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• Scribes
  *1: a member of a learned [[class]] in ancient [[Israel]] through [[New Testament]] times [ :b : a copier of [[manuscript]]s
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• David
  ...tionally credited for composing many of the psalms contained in the [[Book of Psalms]]. ...tence]] in the mid-9th century of a Judean royal dynasty called the "House of David".
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• Archon
  Latin, from Greek archōn, from present participle of archein ...f a specific [[public]] office. It is the [[masculine]] present participle of the verb stem αρχ-, meaning "to rule", derived from the same root as [[m
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• Nevi'im
  ...im''''' [נביאים] ([[Hebrew (language)|Heb]]: '''Prophets''') is the second of the three major sections in the ''[[Tanakh]]'' ([[Hebrew Bible]]), followin ...[נביאים ראשונים], which contains the [[narrative]] books of Joshua through Kings.
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• 97:8 Sacred and Profane History
  ...s of Judah," together with several other more or less accurate [[records]] of [[Hebrew]] [[history]]. ...est]] against this erroneous [[philosophy]]. The frank pessimism of [[Book of Ecclesiastes|Ecclesiastes]] was a worldly [[wise]] [[reaction]] to these ov
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• Biblical Apocrypha
  ...Proemial Annotations of Volume I of the [[Douay-Rheims Bible|Old Testament of Douay]] A comparative list can be found in the article on [[books of the Bible]]. For extra-biblical works sometimes referred to as ''apocrypha
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• Ark
  *2a : the sacred chest representing to the [[Hebrews]] the [[presence]] of [[God]] among them ...sitory traditionally in or against the wall of a synagogue for the scrolls of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah Torah]
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• Yahweh
  ...[God]] in the [[Old Testament]], representing the most likely vocalization of the ‘[[sacred]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tetragrammaton’ '''''YHW ...brews]]. The [[word]] has generally been [[understood]] to be a derivative of the verb h{a}w{a}h to be, to exist, as if ‘he that is’, ‘the self-ex
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• Gilgamesh
  ...l character in the ''[[Epic of Gilgamesh]]'' - one of the best known works of early literature, which says that his mother was [[Ninsun]] (whom some call ...potamian mythology]], Gilgamesh is credited with having been a [[demigod]] of superhuman strength who built a great wall to defend his people from extern
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• Genius
  ...r "tutelary" [[spirit]] of a person, or even of an entire gens, the plural of which was 'genii'[9]. ...2][3] This usage of the term is closely related to the general [[concept]] of [[intelligence]].
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• Jeremiah, OT Prophet
  ...://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anathoth Anathoth]. The difficulties in the books of Jeremiah and Lamentations have prompted scholars to refer to him as "the we ...er_HaDoroth Seder HaDoroth]'' (published 1768) gives Jeremiah's final year of prophecy to be 3350 AM, whereby he transmitted his teachings to [https://en
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• Amen
  ...the standard ending to [[Dua]] (supplication). Common English translations of the word ''amen'' include: "Verily", "Truly", "So be it", and "Let it be." ...e.org/cgi-bin/strongs.pl?strongs=281] The word was imported into the Greek of the early Church from the Jewish synagogue.[https://jewishencyclopedia.com/
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• Sovereignty
  [[Image:Sovgood.jpg|right|frame|<center>a [[state]] of [[love]]?</center>]] ...upreme lawmaking authority, subject to no other, and most often the [[head of state]]. Thus the legal maxim, "there is no law without a sovereign."
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• Books
  ...|right|frame|<center>[https://www.othervoices.org/gpeaker/Passagenwerk.php Books better than bombs]</center> ]] ...one or multiple [[author]]s, either composing a [[narrative]], collection of [[songs]], [[poems]], or [[essay]](s) addressing any particular subject tha
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• Paper 88 - Fetishes, Charms, and Magic
  ...ince the beginning of the [[evolution]] of [[religion]]. This [[doctrine]] of spirit [[possession]] is nothing more nor less than [[fetishism]]. The [[sa ...sh [[cult]] [[eventually]] incorporated all of the [[primitive]] [[ideas]] of [[ghosts]], [[souls]], spirits, and [[demon]] [[possession]].
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• 2012
  ...rom a mixture of amateur [[archaeoastronomy]], alternative interpretations of [[mythology]], numerological constructions, and alleged prophecies from [[e <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''2012''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Cate
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• Apocalypse
  ...the name of personages of the distant past; thus, under the literary form of a vision granted centuries earlier, they actually described contemporary sc ...tures of apocalyptic. The development can be observed in the three periods of OT history: (1) the late preexilic, (2) the exilic, and (3) the postexilic
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• Book of Revelation
  ...of Nero. Those who are in favour of the later date appeal to the testimony of the Christian father [[Irenaeus]], who received [[information]] [[relative] [1] The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants what must soon tak
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• Book of Daniel
  ...al contents in the Hebrew text. This article will deal first with the Book of Daniel as it is found in the Hebrew Bible, and next, with its deutero-canon ...third year of the reign of Jehoi'akim king of Judah, Nebuchadnez'zar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
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• 2021-08-26-Beginning of political organiation
  ===Topic: ''Beginning of Political Organiation''=== ...know you are receiving us. It is definitely a blessing to receive the two of you.
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• Democracy
  [[Image:lighterstill.jpg]][[Image:Goddess-of-democracy,-tiane_2.jpg|right|frame]] ...s''), "people" and ''κράτος'' (''kratos''), "rule, strength" in the middle of the 5th-4th century BC to denote the political systems then existing in som
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• Book of Ecclesiastes
  ...word is always used as masculine, except vii, 27]. Solomon, as the herald of wisdom, proclaims the most serious truths. His teaching may be divided as f [1] The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
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• Second Book of Kings
  ...the article [https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08652a.htm THIRD AND FOURTH KINGS] in the Catholic Encyclopedia.)[https://www.newadvent.org/bible/2ki000.htm] [1] After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.
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• Quetzalcoatl
  ...hought to have been the principal Aztec god. However, Quetzalcoatl was one of several important gods in the Aztec pantheon along with the gods [https://e ...Quetzalcoatl in the Nahuatl language was among the most important deities of [[Mesoamerica]]. Additonally, Quetzalcoatl was sometimes conflated with [ht
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• Extraterrestrial
  ...'', [[novel]]), the fictional creatures from "out there" have tended to be of the usurping, death-ray variety - not surprisingly, since this makes for a <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of matters '''''Extraterrestrial''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/
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• Book of Esdras, 1
  ...be" than as "priest": he was "a ready scribe [a scribe skilled] in the law of Moses", and therefore especially qualified for the task to which he was des ...o his Lord in Jerusalem; he killed the passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month,
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• Garden of Eden
  ...rden forms part of the [[creation myth | creation story]] and [[theodicy]] of the [[Abrahamic religion]]s. ...speculation. There are hypotheses that locate Eden at the [[headwaters]] of the Tigris and Euphrates, in [[Mesopotamia]], Africa, and the [[Persian Gul
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• Information
  ...ipulating and organizing [[data]] in a way that enhances the [[knowledge]] of the receiver. ...nerally speaking, the concept of information is closely related to notions of constraint, communication, control, data, form, instruction, knowledge, mea
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• Second Book of Chronicles
  ...ecause in all probability they have been abridged from those ancient words of the days, by Esdras or some other sacred writer. (For more information, see [1] Solomon the son of David established himself in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him
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• Constitution
  [[Image:Magna_carta_thumb.jpg|right|"Magna Carta to which King John of England agreed in 1215"]] ...ething up, or establishing something; the [[composition]] or [[structure]] of such a thing; its [[makeup]].
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• Gad
  ...h this is fixed (as in L. hasta); hence the meaning ‘rod’. The development of the word in Eng. has also been influenced by its similarity, both in form a ...namely Gad [2], the semitic deity of fortune, who, according to the [[Book of Isaiah]], was still worshipped by certain Hebrews during the 6th century BC
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• Philosophy
  ...s in philosophy be accounted for historically? What drives the development of thought in its historical context? To what degree can philosophical texts ...es arrived at through observation), and even through [[leap of faith|leaps of faith]], hope and inheritance (such as the [[supernatural|supernaturalist]]
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• Paper 72 - Government on a Neighboring Planet
  ...[[narrate]] something of the [[social]], [[moral]], and [[political]] life of the most advanced [[human]] [[race]] living on a not far-distant [[planet]] ...eign|rulers]] to consent to the [[narration]] on one planet of the affairs of another.
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• First Book of Kings
  ...the article [https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08652a.htm THIRD AND FOURTH KINGS] in the Catholic Encyclopedia.)[https://www.newadvent.org/bible/1ki000.htm] [3] So they sought for a beautiful maiden throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Ab'ishag the Shu'nammite, and brought her to the king.
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• Book of Maccabees, 1
  ...mation, see the article [https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09495a.htm BOOKS OF MACHABEES] in the Catholic Encyclopedia.)[https://www.newadvent.org/bible/1 ...ns and the Medes, he succeeded him as king. (He had previously become king of Greece.)
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• Buddha
  ...ars who presented definite opinions gave dates within 20 years either side of 400 BCE for the Buddha's death, with others supporting earlier or later dat <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Buddhism''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=
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• Theocracy
  ...who are regarded as divinely guided.[2] For believers, theocracy is a form of government in which divine [[power]] governs an earthly [[human]] [[state]] ...y theological or moral [[concepts]], and monarchies held "By the [[Grace]] of [[God]]".
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• Genesis
  [[Image:lighterstill.jpg]][[Image:Tizian - The fall of man.jpg|right|frame||250px|<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.ph ...ve been written by [[Moses]], it is sometimes also called ''The First Book of Moses''.
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• Atlantis
  ...|right|frame|<center>[https://www.discoveryofatlantis.com/index.html Image of Atlantis</center>]]] ...]], Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος}, "island of [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]]") is the name of a legendary island first mentioned in [[Plato]]'s dialogues ''[[Timaeus (di
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• Monotheism
  ...[[Judaism]], [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]], and the Platonic [[concept]] of [[God]] as put forward by [[Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite]]. The concept of monotheism has largely been defined in contrast with [[polytheistic]] and [
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• Book of Esdras, 2
  ...g its contents. Should these books be regarded as independent, or as parts of a larger work? Thus, in two parallel parts, our book deals *with the return of the Jews under the leadership of Zorobabel;
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• Sacrifice
  ...or homage, of some object of possession. Also applied fig. to the offering of [[prayer]], [[gratitude|thanksgiving]], penitence, submission, or the like. <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Sacrifice''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title
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• First Book of Chronicles
  ...ecause in all probability they have been abridged from those ancient words of the days, by Esdras or some other sacred writer. (For more information, see The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
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• The Bhagavad Gita
  ...org/wiki/Krishna Krishna], Who is revered by Hindus as a [[manifestation]] of the Lord Himself,[3] and is referred to within as [https://en.wikipedia.org ...imself (Svayam Bhagavan), blessing Arjuna with an awe-inspiring [[vision]] of His divine [[universal]] form.
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• Chosen People
  ...een election, predestination, and free will? And finally, how, in the face of competing claims to election, can one know if one's own claim is true? <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Chosen People''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?t
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• Paper 97 - Evolution of the God Concept Among the Hebrews
  ==PAPER 97: EVOLUTION OF THE GOD CONCEPT AMONG THE HEBREWS== ...pt]] of [[Yahweh]] as a [[Father]], if not of the [[individual]], at least of the [[race]].
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• Book of Maccabees, 2
  ...mation, see the article [https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09495a.htm BOOKS OF MACHABEES] in the Catholic Encyclopedia.)[https://www.newadvent.org/bible/2 [1] The Jewish brethren in Jerusalem and those in the land of Judea, To their Jewish brethren in Egypt, Greeting, and good peace.
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• First Book of Samuel
  ...the article [https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08647b.htm FIRST AND SECOND KINGS] in the Catholic Encyclopedia.)[https://www.newadvent.org/bible/1sa000.htm] ...ose name was Elka'nah the son of Jero'ham, son of Eli'hu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an E'phraimite.
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• Wisdom of Jesus, Son of Sirach
  ...mise of Jewish values; and his teaching bolstered the faith and confidence of his people.[https://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300139945 ...especially to the reading of the law and the prophets and the other books of our fathers, and after acquiring considerable proficiency in them, was hims
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• 1984-02-20-Introduction to NZ
  ...84. Also See a brief Biography of the celestial teacher Abraham at the end of this transcript as well as "Wilma’s Recollections" Text Print Out Approx ...OTES ARE FROM A VERY ACCURATE [[Record|RECORD]] OF APPROXIMATELY 200 HOURS OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
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