The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2400 page)

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Tabar
:
(Muslim scholar):
Tabernacle
(Heb.,
mishkan
). The portable
sanctuary
constructed by the Hebrew people in the wilderness. Exodus 25–31 and 35–40 describe the construction of the tabernacle, and Numbers 3. 25 ff. and 4. 4 ff. discuss its furnishings and the duties of the Levites (see
LEVI
).
In Christianity the word was originally applied to a variety of canopied structures in a church building, but most usually refers to an ornamental receptacle or cupboard for the
reserved sacrament
.
Tabernacles, Feast of
(Jewish festival):
see
SUKKAH
.
Tablet in Heaven
(source of the Qur’
n):
see UMM AL-KIT
B.

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