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  • The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical ... The Old Testament consists of many distinct books by various authors ...
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  • [[Image:Euaion.jpg|thumb|right|A portrait from a vase of a Greek actor ... ) (Ancient Greek: Σοφοκλης) was one of the three great ancient Greek ...
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  • Leviticus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible. The English name ... those that can no longer be observed because of the destruction of the Temple ...
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  • was a novelist, short story writer, and poet of the naturalist school, who ... Despite the dark tone of Hardy's oeuvre—or perhaps because ...
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  • together" or "council") is an assembly of 23 ... The Talmud (tractate Sanhedrin) identifies two classes of rabbinical ...
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  • The Queen of Sheba, (tenth century B.C.E.), also known as Makeda ... Yaqut al-Hamawi, the star-worshipers of Harran in Turkey, and those ...
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  • The Epistle to the Hebrews is one of the books in the New Testament ... #039;s sins, superseding the sacrifices of the "old covenant" ...
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  • 1961 for his career achievements. He was one of the top 10 film personalities ... He was a major movie star from the end of the silent film era through ...
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  • worst) are two opposing worldviews or states of mind. The former amounts to ... are fundamentally evil, that life is devoid of meaning and thus destined to ...
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  • The Pitcairn Islands are a group of four islands in the southern Pacific ... The islands are best known for being the home of the descendants of ...
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  • The Book of Numbers is the fourth of the books of the Pentateuch, ... The main theme running through the Book of Numbers is the people& ...
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  • typographer, and architect. He was one of the most important figures ... its anti-semitic laws. Starting at the age of 15, he began teaching; a duty ...
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  • The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (original: The Rime of the Ancyent ... The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was the first poem in the volume; ...
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  • Horus is one of the most archaic gods of the classical Egyptian pantheon ... man. He was also characterized as the ruler of the living (both humans and ...
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  • Justin Martyr (also Justin the Martyr, Justin of Caesarea, Justin ... evidently stirred up a sufficient quantity of controversy (either through ...
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  • who served as the last General-Secretary of the International Missionary ... order, that bishops, symbolizing unity of faith and practice, can gather ...
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  • The Book of Daniel, written in Hebrew and Aramaic, is a book in both ... The book has two distinct parts: a series of six narratives (chapters ...
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  • The Book of Joel is one of the Books of the Minor Prophets in the ... Given the lack of historical details present in the text itself, scholars ...
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  • and theologian. He was a prominent leader of the east-coast revivals of ... Jonathan Edwards, born on October 5, 1703, was the son of Timothy ...
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  • Paul of Tarsus (originally Saul of Tarsus), also known as Saint Paul ... before his conversion was a great persecutor of Christians. His experience ...
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