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Gandhi - apostle of non violence
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AS India celebrated its 55th anniversary as an independent nation
this year, the country seems far away from the values of love, peace
and non- violence its founding father advocated.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the Gujarati lawyer better known as
Mahathma Gandhi (Great Soul), used non-violent agitation and mass
action to oust British colonial rule in his homeland.
His country's first major birth pain was when it was split into
two nations, namely Pakistan and India, and this culminated in
bloodshed and thousands of deaths.
Here are some websites dedicated to Gandhi and his philosophy of ...
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"Mysticism" in the Gospel of John: An Inquiry into Its Background
Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature
; ...Christian writings as the Wisdom of Ben Sira (Sir 49:8; 3:21-23...IOMelch; Revelation). Given that Johanan ben Zakkai was a contemporary of John, Kanagaraj investigates four versions of Johanan's Merkabah experience as recounted...
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WHY DID MATTHEW GET THE SHEMA WRONG? A STUDY OF MATTHEW 22:37
Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature
; ...Jew (the supposed converted rabbi of the school of Johanan ben Zakkai!).9 However, the tendentious reference to ben Zakkai aside, this argument is effectively countered by Davies...
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The Shadow of God.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Currents in Theology and Mission
; ...debates in Babylon on whether to serve Nebuchadnezzar and ends with a tale about a conversation between Johanan ben Zakkai and Vespasian that won Johanan a claim to imperial property near Jamnia, where he founded rabbinic Judaism. In thirteen other...
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From Belief To Fanaticism: Sadly, Jewish history is full of Baruch
Newspaper article from: The Jewish Week
; ...radical Zealot leader, Rabbi Zechariah ben Avkilus, opposed such accommodation...Because of the rigidity of Zechariah ben Avkilus, our House has been destroyed...pragmatist of Jewish history was Rabban Johanan ben Zakkai. When in their fierce fight against...
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The evolution of American orthodox relief and rescue efforts during the Holocaust: two documents.
Magazine article from: Journal of Ecumenical Studies
; ...greatest and noblest world philanthropic organization. (5) In the olden days of the destruction of the Temple, Rabbi Johanan ben Zakkai pleaded for the great Academy of Yavneh and her scholars (6) because he believed that the Torah was the Jewish...
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The Right Time to Give Hardwoods a Soft Start
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...Messiah has come, let him finish planting the tree and then meet the Messiah." This was said by biblical scholar Johanan ben Zakkai around 70 A.D. Since tree planting is considered, even biblically, as such a significant occurrence, we should...
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BOOK NOTES
Newspaper article from: Chicago Jewish Star
; ...the New Encyclopedia difficult to use have been retained. For example, "Judah Halevi" and Yohanan (here, "Johanan") ben Zakkai are both found under the letter "J" in the text and index. Such blemishes are of minor import, however, and...
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Ethnic Turf Wars in City Synagogue, THE MOSCOW TIMES
Newspaper article from: The Moscow Times (Russia)
; ...adult Jewish men required in order to read the Torah and several crucial prayers. As the first-century Jewish sage Johanan ben Zakkai said, "When God comes to a synagogue and does not find a minyan there, he is angry." The Choral Synagogue also...
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