Search results for "Women in the Bible" - New World Encyclopedia
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- The Epistle to the Galatians is a book of the New Testament. It is ... The letter indicates that some of the Galatians had been influenced ...16 KB (2,432 words) - 19:12, 13 February 2024
- The Baptist Church is a Christian denomination—or group of denominations—that ... The focus of Baptist church services is the proclamation of the Gospel ...25 KB (3,609 words) - 07:57, 20 September 2023
- was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union ... Darrow remains notable for his oratory utilizing the wit, compassion ...21 KB (3,485 words) - 22:33, 10 December 2023
- The Song of Solomon (Hebrew title שיר השירים, Shir ha-Shirim ... merely verbal; unlike many of the women in the Bible, she is assertive, ...30 KB (4,683 words) - 01:14, 4 February 2023
- Ereshkigal (lit. "Great Lady under the Earth") was the goddess ... Ereshkigal was the sole ruler of her kingdom, until she came to share ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 19:19, 13 February 2024
- to a Semitic people who first occupied the country west of the Euphrates ... In the later second millennium B.C.E., the Amorites migrated or were ...16 KB (2,552 words) - 17:17, 26 July 2023
- Cornelia Johanna Arnalda ten Boom, is known to the world as Corrie ... who helped an estimated 800 Jews escape the Nazis during World War II ...21 KB (3,559 words) - 03:35, 8 January 2024
- known as Katherine or Katharine Parr(e), was the last of the six wives of Henry ... wives, Catherine displayed a keen interest in religious issues, favoring ...20 KB (3,017 words) - 16:16, 3 December 2023
- "given" or "lent") was the first king of the ancient ... Described in the Bible as a man of uncommon promise and valor, Saul ...26 KB (4,275 words) - 17:04, 23 December 2022
- a Scottish ethnologist. He began his career in law, drafting parliamentary ... Pursuing this he gathered large quantities of material and developed ...15 KB (2,215 words) - 05:07, 3 August 2022
- Ephrem the Syrian (306 – 373) was a deacon, prolific writer of hymns ... Ephrem wrote a wide variety of hymns, poems, and homilies in verse ...16 KB (2,465 words) - 19:05, 13 February 2024
- The Ptolemaic dynasty (sometimes also known as the Lagids, from the ... and scholarship, Ptolemaic Egypt gave the world the Greek translation ...11 KB (1,793 words) - 23:33, 2 December 2022
- Rape is a form of assault involving the non-consensual use of the ... Rape is generally considered one of the most serious sex crimes, however ...32 KB (4,983 words) - 17:22, 16 April 2023
- The Hussites were a pre-Protestant Christian movement centered on ... Outraged by Hus' death, the Hussites became a powerful force ...17 KB (2,645 words) - 21:21, 9 February 2024
- missionary and Baptist minister, known as the "father of modern missions ... Among those who assisted in the task of Bible translation was Ram ...25 KB (3,845 words) - 15:53, 7 May 2023
- war and anti-nuclear activists. Berrigan was the first U.S. Catholic priest ... Serving in World War II, Berrigan was deeply affected by his wartime ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 14:50, 28 March 2023
- Judaism is the religious culture of the Jewish people. While far from ... According to Jewish thought, God established a covenant with the Jewish ...32 KB (4,795 words) - 08:46, 12 May 2024
- by John Calvin, a Protestant Reformer in the sixteenth century, and ... Calvinism is also known for some notable experiments in Christian ...20 KB (3,100 words) - 18:38, 25 November 2023
- quot;) is a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month ... In the Hebrew Bible, Shavuot is also called the Feast of Weeks, the ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 13:22, 27 January 2023
- Choe Je-u (崔濟愚) (1824 - 1864) emerged as the founder of an indigenous ... Choe's religious teaching, and the rebellion that many followers ...18 KB (2,900 words) - 17:10, 10 December 2023
