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Qabbala
- See kabala.
Qaraite
- See karaite.
Qualitative Military Edge
- The military-technological advantage that Israel Defense Forces
try to maintain in order to offset the numerical superiority of
Arab armed forces it may face in future wars. This edge has eroded
in recent years, as Arab states purchased more sophisticated arms.
The United States has pledged to support Israel's qualitative military
edge through security assistance and technological transfers.
Qumran or Khirbet Qumran
- The site near the northwest corner of the Dead
Sea in modern Israel where the main bulk of the
Jewish “Dead Sea Scrolls” were
discovered around 1946. The “Qumran community” that
apparently produced the scrolls seems to have
flourished from the 3rd century B.C.E. to the
1st century CE, and is usually identified with
the Jewish Essenes, or a group like them.
Qur’an (Koran)
- Arabic Al Qur'an, “The Recitation.” The
sacred scriptures of Islam, the religion of the
Muslims dictated to Muhammad by the Archangel
Gabriel.
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