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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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