Search results for "Book of Life" - New World Encyclopedia
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- The First Epistle of Peter is a book of the New Testament traditionally ... The Epistle conforms with the teachings of Paul, and blends moral ...7 KB (1,040 words) - 17:22, 28 March 2024
- † 443 B.C.E. in Argos), was one of the canonical nine poets of ... a poet that, although only a tiny fraction of his works have survived, what ...7 KB (1,079 words) - 06:16, 24 November 2022
- and influential African-American novelist of the first half of the twentieth ... also a political activist. He spent a number of years in his early career championing ...9 KB (1,277 words) - 18:49, 11 August 2022
- feminist, activist, and writer. Her 1963 book, The Feminine Mystique, is ... ==Early life and Education== Friedan was born Bettye Naomi Goldstein ...14 KB (2,151 words) - 18:01, 29 September 2023
- #039;akhî—"my messenger") is a book of the Hebrew Bible traditionally ... Nothing is known of Malachi's personal life, or indeed if he ...17 KB (2,748 words) - 20:37, 17 May 2023
- War II. After experiencing the excesses of Stalinism, he became a critic ... His novel, The Thaw, gave expression to many of the problems of Soviet ...12 KB (1,747 words) - 23:54, 22 January 2023
- February 2, 1594) was an Italian composer of Renaissance music. He was the ... Palestrina was born in Palestrina, a town near Rome, then part of ...8 KB (1,218 words) - 20:39, 29 August 2021
- an English philosopher, and a leading member of the group of twentieth century ... Finchley, North London, by his parents, both of whom were teachers. He was ...11 KB (1,580 words) - 01:34, 24 November 2022
- Krafft-Ebbing is famous for his book Psychopathia Sexualis (1886) ... , and studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg. ...13 KB (1,783 words) - 09:26, 10 August 2022
- [[File:Cesare Beccaria in Dei delitti crop.jpg|thumb|Marquis of Beccaria]] His work was significant in the development of Utilitarianism. Beccaria advocated ...11 KB (1,635 words) - 00:08, 4 December 2023
- :For Saint Bridgid of Sweden, see Bridget of Sweden. {{Infobox Saint ... Saint Brigid of Kildare or Brigid of Ireland (also: Brigit, Bridget ...15 KB (2,296 words) - 23:07, 20 November 2023
- He is regarded as an avant-garde writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque ... Although the place (or date) of his birth is not reliably documented ...11 KB (1,822 words) - 09:39, 11 April 2024
- April 10 1882 – May 14 1965) was Secretary of Labor for the twelve years ... moved to Worcester when she was two years of age. Perkins' father opened ...8 KB (1,176 words) - 06:42, 1 April 2024
- animal magnetism. He recognized the veracity of the phenomena but believed ... in 1795. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, where he finished ...8 KB (1,149 words) - 08:55, 18 March 2024
- century, known chiefly as the author of the work on the Jewish principles ... To counter the anti-Jewish polemic of the time, Albo sought to forge ...13 KB (2,036 words) - 07:18, 10 August 2022
- A madrigal is a setting for two or more voices of a secular text, ... Its rise started with the Primo libro di Madrigali of Philippe Verdelot ...9 KB (1,342 words) - 04:56, 5 November 2022
- thereby offering practical solutions to one of the many problems facing women ... Blackwell was born in Bristol, England, the third of nine children ...7 KB (1,033 words) - 16:15, 13 February 2024
- The Book of the Dead is the common name for the ancient Egyptian funerary ... One component of the text that has received extensive scholarly attention ...17 KB (2,857 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- poetry, marked by understatement, the use of plain (and at times vulgar ... from Oxford he was appointed to the position of librarian at Wellington, Shropshire ...12 KB (1,825 words) - 22:40, 28 March 2023
- and handbooks; his Psychology: A Study of Mental Life (1921) and Experimental ... in philosophy in 1897. Following the advice of his mentor William James, Woodworth ...11 KB (1,471 words) - 02:14, 16 December 2022