Cuvier, Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert (‘Georges’), Baron
Cuvier, Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert (‘Georges’), Baron (1769–1832) Professor at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, where he developed the discipline of comparative anatomy and applied it to the study of fossil quadrupeds in his
Recherches sur les ossements fossiles de quadrupèdes (1812). Its
Discours préliminaire (1811), in which he outlined a theory of multiple catastophes, became one of the most influential scientific treatises of the early 19th century. With
Brongniart he produced a map of the Paris basin, having used his fossil studies to work out the stratigraphy. Cuvier opposed Lamarckian evolution, arguing that species were stable and became extinct because of ‘revolutions’ (changes in sea level, etc.). See
CATASTROPHISM;
DILUVIANISM; and
LAMARCKISM.
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Child Prostitution in Thailand--Listening to Rahab.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Community Development Society; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Prostitution in Thailand--Listening to Rahab. (Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press...Sorajjakool uses the subtitle "Listening to Rahab" as reference to the methodology he uses in this book--listening. Rahab is the prostitute that helped the Israelites...
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Rahab's House. .(Poem)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 4/18/2003; ; 333 words
; Rahab's House A crimson thread hangs in the window of the woman's house who took the risk and protected the strangers. Now, one...
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The Fall of Jericho.(Poem)
Magazine article from: Poetry; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...of Jericho 1 A crimson cord appeared in Rahab's window The cursed city stood unassailable...valley Where a crimson cord flashed in Rahab's window. 2 It was the time of Passover...sandstone cliffs. 3 A scarlet cord in Rahab's window The waters flowing into dead...
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Local studio's `soul' music celebrates Christ.(Arts & Entertainment)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 10/2/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...soul music for Jesus." You have reached Rahab Records Inc. Almost 2 years old, the...God's words to that music." He says Rahab's goal involves putting "something out...name from an Old Testament prostitute, Rahab "represents something negative that can...
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Postcolonial Feminist Interpretation of the Bible
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...corrective is the reading strategy she calls "Rahab's prism." When the Israelites invade...in the Book of Joshua, a native woman, Rahab, gives them shelter; by betraying her...feminist commentators alike generally regard Rahab as heroic and disregard the imperialist...
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Put It Out There - Part Six
Newspaper article from: Chicago Defender; 3/24/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...investigate and conduct due diligence. Rahab's house was positioned closest to the...After the spies introduced themselves to Rahab, she welcomed them into her home. (Sidebar...explained their purpose and mission to Rahab. Before they fell asleep, she went to...
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SXU professor travels to Costa Rica to counsel victims of sex tradeProf. Thomas Dodson part of 18-member group from Chicago Tabernacle Church
Newspaper article from: SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL); 11/9/2008; 530 words
; ...the sex trade. Dodson served with the Rahab Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted...sexual commerce in Costa Rica. Fundacion Rahab was founded by Mariliana Morales in 1997...streets to invite men and women to the Rahab center where they could experience prayer...
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Joshua.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Hebrew Studies Journal; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...of Ai and Jericho (pp. 177-180), Rahab's lie (pp. 106-112), and several...particularly grateful for the excursus here on "Rahab's lie." Many recent commentaries generally...its resolution. One can conceptualize Rahab's dilemma, for example, in terms of...
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Spying in Jericho and the CIA.(Commentary)(Op-Ed)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 2/28/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...secret aid given his Israelite spies by Rahab, a prostitute: "And Joshua the son of...and came into a harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. And when the King of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are...
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The five women in Matthew's genealogy
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 4/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...posteriori that the motherhood of Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba was also special...author include four other women: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and the wife of Uriah (Bathsheba...are all foreigners.3 Ruth is Moabite, Rahab is from Canaanite Jericho, and Bathsheba...
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Rahab
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
Rahab 1. A prostitute with a house conveniently built into the wall of Jericho...household were spared when the city was later captured and sacked. In the NT Rahab is regarded as a heroine (Heb. 11: 31 and Jas. 2: 25) and is included...
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Ramphele, Mamphela 1947–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...of South Africa. Her mother, Rangoato Rahab, and her father, Pitsi Eliphaz, were...disciplinarian, she was also a non-conformist; Rahab brazenly took meat from the men’...before sharing with women and children. Rahab’s bold move weakened that tradition...
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Jesse
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Jesse , in the Bible, the descendant of Rahab, the grandson of Boaz and Ruth, and the father of David. Referring to the restoration of the Davidic monarchy, the Book of...
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Protectiveness
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary
...Dictionary , 796] Quasimodo creature hides Esmeralda in sanctuary to save her. [Fr. Lit.: The Hunchback of Notre Dame ] Rahab conceals two Israelite spies from Jericho authorities. [O.T.: Joshua 2:2 – 6] ravens during drought, Elijah...
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Rescue
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary
...187] Noah with his sons, deemed by God worth saving from His destructive flood. [O.T.: Genesis 6 – 10] Rahab and family spared from Jericho ’ s destruction for aid rendered to Joshua ’ s army. [O.T.: Joshua...
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