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  • Rabbi Joshua was a leading rabbinical sage of the first half-century following ... give proofs from the Bible of the resurrection of the dead and of the foreknowledge ...
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  • reason; the impossibility of resurrection of the dead; and the eternity ... according to natural philosophy, resurrection of the dead was impossible; ...
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  • Pietro d'Abano (1257 - 1315) (his date of birth is also given ... in the Bible, particularly the resurrection of the dead. He was brought ...
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  • The Essenes (sg. Essene, IPA: [ɛˈsin] ) were a Judaic religious group that flourished from the second century ...
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  • The Gospel of Matthew (literally, "according to Matthew"; ... *Resurrection of the dead (22:23-33) *Great Commandment (22:34–40) ...
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  • Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published ... Under Budge's directorship, the British Museum came to hold arguably ...
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  • quot;) is a cross with a representation of Jesus' body, or corpus ... The crucifix is a reminder of the trials and tribulations that human ...
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  • , Aidēs) refers to both the ancient Greek underworld and to the deity ... The term Hades, in its cosmological sense, has sometimes been used ...
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  • The First Epistle to the Thessalonians, also known as Paul's ... but should have confidence in the resurrection of the dead (4:1-18). In a famous ...
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  • and guru. He was instrumental in bringing the teachings of meditation and ... He brought a more spiritual, as opposed to dogmatic, understanding ...
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  • [[Image:A-Procession-in-the-Catacomb-of-Callistus.jpg|thumb|right ... Catacomb refers to a network of underground burial galleries, the ...
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  • The Dead Sea Scrolls (Hebrew: מגילות ים המלח) comprise ... The Dead Sea Scrolls are widely acknowledged to be among the greatest ...
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  • Purgatory (from the Latin: purgare “to purify”) is the Roman Catholic ... In considering the end of human life, mainstream Christianity accepts ...
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  • The Apocalypse of Peter or Revelation of Peter is an example of popular ... " In the last days, the resurrection of the dead will occur, as God ...
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  • Kenosis (from the Greek κένωσις: meaning "emptying" ... The topic of kenosis was revived in the nineteenth century to reinterpret ...
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  • :This article is about the Christian sacrament of Baptism. For similar ... (baptízô), is a religious act of purification by water usually associated ...
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  • refers to an act or event that goes against the ordinary laws of physics, ... proven to be fraudulent, others (such as the Paschal Fire in Jerusalem ...
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  • Rome against his Jewish countrymen during the First Jewish War of 66-73 ... Pharisees and a believer in the resurrection of the dead, which his accusers ...
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  • The Apostle Peter, also known as Saint Peter, and Cephas—original ... role by Jesus, who reportedly gave him the keys of heaven and called ...
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  • The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are a group of mythical riders ... yet to be fulfilled, such as the resurrection of the dead and the coming of ...
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  • Christian symbolism is defined as the investing of outward things ... The symbol of the Cross has been revered by Christians but controversial ...
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  • The Acts of Paul and Thecla is a story of Saint Paul's influence ... One of the writings of the New Testament Apocrypha, the Acts of Paul ...
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  • Millennialism or millenarianism is a Christian belief, based on the ... the battle of Gog and Magog, the resurrection of the dead, and ultimately ...
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  • The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, commonly called the Thirty-Nine ... Established by Convocation of the Church in 1563, under the direction ...
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  • The Gospel of Luke (literally, according to Luke; Greek, Κατά ... *Resurrection of the dead (20:27–40) *Messiah, the son of David? ...
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  • The Epistle to the Romans is one of the books of the New Testament ... The main message of the Epistle is that salvation is available to ...
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  • of the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead in the coming messianic ... Third, the Pharisees believed in the resurrection of the dead in a ...
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  • The Acts of the Apostles is a book of the New Testament. It is commonly ... at stake is the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead (23:6). Paul wins ...
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  • quot;) in religion and philosophy refers to the belief that a part of a living ... of this idea was the doctrine of resurrection of the dead. Josephus, the Roman ...
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  • [[Image:Slc mormon tempel.jpg|thumb|right|345px|The Salt Lake Temple ... The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the ...
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  • Apocalyptic literature is a genre of prophetical writing that developed ... The apocalyptic literature of Judaism and Christianity embraces a ...
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  • an individual commissioned by God to spread the "good news" of the ... The status of the apostles in the early Church was penultimate to ...
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  • Pope Saint Victor I was bishop of Rome (from about 189 to 199 C.E ... Victor is best known for his role in the Easter controversy, in which ...
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  • [[Image:Mummy 501594 fh000031.jpg|thumb|375px|A mummy in the British ... A mummy is a dead body whose skin and dried flesh have been preserved ...
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  • In the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Jonah is the fifth in a series of ... The story is based on an obscure historical figure who probably lived ...
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  • The First Council of Constantinople (381), also known as the Second ... of sins; we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of ...
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  • of sins; we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of ... forgiveness of sins; and in the resurrection of the dead, in the everlasting ...
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  • 20, 1819 – July 9, 1850), better known as the Báb, was a martyred Iranian ... The son of a merchant from Shiraz, Iran, the Báb announced himself ...
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  • British social anthropologist influential in the early stages of the modern ... Although controversial in its comparison of Christianity to other ...
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  • The Gospel of John, (literally, According to John; Greek, Κατά ... **Resurrection of the dead (5:24-29) *The feeding of the five thousand ...
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  • The First Council of Nicaea was the earliest ecumenical council (meaning ... forgiveness of sins; and in the resurrection of the dead, in the everlasting ...
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  • In the Bible, Baal (also rendered Baʿal) was an important Canaanite ... The worship of this deity was prevalent in Canaan from ancient times ...
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  • Irish Civil Rights protesters were shot by the soldiers of the British Parachute ... that those shot at were all unarmed. Five of those wounded were shot in the back. ...
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  • and promoted a complex understanding of the origins of the universe ... Basilides was a pupil of a hearer of St. Peter, Glaucias by name, ...
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  • The Osiris myth is the most elaborate and influential story in ancient ... The myth, with its complex symbolism, is integral to ancient Egyptian ...
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  • Greek) was a serpent demon who represented the forces of chaos, death, and ... as signifying a general demonization of snakes within Egyptian culture ...
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  • coming Day of Judgment and the resurrection of the dead. ... from the unrighteous through the resurrection of the dead and the Last Judgment ...
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  • is a Jewish denomination characterized by the sole reliance on the Tanakh ... the coming of the Messiah and the Resurrection of the dead. ...
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  • 11, 1303), born Benedetto Caetani, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from ... into the body of Christ and the resurrection of the dead. ...
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  • The Acts of Thomas is is one of the New Testament apocrypha, describing ... The work provides dramatic narratives of Thomas' miraculous evangelistic ...
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  • Mary Magdalene is described, both in the canonical New Testament and ... Mary Magdalene's name identifies her as the "Mary of Magdala ...
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  • Pope St. Gregory I or Gregory the Great (c. 540 – March 12, 604 ... had published a treatise on the resurrection of the dead, in which he argued ...
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  • ) is the Greek god of nature who watches over shepherds and their ... Pan was considered to be the god responsible for the adjudication ...
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  • singer, as well as a renowned guitarist. The best known example of the ... age and soon became an active player in the Piedmont blues scene. He was ...
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  • ==Resurrection of the Dead== [[Image:Signorelli Resurrection.jpg|right ... One strand of belief in the afterlife is the resurrection of the dead ...
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  • perform other tasks such as keeping records of humans' actions, acting ... The belief in powerful and benevolent spiritual beings is an ancient ...
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  • The Arabic word Surah (or "Sura" ar|سورة sūrah ... ) is used in Islam to mean a "chapter" of the Holy Qur& ...
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  • According to the Christian Gospels, Joseph of Arimathea is the person ... waited (or 'was searching') for the Kingdom of God" (Mark ...
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  • Poppy is the common name for any of the plants comprising the Papaver ... The flower color of poppy species include: white, pink, yellow, orange ...
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  • Julian of Norwich (c. November 8, 1342 – c. 1416) is considered ... At the age of 30, suffering from a severe illness and believing she ...
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  • Mammoth is the common name for any of the large, extinct elephants ... Mammoths have captured the human imagination and added to the wonder ...
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  • The Baptist Church is a Christian denomination—or group of denominations—that ... grace, the Kingdom of God, the resurrection of the dead, evangelism, and ...
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  • , and many Jewish works refer to him by the acronym of his title and name ... # The resurrection of the dead These principles were controversial ...
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  • Onion is the common name for the herbaceous, cold season plant Allium ... Closely related plants of the same genus include chives (Allium schoenoprasum ...
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  • jpg|right|thumb|250px|The five daughters of Queen Victoria and [[Albert ... Mourning is in the simplest sense synonymous with grief over the death ...
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  • Amulets were originally objects worn about the neck or other parts of the ... Closely related to the amulet is the talisman (from Arabic tilasm; ...
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  • The Book of Job (איוב) is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible ... Job's faith in the resurrection of the dead at the second coming ...
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  • The Jesus Seminar refers to a group of "scholars with advanced ... One of the most active groups in biblical criticism, [http://www.religioustolerance ...
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  • religion has its own sacraments that serve the spiritual aspirations of its ... In Christianity, the word "sacrament" (from Latin: "sacramentum ...
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  • Jews) is a term which can have two meanings. The first describes the members ... Jewish Christians predominated in the movement of early Christianity ...
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  • The Book of Jeremiah, is part of the Hebrew Bible, and is also included ... Together with the books of Isaiah and Ezekiel, the Book of Jeremiah ...
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  • Isis was a goddess in ancient Egyptian mythology, often worshiped ... Isis' origins are uncertain but the first mention of the deity ...
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  • ), or Jesus in the New Testament, is considered to be a Messenger ... =====The resurrection of the dead===== "...and I bring to life ...
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  • Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was the wife ... During the Civil Rights era of the late 1950s and 1960s she worked ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Christian denomination that ... substitutionary atonement, the resurrection of the dead and justification ...
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  • The Book of Obadiah is a prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible (and the ... will ultimately prevail in the resurrection of the dead (e.g. ...
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  • Orthodox Judaism is the Jewish tradition that adheres to a relatively ... rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem, and a resurrection of the dead ...
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  • Justin Martyr (also Justin the Martyr, Justin of Caesarea, Justin ... God of Jacob; who say there is no resurrection of the dead, and that their ...
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  • Nazareth is the capital and largest city in the North District of ... between 1,600-foot-high hills that form the most southerly points of the ...
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  • The term Poor Man's Bible refers to various forms of Christian ... Until the invention of the Printing press in 1439, the average Christian ...
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  • Christmas Eve is the evening or day before Christmas Day, the widely ... Christmas Eve is celebrated in different ways around the world, varying ...
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  • Jesus Christ, also known as Jesus of Nazareth or simply Jesus, is ... As might be expected with a man of this stature, partial understandings ...
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  • The Second Epistle to the Corinthians is a book in the New Testament ... Paul also asks the Corinthians to renew their efforts to collect a ...
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  • theologian, apologist, moral philosopher and the author of Fifteen Sermons ... Butler defended natural and revealed religion through a doctrine of ...
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  • essayist, Biblical scholar, and founder of the Nonchurch Movement (Mukyōkai ... began to believe strongly in the resurrection of the dead. At his daughter’s ...
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  • The English word spirit comes from the Latin "spiritus" ... In Christian theology, the term spirit is used to describe God, or ...
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  • Leviticus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible. The English name ... Observant Jews still follow the laws contained in Leviticus, except ...
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  • ], pentekostē [hēmera], "the fiftieth day") is one of ... Pentecost is also called Whitsun, Whitsunday, or Whit Sunday in the ...
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  • Mary (מרים, Maryām, "Bitter") was the mother of Jesus ... #039; public ministry, Mary was present at the crucifixion and is depicted ...
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  • The Rosary (from Latin rosarium, meaning "rose garden" ... or "garland of roses" [http://books.google.com/books?id=eqkFAAAAQAAJ ...
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  • The phrase Son of God is a title that was applied to different figures ... Many figures in the ancient world used the phrase "Son of God ...
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  • Sutekh, Setesh, Seteh) was originally the god of the desert, one of ... and cosmological belief system developed in the Nile river basin from earliest ...
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  • was a first-century CE Jewish-Idumean ruler of Galilee and Perea, who bore ... The son of Herod the Great, Antipas ruled as a client king of the ...
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  • The Book of Daniel, written in Hebrew and Aramaic, is a book in both ... The book has two distinct parts: a series of six narratives (chapters ...
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  • religion, nature, science, math, and the ethnic origins of man. He ... ("And We Look for the Resurrection of the Dead"), wind, brass ...
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  • The term monism (from the Greek: μόνος monos or "one" ... The quest for oneness has been an important, universal drive and impulse ...
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  • Paul of Tarsus (originally Saul of Tarsus), also known as Saint Paul ... Saul is described in the New Testament as a Hellenized Jew and Roman ...
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  • Abraham (Hebrew אַבְרָהָם Avraham "Father/Leader of ... to support his belief in the resurrection of the dead and the abiding ...
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  • Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (329–January 25, 389 C.E.), also known ... The promulgation of his (at times contested) theological perspectives ...
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