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Paizo has discontinued the use of the word “phylactery” in its Pathfinder publications due to the word’s origins as an item used in real-world religious customs. In the most recent chapter ...
So long, ‘amulet.’ Hello, ‘phylactery.’ The Met Museum has updated that tefillin description. The revision came days after Twitter users criticized the New York museum’s labeling.
After Twitter storm, Met museum changes tefillin label from amulet to phylactery But archive’s updated term for the leather boxes and straps still doesn’t mention its use in Jewish prayer ...
How Does A Phylactery Work? As far as how the item works in game terms, the phylactery allows the Lich to return to life next to it in 1D10 days after its demise. There doesn’t seem to be a ...
Discoveries of archaeological finds considered by scientists here as of extraordinary importance, including a phylactery scroll and weapons apparently dating back to the era of Bar Kochba, about ...
As such, the phylactery exemplars from Qumran provide no evidence for the theory that the Decalogue was commonly included in phylacteries during the second temple period as part of "extended" ...