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leaven
leaven Yeast, added to dough. In the
Bible leaven had two incompatible significances: as fermented dough left over unbaked from a previous batch it was added to cause further fermentation. It could therefore be regarded
either as a living substance which should not be burnt in
sacrifices on the
altar or as a corrupting influence which caused a kind of decay. The latter was the understanding of the
rabbis: leaven symbolized the corruption of human nature. Hence Jesus' condemnation of the leaven (‘yeast’, NRSV) of
Pharisees and others (Mark 8: 15) and Paul's denunciation in 1 Cor. 5: 6–8 of the Corinthians' arrogance and in Gal. 5: 9 of the wiles of his opponents. On the other hand leaven as life-giving is used in the parables of Matt. 13: 33 and Luke 13: 20–1.
During the feast of Unleavened Bread, which became combined with the
Passover, Jews ate only unleavened bread (Exod. 13: 7–8).
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FullAudio Appoints Michael Fischer as VP Content and Programming and Thomas Leavens as VP Legal and General Counsel.
Business Wire; 10/30/2000; 700+ words
; ...veterans Michael Fischer and Thomas Leavens to the company's senior management...Content and Programming, and Thomas Leavens serves as Vice President Legal and General Counsel. Both Fischer and Leavens bring extensive music industry experience...
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Leavens Awards & Pi Graphix to Build Internet Employee Awards Program for Shell Oil.
Business Wire; 12/17/1998; 584 words
; ...BB:PGRX) Thursday announced that the Leavens Awards Company has contracted Pi Graphix...employee awards program for Shell Oil Co. Leavens Awards Company, one of America's largest...Awards Program. Shell Oil is the first of Leavens' corporate clients to convert its paper...
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The leaven of the Pharisees.
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 2/17/2004; 487 words
; ...enjoined them, "Watch out, guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod." They concluded among themselves that...understand?" The WORD Today The metaphor of the leaven refers to the ability of yeast to produce fermentation...
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CELEBRATIONS - BOOTHE-LEAVENS WEDDING
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 10/5/2003; 423 words
; Leah Marie Leavens of Roanoke, Va., and Timothy Alan Boothe...bride is the daughter of Gary and Vickie Leavens of Blue Ridge, Va. She is a graduate...maid of honor. Bridesmaids were April Leavens, sister-in-law of bride, Beth Boothe...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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LEAVENS.(Obit)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 6/27/2007; 309 words
; Elaine Marie Leavens June 25, 2007 Elaine Marie Leavens, 61, of Hannibal.*****Surviving: Husband, Donald; daughters, Kimberly Leavens and Katrina Easton; son, Andrew Leavens; and brother...
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The leaven of the Pharisees.(Opinion & Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 2/17/2003; 521 words
; ...enjoined them, "Watch out, guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod." They concluded among themselves that...Herod and the Pharisees. He uses the metaphor of leaven since it is a symbol of corruption among the Jews...
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The leaven of the Pharisees.(Reflections Today)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 2/14/2006; 603 words
; ...enjoined them, "Watch out, guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod." They concluded among themselves that...different levels of meaning. Jesus talks about the "leaven of the Pharisees" a" in reference to the corrupting...
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Pi Graphix Inc. Adds Leavens Awards Company and Cobra Golf.
Business Wire; 10/12/1998; 700+ words
; ...is pleased to announce the addition of Leavens Awards Co. and Cobra Golf as clients...commerce business- to-business contract. Leavens Awards Co., one of America's largest...Cyber Awards Program. This will allow Leavens' corporate clients to convert their respective...
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 "Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)")
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Ancient European royalty's descendants in small-town America; Bazinet's research traces Leavens' line to William the Conqueror.
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 3/12/2009; 700+ words
; ...Read your recent piece about Charles Leavens," e-mails Edward B. Bazinet of Dudley...s genealogical research, tracing the Leavens lineage back to England and France, including...The original piece was about Mr. Leavens' years of municipal research, with specifics...
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 "The Sunday Independent (South Africa)")
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Leaven sent; The culture of sourdough bread is magical but it takes time and effort. Think of it as mission worthwhile, though, writes Amy Scattergood.(Life)
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Independent (South Africa); 3/9/2008; 700+ words
; ...top, but just a bit of it is enough to leaven a loaf of crusty, fragrant bread and...characteristic sourness, and the yeasts, which leaven it - and eventually the bread - achieve...in a little more than a week, would leaven a loaf of good bread, as opposed to the...
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leaven
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
leaven , agent used to raise bread or other flour foods. Physical leavens include water vapor, which...incorporated by beating. Chemical leaven (baking powder and baking soda) and biological leavens (yeasts and certain bacteria...
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Leaven
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Leaven (Heb., ḥamez ). Raising agent...called the festival of unleavened bread. Leaven must necessarily come from the preceding...in God, to the new year. The search for leaven ( bedikat ḥamez ) is based on...
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sourdough
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...x259;)rˌdō / • n. 1. leaven for making bread, consisting of fermenting dough, typically...previous batch. ∎ bread made using such leaven. 2. an experienced prospector in the western U.S. or Canada...
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Bedikat ḥamez
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Bedikat ḥamez (search for leaven): see LEAVEN .
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The 1980s: Religion: Publications
Book article from: American Decades
...America (Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1986); Robert B. Kaiser, The Politics of Sex and Religion (Kansas City: Leaven Press, 1985); Lawrence Lader, Politics, Power and the Church: The Catholic Crisis and Its Challenge to American Pluralism...
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