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To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette.(Book review)
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December 22, 2005|
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To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette. By Carolly Erickson. (New York: St. Martin's Griffin Press, 2004. Pp. 384. $17.95.)
The pathos of Marie Antoinette's vertiginous decline from the court glamor of Versailles to the brutal finality of the guillotine has always attracted biographers. The fifteenth daughter of the tough and hardworking Empress Maria Theresa, she was married off to the future Louis XVI in 1770 to seal a "diplomatic revolution" that had reversed centuries of hostility between Austria and France. She soon had ample reason to regret her fate, ...
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Welcome the `good times' by returning thanks to God.(Culture, Et Cetera)(The Capital Pulpit)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...Today we are blessed with this story of Rehoboam, the son of Solomon [2 Chronicles 11...s sin, the kingdom was split, and Rehoboam had an opportunity to unite Israel if...kingdom. Two of the 12 tribes came under Rehoboam. Now, Rehoboam finally obeyed God...
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Great morons of the Bible
Newspaper article from: Redlands Daily Facts
; ...for heroic stupidity must go to King Rehoboam, the son of the wise King Solomon around...was gathered to his ancestors and young Rehoboam came to take his place, the elders of...whiners an inch or they would take a mile. Rehoboam foolishly listened to the young men...
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Bible In a Year
Newspaper article from: Call & Post
; ...After Solomon When Solomon died, his son Rehoboam succeeded him; but Jeroboam returned...that their burdens would be lessened. Rehoboam replied, however: "My little finger...rebelled, choosing Jeroboam as their king. Rehoboam was left only with the southern territory...
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Criticism and Self-Criticism
Newspaper article from: The Jerusalem Report
; ...sends a delegation to entreat his heir Rehoboam: "Your father made our yoke heavy...will serve you" (I Kings 12:4). Rehoboam replies: "... I will add to your...anointing Jeroboam as its king, while Rehoboam rules over Judah from Jerusalem. Hoping...
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Der weise Konig Salomo: Eine Studie zu den Erzahlungen von der Weisheit Salomos in ihrem alttestamentlichen und altorientalischen Kontext
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; ...northern tribes at the time of Solomon's son Rehoboam (I Kings 12), deflects criticism of Solomon's forced labor practices onto his son Rehoboam. The inexperienced Rehoboam heeded the advice of young, arrogant counselors...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Letters from readers.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; ...wise old King Solomon died. His son, Rehoboam, took over and one day a delegation...a federal deficit?). Young King Rehoboam sought advice from two groups of people...use scorpions" (paraphrased). King Rehoboam took the advice of his young counterparts...
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The Tragedy in History: Herodotus and the Deuteronomistic History
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; ...include Jephthah, Saul, David; Solomon, Rehoboam, and Josiah. To be sure, some differences...shoulders (I Kgs 11: 1- 13). Similarly, Rehoboam is not "blinded by the deity and misled...suggestion that a duplicitous deity incited Rehoboam to undertake a specific course of action...
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The Alternative Story of the Division of the Kingdom: 3 Kingdoms 12:14a-z.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society
; ...division of the kingdom at the onset of Rehoboam's reign. It informs us of Solomon...to Shechem, where the people confront Rehoboam. When the young king (only sixteen...divided. Shemaiah, the prophet, warns Rehoboam not to invade the northern kingdom...
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Midrash and the elaboration of biblical meaning
Magazine article from: Judaism
; ...rules after the division of the kingdom is Benjamin: "And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem and assembled all the house of David and...fight with the house of Israel, and to return the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon" (1 Kings 12: 21). The way that Judah...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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QUIZOPEDIA.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; ...largest to smallest: Balthazar, Magnum, Melchior, Picolo and Rehoboam 5 Where in the US do Abraham, George, Theodore and Thomas...champagne bottles are: Melchior (24), Balthazar (16), Rehoboam (6), Magnum (2) and Picolo (1/4) 5 The subjects of...
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