Search results for "Oracle" - New World Encyclopedia
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- The exact meaning of the oracle, however, is not so clear-cut. In ... is contained in his sixth and final oracle. This is the prediction of ...17 KB (2,748 words) - 20:37, 17 May 2023
- The Greeks had their oracle which spoke for the gods. As far back as 1000 B.C.E., the Chinese had I Ching, an oracle which involved the tossing ...16 KB (2,402 words) - 15:31, 29 January 2024
- stop prophesying. Amos responded with an oracle: “Your wife will become ... The large opening oracle in Amos 1:3-2:16 predicted that many of Israel ...15 KB (2,479 words) - 17:17, 26 July 2023
- and research into Shang and Zhou dynasty oracle bones, as well as Zhou bronze ... Western Zhou bronzes and a very few Shang oracle bones, such groups were already ...32 KB (4,741 words) - 11:13, 24 May 2023
- was the catalyst for utterances of the oracle at Delphi in ancient Greece ... and scholars believe that the famous Greek Oracle at Delphi (the Pythia) went ...26 KB (3,781 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- that would not heal; Telephus consulted an oracle, who stated that "he ... Romania and Ukraine, with a temple and an oracle which survived into the Roman ...34 KB (5,355 words) - 15:14, 24 December 2023
- favored Sparta and this was supported by an oracle that said that Apollo himself (the god of disease and medicine) would fight for Sparta if they fought ...19 KB (2,851 words) - 07:48, 24 November 2022
- war and under instruction from the Delphic Oracle, the entire island was purged of all dead bodies. It was then ordered that no one should be ...9 KB (1,335 words) - 09:22, 28 January 2024
- often has a three-part form, consisting of an oracle, a narrative continuation, and then a closing oracle. The first two are related in their writing ...21 KB (3,455 words) - 07:29, 17 November 2023
- that are indisputably writing are the Oracle Bone Script ( ... that are indisputably writing are the Oracle bone script ( ...55 KB (8,141 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- *Coke, Edward. 1929. Oracle of the Law. Houghton Mifflin Co. *Coke, Edward. 1972. The Lord Coke and His Speech and Charge. Da Capo Press. ...10 KB (1,545 words) - 18:22, 12 February 2024
- Ostensibly the Spartans were obeying their oath and following the ... ==Oracle at Delphi== The legend of Thermopylae, as told by Herodotus ...47 KB (7,440 words) - 01:40, 26 September 2023
- I:1, Zephaniah) in connection with the old oracle (1:4 ff) gave it its place ... states: "The crux of Zephaniah's oracle, however, is that he reverses ...21 KB (3,366 words) - 19:07, 20 November 2023
- as a Service programme in Europe and is an Oracle On Demand partner. *HKNet HKNet is an internet service provider in Hong Kong. Previously one ...22 KB (3,054 words) - 05:01, 15 November 2022
- time he published his work on inscriptions on oracle bones and bronze vessels, Liang Chou chin wen tz'u ta hsi t'u lu k'ao shih (Pinyin: ...20 KB (2,989 words) - 19:48, 12 July 2023
- called Apollo. One morning, he went to the Oracle of Dionysus to salute his ... shrine was built in his honor; there, his oracle prophesied, until it was ...19 KB (3,011 words) - 02:17, 18 November 2022
- the Jewish Revolt of 66-70 C.E. to consult an oracle (Tacitus, "Hist." 2:78). By this time, Tacitus reports, Carmel was the name "both ...10 KB (1,644 words) - 01:44, 11 March 2023
- of Zeus had surpassed the oak-grove oracle at Dodona in popularity, ... remained unmarried. They consulted an oracle who told them that Psyche ...23 KB (3,678 words) - 06:01, 11 August 2023
- wall of Atrahasis' house (suggestive of an oracle) Enki advises Atrahasis to dismantle his house and build a boat to escape the flood. ...11 KB (1,791 words) - 19:31, 30 November 2021
- of new archaeological findings, regarding the oracle bones as forgery. An activist as well as scholar, he produced a great amount of political ...11 KB (1,492 words) - 05:54, 13 June 2023
