Apostasy
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
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Apostasy, (Gk., ‘stand away from’). The act or state of rejecting one religious faith for another. Apostasy has been regarded with horror by Jews, although a distinction was always made between apostates who converted for gain and the
anusim or
Marranos who were forced to convert and tried to maintain their Judaism secretly. According to the
halakhah, an apostate remains a Jew: he can contract a valid Jewish marriage, and the child of an apostate mother is considered a Jew. However, as the law stands at present, an apostate Jew is not entitled to immigrate to
Israel under the
law of Return.
In Christianity, the debate mainly took the form of the ability of one elected to salvation to fall from
grace (see e.g.
ARMINIUS). In Islam, the issue is extremely prominent, involving the argument whether it requires the death penalty: see
MURTADD.
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Melville, Ishmael, teaching, and whaling.(Herman Melville's works)(Biography)
Magazine article from: ANQ; 9/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...subsequently, Moby-Dick's narrator, Ishmael, were crew members on board whaling vessels...biographical link between Melville and Ishmael (57), or perhaps due to the more recent...the lull connection between Melville and Ishmael has yet to be fully explored. Most notably...
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Janet Reno, Ishmael Alone Survived.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Nineteenth-Century Prose; 12/22/1991; ; 700+ words
; Janet Reno, Ishmael Alone Survived (Bucknell UP, 1991...Minter has termed Ahab's "design" or on Ishmael's "interpretation" of it. No matter...analysis, as her title suggests, is of Ishmael's book, which she treats as a "survivor...
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Ishmael.(Short Story)
Magazine article from: Writing!; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; "Call me Ishmael" Startled, I looked up to see an odd...onto the bench where I was sitting. "Ishmael," he repeated. "It's my name, and...laughed, once, I laughed too. I turned to Ishmael and said, "I am Emma." "That so...
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Ishmael's recovery: injury, illness, and convalescence in Moby-Dick.(Character overview)
Magazine article from: Leviathan; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...extensive critical literature on Moby-Dick, Ishmael's archly melancholy "hypos" (4...discourses of convalescence and therapeutics. Ishmael refers to his melancholy condition as...are written onto the very contours of Ishmael's body; the "grim mouth" signals...
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Ishmael Beah Defends Himself and His Memoirs Against Accusations of Misrepresentation.
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY); 1/22/2008; 700+ words
; ...CDATA[ Long Way Home-author Ishmael Beah, the child soldier-turned...Wilson was here investigating regarding Ishmael Beah's book, and I told him emphatically[?]emphatically[?]that Ishmael's accounts are accurate and correct...
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Soldaditos sanguinarios: Ishmael Beah tenía sólo 12 años de edad y ya era soldado en la guerra civil de Sierra Leona. Durante tres años infligió torturas, realizó ejecuciones y participó en matanzas. La violencia y la muerte no lo atormentaban. Por el contrario: llegó a disfrutar de ellas. "Máquina de matar" en cuerpo menudo, tomó conciencia de que había dejado de ser niño ...
Magazine article from: Proceso; 3/4/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...prisioneros". El hecho ocurri en 1993 e Ishmael Beah tena 12 aos de edad. Para esa fecha...nacin africana. Como cualquier soldado, Ishmael ya estaba acostumbrado a la violencia...uno de los soldados. Todos remos". Ishmael fue uno de los miles de menores de edad...
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 "Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)")
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Ishmael is an inspiration; My dream job Toxteth-born Ishmael Majid was spotted singing in the street. The advice he followed led him to his dream job.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); 6/4/2005; 694 words
; ...RUSHTON AS A teenager, Toxteth-born Ishmael Majid really yearned to be a rap artist...Now his dreams have become reality. Ishmael was singing in the street with a friend...European Social Fund Equal programme. Ishmael joined Positive Impact as an entrepreneurial...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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`ISHMAEL' SWINGS WITH IDEALISM.(Books)(Review)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 12/28/1997; 700+ words
; Byline: Lori Tobias My Ishmael By Daniel Quinn. Bantam Books, 274...plot and a fairy-tale ending. My Ishmael is no such story. Instead, it is...Thing, the gorilla, whose name is Ishmael, leads Julie through the history of...
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Ishmael.
Magazine article from: ETC.: A Review of General Semantics; 6/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...I closed my eyes and shook my head. "Ishmael," I said, "you're really confusing...about it.'" (Quinn, 1997, p.213) ISHMAEL AND GENERAL SEMANTICS THEORY Never before...way that I recommend Quinn's novel, Ishmael. To anyone who earnestly desires that...
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Ishmael and general semantics theory
Magazine article from: et Cetera; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...I closed my eyes and shook my head. "Ishmael," I said, you're really confusing...about it. "' (Quinn, 1997, p.213) ISHMAEL AND GENERAL SEMANTICS THEORY NEVER BEFORE...way that I recommend Quinn's novel, Ishmael. To anyone who earnestly desires that...
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Reed, Ishmael (Scott)
Book article from: Contemporary Novelists
REED, Ishmael (Scott) Nationality: American. Born: Chattanooga...Bibliography: "Mapping Out the Gumbo Works: An Ishmael Reed Bibliography" by Joe Weixlmann, Robert Fikes, Jr., and Ishmael Reed, in Black American Literature Forum (Terre...
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Reed, Ishmael 1938–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Ishmael Reed 1938 – Journalist, editor...poet, essayist At a Glance … Ishmael Reed is a bearded, paunchy but powerful...writers have provoked more controversy than Ishmael Reed. His books have been attacked by...
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Ishmael
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
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Ishmael Reed
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Ishmael Reed A novelist, journalist, and playwright, American writer Ishmael Reed (born 1938) has been cited by critics as...According to Lee Hubbard in American Visions, Ishmael Reed is "an unorthodox writer who has taken on...
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Ishmael ben Elisha
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Ishmael ben Elisha (early 2nd cent. CE). Jewish sage. The son of a priest , Rabbi Ishmael was one of the chief spokesmen of the sages of Jabneh . According to legend, he was one of the martyrs who was killed in the persecutions following the...
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