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- The Assumption of Moses describes two or more Jewish apocryphal works ... Also called the Testament of Moses, this work begins with a brief ...13 KB (2,063 words) - 05:06, 18 August 2023
- have accomplished the "foundation for the Messiah" allowing ... successfully established the foundation for the Messiah and is the reason ...29 KB (4,573 words) - 20:52, 9 February 2024
- a group of secret Sabbatean crypto-Jews of the Near East who were originally ... The Dönmeh emerged in the late seventeenth century, after Sabbatai ...14 KB (2,156 words) - 17:24, 30 January 2024
- economist and political theorist, and one of the founders of the Saint-Simonian ... born in Paris, France, on February 8, 1796, the son of a banker from Dauphiné ...10 KB (1,464 words) - 10:59, 20 September 2023
- and was popular among early Christians. The term "Apocalypse" ... The apocalyptic literature of Judaism and Christianity embraces a ...16 KB (2,523 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- was a rabbi and Kabbalist who claimed to be the long-awaited Jewish Messiah ... Already harboring messianic pretensions at the age of 22, he gathered followers ...24 KB (3,736 words) - 10:16, 26 January 2023
- The term Ahmadi (Urdu: اØÙ…Ø¯ÛŒÛ Ahmadiyya) refers ... Following Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's death, the original Ahmadiyya ...36 KB (5,381 words) - 06:53, 16 June 2023
- The Gospel of Mark is an ancient koine Greek document that describes ... According to early Church tradition, c. 140 C.E., the author of the ...15 KB (2,392 words) - 20:38, 17 May 2023
- The Pharisees were a religious and political movement of ancient Israel ... During the early years of the Common Era, a major internal debate ...22 KB (3,391 words) - 02:55, 24 November 2022
- The Book of Proverbs is one of the books of the "Writings" ... specifically attributed to Solomon in the text were truly written by ...13 KB (2,047 words) - 00:28, 19 November 2023
- , and many Jewish works refer to him by the acronym of his title and name ... Maimonides is typically regarded as the greatest of the medieval Jewish ...14 KB (2,001 words) - 05:30, 5 November 2022
- quot;), also referred to as King David, was the second and most famous king ... The successor to King Saul, who was the first official king of the ...25 KB (4,033 words) - 22:26, 25 January 2024
- The Cyrus Cylinder (c.539-530 B.C.E) is an ancient artifact consisting ... The Cyrus Cylinder is among the most significant ancient texts to ...15 KB (2,435 words) - 02:16, 6 July 2023
- , Zərubbāvel; Greek: ζοροβαβελ, Zŏrobabel) was the leader ... Although his dates are uncertain, Zerubbabel governed Judah for more ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 05:52, 13 June 2023
- an early Christian philosopher and one of the most distinguished teachers ... Titus Flavius Clemens was born sometime during the middle of the second ...14 KB (2,240 words) - 11:08, 19 December 2023
- The Book of Ezekiel is a book of the Hebrew Bible named after the ... Ezekiel taught that people of Judah must not resist the Babylonian ...21 KB (3,455 words) - 07:29, 17 November 2023
- The Garden of Eden (from Hebrew Gan Eden) is described by the Book ... Eden is described as a paradise where the first man and woman lived ...19 KB (3,242 words) - 04:30, 18 April 2024
- The Rastafari movement (or "Rasta" for short) is a Jamaican ... The movement is called Rastafarianism by scholars, although some Rastafari ...26 KB (4,200 words) - 17:24, 16 April 2023
- The Book of Mormon is one of the sacred texts of the Latter Day Saint ... Along with the Bible, the Book of Mormon is esteemed as part of the ...29 KB (4,400 words) - 00:27, 19 November 2023
- Scientology is a new religious movement based on the writings of L ... The organization presents itself as a fully integrated system of religious ...33 KB (4,873 words) - 17:26, 25 January 2023
- greater is an important theme in all the world religions. Painting ... tradition, or locus of inspiration. The object of faith varies among ...13 KB (1,952 words) - 00:32, 25 March 2024
- The Book of Ezra is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old ... In describing the initial stages of the rebuilding of the Temple of ...13 KB (2,057 words) - 07:29, 17 November 2023
- The Royal Opera House, the United Kingdom's most important performing ... The current Royal Opera House is the third theater built on the Covent ...22 KB (3,326 words) - 20:56, 21 December 2022
- Aaron (אַהֲרֹן;, Aharon—related to the Egyptian Aha Rw, ... Although Aaron is infamous for his role in forging the idolatrous ...22 KB (3,503 words) - 07:12, 13 June 2023
- The Washington Times is an American daily newspaper. Published as ... Founded on May 17, 1982, by Unification Church leader Sun Myung Moon ...31 KB (4,327 words) - 23:12, 3 May 2023
- Eschatology (from the Greek έσχατος, "last, ultimate, ... On the level of the purpose for the individual, it is the end of physical ...39 KB (6,287 words) - 23:22, 20 February 2022
- [[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
- The Queen of Sheba, (tenth century B.C.E.), also known as Makeda ... Sheba may be derived from the ancient Egyptian word for star. According ...22 KB (3,511 words) - 15:45, 7 December 2022
- 27, 1698 – May 22, 1760), better known as the Ba'al Shem Tov, was an ... The title Baal Shem Tov is usually translated as "Master of the ...23 KB (3,822 words) - 05:22, 26 August 2023
- [[Image:Vestal.JPG|thumb|right|300px|In Roman times, the Vestal Virgins ... Virginity is a term used to describe the state of never having engaged ...20 KB (2,940 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2023
- 4000 songs and provided background music for more than 800 Indian films ... Ilaiyaraaja had been the most prominent composer of film music in ...25 KB (3,368 words) - 16:17, 12 February 2024
- The Apostle Peter, also known as Saint Peter, and Cephas—original ... role by Jesus, who reportedly gave him the keys of heaven and called ...28 KB (4,305 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- Jezebel was the wife of King Ahab and thus Queen of Israel in the ... and Joram, who succeeded her husband on the throne. Her daughter, Athaliah ...16 KB (2,494 words) - 03:03, 1 August 2022
- The Ghost Dance was a religious movement that began in 1889 and was ... First performed in accordance with Wilson's teachings among the ...15 KB (2,439 words) - 18:46, 8 December 2022
- ), or Jesus in the New Testament, is considered to be a Messenger ... Muslims believe that Jesus will return to earth near the Day of Judgment ...59 KB (9,594 words) - 02:51, 1 August 2022
- #039;s central figure, both as Messiah and, for most Christians ... and with blue eyes. Departing entirely from the Biblical record, some Asians ...78 KB (12,289 words) - 02:54, 1 August 2022
- is a Jewish denomination characterized by the sole reliance on the Tanakh ... (of Scripture)," and is derived from the old Hebrew word for the Hebrew ...17 KB (2,623 words) - 07:10, 5 October 2022
- Maitreya, the "future Buddha" in Buddhist eschatology, is ... The prophecy of the arrival of Maitreya is found in the canonical ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 05:32, 5 November 2022
- 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 (4,804 words) - 20:55, 4 October 2022
- The term interreligious dialogue (or interfaith dialogue) refers to ... The rise of interreligious dialogue has been made possible by the ...33 KB (5,242 words) - 16:49, 26 February 2022
- to complete God’s providential purposes for the world. Unification thought ... The goal of history is restoration or "re-creation," namely ...26 KB (3,993 words) - 02:18, 18 April 2023
- The Kingdom of Judah (Hebrew מַלְכוּת יְהוּדָה, Standard ... Judah is often referred to as the Southern Kingdom to distinguish ...27 KB (4,065 words) - 16:48, 25 February 2024
- quot;tassels" worn by observant Jews on the corners of four-cornered garments ... . The Jewish sage Maimonides includes wearing the tzitzit as a major ...20 KB (3,211 words) - 00:42, 3 May 2023
- brass, woodwind, and percussion sections. The term orchestra derives from ... In the history of Western musical tradition, the evolution of symphony ...22 KB (3,200 words) - 00:24, 30 May 2023
- at age 60) publicly declared that he was the Avatar of this Age. toward spiritual matters. However, at the age of 19, contact with an ...32 KB (4,996 words) - 04:10, 9 November 2022
- Marranos or Secret Jews were Jews resident in the Iberian peninsula ... Many Jews converted to Christianity after the reconquest of Spain ...22 KB (3,432 words) - 16:11, 6 November 2022
- a Chinese religious prophet and leader of the Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864 ... In 1844, Hong and his follower Feng Yun-shan founded the "God ...20 KB (3,050 words) - 13:03, 2 February 2024
- ; "holds the heel"), also known as Israel ("Struggles ... In the Book of Genesis, Jacob overcomes many adversities to win God ...29 KB (4,809 words) - 08:01, 18 March 2024
- The history of the missions of the Jesuits in China in the early modern ... The first attempt by Jesuits to reach China was made in 1552 by Saint ...29 KB (4,469 words) - 08:20, 3 April 2024
- Dublin is both the largest city and capital of the Republic of Ireland ... Long the seat of culture within Ireland, it has been at the center ...29 KB (4,094 words) - 17:16, 12 February 2024
- The Jesus myth hypothesis, or simply Jesus myth, refers to the theory ... The hypothesis was first proposed by historian and theologian Bruno ...41 KB (6,172 words) - 22:02, 17 February 2023
- on philosophical and spiritual topics. For nearly 60 years he traveled ... India, and in 1909 met C.W. Leadbeater on the private beach at the Theosophical ...52 KB (7,928 words) - 12:38, 1 August 2022
- which is now part of North Korea. He founded the Unification Church (known ... religious teachings are published as the Exposition of the Divine Principle ...69 KB (10,533 words) - 13:50, 28 April 2023
- and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from June ... He was the last British monarch to have been born outside of Great ...28 KB (4,125 words) - 12:22, 10 November 2022
- The Salvation Army is a Christian church and international charitable ... The theology of the Salvation Army is derived from that of Methodism ...30 KB (4,473 words) - 17:27, 30 April 2023
- freedom of belief and freedom of worship for individuals and groups. It ... The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations ...36 KB (5,594 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- and political activist. His third novel, The City and the Pillar (1948 ... Vidal did not just write about politics, he ran for political office ...42 KB (5,899 words) - 11:57, 24 January 2023
- Justin Martyr (also Justin the Martyr, Justin of Caesarea, Justin ... his school) to be seen as a threat to the peace. As a result, he was ...34 KB (5,421 words) - 21:24, 4 October 2022
- Old Italian: Fiorenza, Latin: Florentia) is the capital and most populous ... center of European trade and finance. From the Middle Ages it exerted substantial ...28 KB (4,082 words) - 17:40, 28 March 2024
- The sociology of religion is primarily the study of the practices ... and Max Weber writing extensively on the role of religion in society ...35 KB (5,329 words) - 21:52, 30 January 2023
- The Crusades were a series of military campaigns first inaugurated ... Few contemporary Muslim accounts exist of the crusades, which were ...33 KB (5,138 words) - 15:34, 30 April 2023
- has a long history, extending back to the Greco-Roman world and culminating ... The dominant form of anti-Semitism from the nineteenth century until ...52 KB (8,069 words) - 12:28, 14 October 2023
- The Waco "cult" — more properly known as the Branch Davidians ... This tiny apocalyptic sect was thrust into the international spotlight ...56 KB (8,825 words) - 22:04, 3 May 2023
- The Shroud of Turin is an ancient linen cloth which some believe is ... The idea is that his image was somehow recorded as a photographic ...62 KB (9,799 words) - 14:29, 27 January 2023
- angels are said to exist to help God govern the cosmos and human affairs. The belief in powerful and benevolent spiritual beings is an ancient ...37 KB (6,014 words) - 18:04, 27 July 2023
- of developed countries' involvement in the developing world. Critics ... business companies continue to exploit the resources of post-colonial ...50 KB (7,266 words) - 04:29, 11 March 2023
- a millenarian national rebirth by exalting the nation or race, and promoting ... different characteristics to fascism, but the following elements are usually ...43 KB (6,085 words) - 00:42, 25 March 2024
- The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church is the Christian Church ... The Catholic Church is the largest Christian Church and the largest ...80 KB (12,653 words) - 04:49, 16 December 2022
- The Sudan (officially Republic of Sudan) is a country in Northeast ... Military regimes have dominated Sudanese politics since the country ...46 KB (6,808 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- (1918–1922) and dictator (1926–1935) of the Second Polish Republic, as ... From his youth, Piłsudski desired the independence of the former ...61 KB (8,767 words) - 07:42, 27 February 2023
- Marxism, in a narrow sense, refers to the thoughts and theories of ... century. Those variants appeared mainly for three reasons. First, Marx ...86 KB (12,847 words) - 15:58, 7 November 2022
- to God" is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions, and the ... Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, governed the first Muslim ummah (nation ...71 KB (11,340 words) - 17:01, 18 March 2022
- Christianity existed in China as early the seventh century. ... The Nestorians were accepted in China because of their ability to ...58 KB (8,323 words) - 21:09, 10 December 2023
- from 1934 until his death. He was leader of the National Socialist German ... in World War I in which many people resented the humiliating terms imposed ...75 KB (11,428 words) - 06:03, 15 June 2023
- Decolonization refers to the undoing of colonialism, the establishment ... Partly, decolonization was overseen by the United Nations, with UN ...71 KB (10,085 words) - 19:16, 10 July 2023
- The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly ... The United Kingdom is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional ...123 KB (18,096 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
