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- In philosophy and logic, the liar paradox encompasses paradoxical ... *"This statement is false." These statements are paradoxical ...11 KB (1,725 words) - 22:25, 25 October 2022
- Arabic: الدّجّال, ad-dajjāl) ("The Deceiver/impostor"), ... quot;) is a common Arabic word, used in the sense of "false prophet ...8 KB (1,233 words) - 16:34, 21 January 2024
- ) was a non-Israelite prophet in the Hebrew Bible, his story occurring ... In rabbinical tradition, Balaam is seen both as a true prophet of ...16 KB (2,754 words) - 04:16, 11 January 2023
- In Christian eschatology, the Antichrist or Anti-Christ is a powerful ... Antichrist is translated from the combination of two ancient Greek ...17 KB (2,693 words) - 06:20, 31 July 2023
- , meaning "God will fortify"), was one of the last kings ... days, Jehoiachin was removed from office by the Babylonian army of King Nebuchadnezzar ...11 KB (1,755 words) - 04:29, 31 July 2022
- The Book of Micah (Hebrew: ספר מיכה) is one of the books of ... The Book of Micah is also notable for its more hopeful passages, portraying ...12 KB (1,872 words) - 00:26, 19 November 2023
- Jeroboam II (ירבעם השני) was the the fourteenth king of the ... The son and successor of Jehoash, Jeroboam's long reign, which ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 08:00, 3 April 2024
- Hλίας), was a ninth-century B.C.E. prophet of the Hebrew Bible whose ... Elijah is considered to be one of the great prophets of the Abrahamic ...18 KB (2,908 words) - 16:12, 13 February 2024
- 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
- Eli (Hebrew: עֵלִי, "Ascent") was the high priest at ... be personally righteous but fails to control the sins of his sons, Hophni and ...11 KB (1,806 words) - 00:35, 30 December 2021
- Asherdu and in Ugaritic as Athirat. She was the consort of the chief deity ... In the Judeo-Christian tradition Asherah is considered a false Canaanite ...14 KB (2,179 words) - 04:03, 18 August 2023
- The First Epistle of John is a book of the Bible New Testament, the ... Purportedly by the same author or authors who wrote the Gospel of ...12 KB (2,015 words) - 17:22, 28 March 2024
- 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 ...16 KB (2,678 words) - 00:19, 19 November 2023
- 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 ...14 KB (2,273 words) - 19:59, 27 June 2023
- [[Image:Acts-2.jpg|thumb|300px|Christian ecstasy: Apostles receive ... Montanism was an early Christian sectarian movement beginning in the ...17 KB (2,439 words) - 21:12, 9 November 2022
- ) is the Islamic equivalent to hell. Its roots come from the Hebrew ... The Qur'an provides detailed descriptions of Jahannam that have ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 12:41, 6 November 2021
- 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 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
- Blasphemy is the defamation of the name of one or more gods. In a ... The word blasphemy is derived from the Middle English blasfemen, which ...20 KB (3,022 words) - 14:33, 8 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 Book of Isaiah is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible and the ... In the first 39 chapters, Isaiah prophesies doom for a sinful Kingdom ...20 KB (3,308 words) - 00:11, 19 November 2023
- Religious exclusivism is the doctrine that the adherents of a particular ... it manifests in certain interpretations of the concepts of the Chosen people ...15 KB (2,291 words) - 10:03, 29 July 2022
- The Second Epistle of John, also called 2 John, is a book of the New ... The author of 2 John is traditionally believed to be Apostle John ...8 KB (1,363 words) - 17:41, 25 January 2023
- "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
- The Epistle to Titus is a book of the New Testament, one of the three ... While the letter is addressed from Paul, many scholars today doubt ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 19:11, 13 February 2024
- 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 Apostolic Fathers were a group of early Christian leaders believed ... The authors are traditionally acknowledged as leaders in the early ...9 KB (1,377 words) - 15:52, 11 August 2023
- and/or historical significance, often the human remains of an important ... A relic is also the term for something that has survived the passage ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- The Didache ( Διδαχὴ , Koine Greek for "Teaching" ... ) is the common name of a brief early Christian treatise (c. 50–160 ...25 KB (3,964 words) - 14:24, 29 January 2024
- c. 1370 B.C.E. - c. 1330 B.C.E.) was the chief consort of the Egyptian ... In Akhenaten's new state religion centered on the sun god, he ...18 KB (2,906 words) - 16:08, 11 November 2022
- an island in Table Bay, 5 miles (8 km) off the coast of South Africa, approximately ... Initially a stopping point for passing ships in the sixteenth and ...18 KB (2,791 words) - 21:08, 16 April 2023
- The Book of Numbers is the fourth of the books of the Pentateuch, ... The main theme running through the Book of Numbers is the people& ...28 KB (4,576 words) - 20:04, 17 May 2023
- |image = [[Image:Shawnee Prophet, Tenskwatawa.jpg|none|200px]] ... The Shawnee, or Shawano, are a people native to North America. They ...25 KB (3,777 words) - 13:23, 27 January 2023
- 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 ...17 KB (2,919 words) - 05:23, 26 August 2023
- Standard Hebrew Yirməyáhu), was one of the "greater prophets" ... The name Jeremiah means "Raised-up/Appointed of the Lord.” ...32 KB (5,493 words) - 08:37, 31 July 2022
- theoretical physicist and a founder of the field of quantum mechanics ... Paul Dirac was born in Bristol, England and grew up in the Bishopston ...20 KB (2,926 words) - 17:08, 26 March 2023
- Original sin is a Christian doctrine describing the first human act ... Used with the definite article ("the original sin"), the ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 02:15, 18 November 2022
- The Samaritan Pentateuch is the text of the the first five books of ... The Samaritans share with Jews a belief in the Torah and its laws ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 22:25, 26 September 2023
- figure during his lifetime, he is the founder of Nichiren Buddhism ... on earth appealed to religious reformers in the post-World War II Japan, when ...27 KB (4,005 words) - 23:30, 14 November 2022
- Moloch (also rendered as Molech or Molekh, from the Hebrew מלך ... While no particular form of Moloch is known due to the ambiguity of ...20 KB (3,200 words) - 21:06, 21 December 2022
- ) is a character in the Old Testament who served as one of the judges ... Unknown outside of the Bible, Jephthah is remarkable for several reasons ...11 KB (1,778 words) - 19:50, 15 August 2022
- Freedom of speech is the ability to speak without censorship or limitation ... Freedom of speech is a key factor in the spread of information in ...18 KB (2,627 words) - 10:48, 11 April 2024
- (December 14, 1503 – July 2, 1566) is the famed French prognosticator ... Since the publication of this text, which has rarely been out of print ...27 KB (4,102 words) - 10:08, 11 March 2023
- vehemently preached against what he saw as the moral corruption of the clergy ... In his youth, he was preoccupied with religion, studying both the ...11 KB (1,636 words) - 15:15, 15 December 2022
- The Book of Revelation, also called Revelation to John or Apocalypse ... Beast whose number is 666 and his False Prophet, the woman pursued by a ...34 KB (5,503 words) - 00:39, 19 November 2023
- Apostasy is the formal renunciation of one's religion. One who ... Apostasy is distinguished from heresy in that the latter refers to ...23 KB (3,595 words) - 15:51, 11 August 2023
- The Ebionites (from Hebrew; אביונים, Ebyonim, "the poor ... Scholarly knowledge of the Ebionites is limited and fragmentary, deriving ...19 KB (2,894 words) - 18:00, 12 February 2024
- ), 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
- and biblical scholar. After graduating from the University of Oxford, Pockocke ... Although he thought Islam a false faith, he also wanted to discredit ...17 KB (2,663 words) - 15:59, 21 December 2021
- ) is a hill in modern Israel near the Kibbutz of Megiddo, the site ... (Hebrew) and Tel al-Mutesellim (Arabic), the word tel meaning "hill ...12 KB (1,897 words) - 21:46, 28 October 2022
