The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . eyear B. C. 404 to 359. But Ezra and Nehemiahwere contemporaries (Neh. viii:9), and it is diffi-cult to believe that no events of Jewish historywere recorded between the reigns of Darius Hys-taspis (Ezra vi.) and Artaxerxes Mnemon. Be-sides this would separate Eliashib, the high-priest(Neh. iii:i), and his grandfather, Jeshua ( :io) by an interval of 139 years, which is hardlyposs
The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . eyear B. C. 404 to 359. But Ezra and Nehemiahwere contemporaries (Neh. viii:9), and it is diffi-cult to believe that no events of Jewish historywere recorded between the reigns of Darius Hys-taspis (Ezra vi.) and Artaxerxes Mnemon. Be-sides this would separate Eliashib, the high-priest(Neh. iii:i), and his grandfather, Jeshua ( :io) by an interval of 139 years, which is hardlypossible. ARTEMAS (arte-mas), (,ar-tem-as). This name (which is a contraction for Artemi-dorus) occurs only once (Tit. iii:i2), as that ofan esteemed disciple whom St. Paul designed tosend into Crete to supply the place of Titus,whom he invited to visit him at Nicopolis. Whenthe Epistle was written, the Apostle seems not tohave decided whether he sould send Artemas orTychicus for this purpose. ARTEMIS (ar-temis), (Gr. Apre/us, artem-is,artemis, Acts xix:24). The Diana of the Romans is a goddess knownunder various modifications, and with almost in-compatible attributes. As the tutelary divinity of. Ancient Coin Showing Image of Artemis. Ephesus, in which character alone she concernsus here, she was undoubtedly a representative ofthe same power presiding over conception and AkUROlll it;:; ASA birth which was adored in Palestine under thename of Ashtoreih. She is therefore related to allthe cognate deities of that Asiatic Juno-Venus,and partakes, at least, of their connection with themoon. Creuzer has combined a number of testi-monies in order to show how her worship wasintroduced into Ephesus from the coasts of theBlack Sea; and endeavors to point out theseveral Medo-Persian, Egyptian, Libyan, Scy-thian and Cretan, elements of which she is com-pounded (Symbolik, ii. 115, jq.). The later image with the full development ofattributes is, as Creuzer says, a Pantheon of Asi-ati
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