Search results for "Women in the Bible" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Orthodox Jewish men, although some men and women in the egalitarian Conservative ... According to the Talmud, a Jewish man is required to cover his head ...15 KB (2,303 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- #039; Weekend" at Camp Becket of the Becket Chimney Corners YMCA ... for children and teenagers conducted during the summer months. Children and ...14 KB (2,090 words) - 22:22, 26 February 2023
- plays (though these tended to focus more on the lives of saints), are among ... The Catholic church eyed mystery plays warily. Until the beginning ...17 KB (2,612 words) - 02:40, 11 March 2023
- and paleontologist. She is credited with the discovery of many fossils ... Hers is a remarkable story. Starting as an uneducated young girl, ...15 KB (2,332 words) - 08:40, 10 March 2023
- David and Jonathan were heroic figures of the Kingdom of Israel, whose ... David composed a psalm in honor of Saul and Jonathan after their deaths ...16 KB (2,582 words) - 05:57, 9 July 2023
- 250 px|A traditional, formal presentation of the bride price at a Thai engagement ... or other form of wealth "paid" to the parents of a woman for the ...14 KB (2,300 words) - 02:03, 12 January 2023
- [[Image:Isaiah.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Isaiah the Prophet in Hebrew ... A prophet (from the Greek word προφήτης, meaning one who ...39 KB (6,126 words) - 09:20, 28 June 2022
- novelist, essayist and critic, best known as the author of In Search of Lost ... Proust, along with James Joyce in Ireland, Thomas Mann in Germany ...21 KB (3,300 words) - 03:06, 6 November 2022
- ) is a female demon figure found in Mesopotamian mythology and Jewish ... Historically, the figure of Lilith first appeared in a class of wind ...47 KB (7,623 words) - 08:39, 8 March 2023
- Passover (Pesach, Pesakh)—also called the Festival of Unleavened ... The name Passover (Pesakh, meaning "skipping" or passing ...28 KB (4,349 words) - 09:03, 18 November 2022
- dancer and choreographer, is known as one of the foremost pioneers of modern ... An innovator in her field, she has been compared to Picasso, Stravinsky ...12 KB (1,810 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- In religious discourse, Inclusivism designates a particular theological ... * Traditional Inclusivism, which asserts that the believer's ...21 KB (3,342 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- thumb|200 px|"Little Goblins" from the Los Caprichos set of aquatint ... and British folklore, often believed to be the evil, or merely mischievous ...13 KB (2,074 words) - 15:53, 18 December 2022
- washing, hand washing, or washing of the body. By extension, ablutions ... Ablutions of one sort or another are practiced in nearly every religious ...20 KB (3,118 words) - 04:49, 14 June 2023
- ascetic monk, theologian and reformer from the British Isles who taught that ... The rigorous ascetic life of his adherents contrasted with the spiritual ...24 KB (3,917 words) - 07:13, 23 November 2022
- name Isak Dinesen. Blixen wrote works both in Danish and in English; but ... Her memoirs of pioneering a coffee farm in Africa, where she had an ...13 KB (2,057 words) - 18:02, 14 May 2024
- In an arranged marriage, the marital partners are chosen by parents ... been utilized to cement political alliances. In more recent times, Reverend ...25 KB (3,836 words) - 02:27, 9 January 2023
- In the Bible, Baal (also rendered Baʿal) was an important Canaanite ... The worship of this deity was prevalent in Canaan from ancient times ...25 KB (4,203 words) - 05:22, 26 August 2023
- The Gospel of John, (literally, According to John; Greek, Κατά ... Of the four gospels, John is the only one that presents a true christology ...37 KB (5,608 words) - 04:26, 24 May 2024
- "she who lives") was a wife of the prophet Muhammad. Aisha was ... Aisha played a key role in the emergence of Islam, a faith and life ...25 KB (4,166 words) - 07:12, 16 June 2023
