Tabita wa Yopa

Tabita wa Yopa (kwa Kiaramu טביתא, Ṭabītā, pia Dorkas, kwa Kigiriki Δορκάς, Dorkás^[1][2][3]) alikuwa mwanamke Mkristo aliyeishi Joppa katika karne ya 1 BK.

Picha takatifu ya Mt. Tabita.

Habari zake zinapatikana katika kitabu cha Agano Jipya kinachoitwa Matendo ya Mitume (9:36–42) .^[4]

Humo tunasoma kwamba alikuwa anafuma au kushona nguo kwa faida ya mafukara, na hiyo inadokeza kwamba alikuwa na hali nzuri kiuchumi.^{[4] [5][6]}.^[7][8]

Alipokufa, wafuasi wenzake wa Yesu walikwenda kumuita Mtume Petro katika mji jirani, Lydda, naye alipofika alimfufua.^[8]

Sehemu ya Uponyaji wa kiwete na Ufufuko wa Tabita, mchoro wa Masolino da Panicale, 1425.

Anaheshimiwa na madhehebu mbalimbali ya Ukristo kama mtakatifu katika tarehe tofauti: 27 Januari^[9], na hasa 25 Oktoba^{[9][10][11][9][12]}

Kioo cha rangi, Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire.

Tazama pia

• Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale
• Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo
• Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika
• Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko

Tanbihi

1. The name Dorcas is a Greek translation of the Aramaic name Tabitha, meaning "gazelle".
2. Lockyer, Herbert (1967). All the women of the Bible. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. ku. 46–48. ISBN 0310281512.
3. One species of gazelle is now known as the dorcas gazelle.Hildyard, Anne [ed.] (2001). Endangered wildlife and plants of the world. New York [u.a.]: Marshall Cavendish. uk. 606. ISBN 0761471944. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
4. Syswerda, Jean E. (2002). Women of the Bible : 52 Bible studies for individuals and groups. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan. uk. 214. ISBN 0310244927.
5. The Greek construct used in this passage indicates that the widows were the recipients of her charity,
6. Bock, Darrell L. (2007). Acts (Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament). Baker Books. uk. 378. ISBN 1441200266.
7. Gangel, Kenneth O. (1998). Holman New Testament Commentary - Acts. B&H Publishing Group. uk. 146. ISBN 0805402055.
8. Witherington, Ben (1998). The Acts of the Apostles: A Socio-rhetorical Commentary. Wm. B. Eerdmans. ku. 331–332. ISBN 0802845010.
9. Pfatteicher, Philip H. (2008). The new book of festivals and commemorations : a proposed common calendar of saints. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. uk. 683. ISBN 9780800621285.
10. Kinnaman, Scot A. (2010). Lutheranism 101. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House. uk. 278. ISBN 9780758625052.
11. Sheehan, Thomas W. (2001). Dictionary of Patron Saints' Names. Our Sunday Visitor Publishing. uk. 268. ISBN 0879735392.
12. https://catholicsaints.info/saint-tabitha/

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