See also:

• BEMA (Gr./Bf771a)

BEMA (Gr./Bf771a)  , in ecclesiastical See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, the semi-circular See also:

• RECESS (Lat. recessus, a going back, withdrawal, from recedere, to withdraw)

recess or See also:

• EXEDRA

exedra, in the See also:

• BASILICA

basilica, where the See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges sat, and where in after times the See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar was placed . It generally is roofed with a See also:

• HALF

half See also:

• DOME (Lat domus, house; Ital. duomo, cathedral)

dome . The seats, Bpbvoc, of the priests were against the See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall, looking into the See also:

• BODY

body of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, that of the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop being in the centre . The See also:

• BEMA (Gr./Bf771a)

bema is generally ascended by steps, and railed off . Iu See also:

• GREECE

Greece the bema was the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general name of any raised See also:

• PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform . Thus the word was applied to the tribunal from which orators addressed assemblies of the citizens at See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens . That in the Pnyx, where the See also:

• ECCLESIA (Gr. EKKX ria, from Lc, out, and Ka)teiv, to call)

Ecclesia often met, was a See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone platform from Io to II ft. in height . Again in the Athenian See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court counsel addressed the court from such a platform: it is not known whether each had a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate bema or whether there was only one to which each counsel (? and the witnesses) in turn ascended (cf . W . See also:

• WYSE, SIR THOMAS (1791—1862)

Wyse in his edition of See also:

• ISAEUS (c.42o B.C.-C. 350 B.c.)

Isaeus, p . 440) . Another bema was the platform on which stood the urns for the reception of the See also:

• BRONZE

bronze disks (l,i~74 oc) by means of which at the end of the 4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the judges recorded their decisions .