in
1 Maccabees
12. 20–3; Onias II (late 3rd cent. BCE) was involved in the war between Ptolemy III and Queen Leodice; Onias III (2nd cent. BCE) was deposed by Antiochus IV; and Onias IV, son of Onias III, erected a temple in
Leontopolis
.
high priests
of the second
Temple
period. Onias I (4th cent. BCE) is mentioned in
1 Maccabees
12. 20–3; Onias II (late 3rd cent. BCE) was involved in the war between Ptolemy III and Queen Leodice; Onias III (2nd cent. BCE) was deposed by Antiochus IV; and Onias IV, son of Onias III, erected a temple in
Leontopolis
.
Onkelos
.
.
Translator of the Hebrew
Bible
into
Aramaic
. Onkelos stays close to the Hebrew text, but its choice of words etc., shows that it is related to the Palestinian targum tradition with its incorporation of exegesis.
Bible
into
Aramaic
. Onkelos stays close to the Hebrew text, but its choice of words etc., shows that it is related to the Palestinian targum tradition with its incorporation of exegesis.
Onmy
-ji
(yin-yang masters):
-ji(yin-yang masters):
Ontic theories
:
:
Ontological argument
.
.
An argument for God's existence, first formulated by
Anselm
(1033–1109) in his
Proslogion
, chs. 2–3. Anselm argued that since anyone can think of ‘a being than which no greater can be conceived’, such a being must exist at least in the understanding; but if it existed only in the understanding, we could conceive of an even greater being, namely one existing both in the understanding and in reality; therefore, the being than which no greater can be conceived must exist both in the understanding and in reality. In ch. 3 he went on to argue that this being must exist necessarily.
Anselm
(1033–1109) in his
Proslogion
, chs. 2–3. Anselm argued that since anyone can think of ‘a being than which no greater can be conceived’, such a being must exist at least in the understanding; but if it existed only in the understanding, we could conceive of an even greater being, namely one existing both in the understanding and in reality; therefore, the being than which no greater can be conceived must exist both in the understanding and in reality. In ch. 3 he went on to argue that this being must exist necessarily.
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