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Belteshazzar
Belteshazzar , in the Book of Daniel , Babylonian name of the prophet Daniel.
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Daniel
Daniel in the Bible. 1 Prophet, central figure of the book of Daniel . 2 See Chileab . 3 Sealer of the covenant.
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Daniel
Daniel in the Bible. 1 Prophet, central figure of the book of Daniel . 2 See Chileab . 3 Sealer of the covenant.
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Daniel Bell
Daniel Bell 1919-, U.S. sociologist. After 20 years as a journalist, he took a degree in sociology and went on to teach at Columbia and Harvard. He has written on contemporary capitalist society and the individual's place within it.
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Belshazzar
Belshazzar , according to the Bible, son of Nebuchadnezzar and last king of Babylon. The Book of Daniel relates that, at his feast, handwriting appeared on the wall. Daniel interpreted it as a prophecy of doom; that night Babylonia fell to the otherwise unknown Darius the Mede .
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Daniel David Palmer
Daniel David Palmer 1845-1913, American founder of chiropractic, b. near Toronto, Canada. He practiced and taught chiropractic , chiefly in Davenport, Iowa. His work was carried on and extended by his son, Bartlett J. Palmer.
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Daniel Pierce Thompson
Daniel Pierce Thompson 1795-1868, American novelist, b. Charlestown, Mass. He wrote adventure novels, many of which deal with life in Vermont. His notable work is The Green Mountain Boys (1839).
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Susanna
Susanna 1 Heroine of a story told in the Book of Daniel, in a chapter (13) placed in the Apocrypha in the Authorized Version (see Daniel ). Two elders attempt to seduce Susanna and are repulsed; they accuse her of illicit relations with a young man, but she is saved from punishment by young Dani...
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Bel and the Dragon
Bel and the Dragon customary name for chapter 14 of the Book of Daniel, a passage included in the Septuagint and the Apocrypha . It was written possibly in the 1st cent. BC as a response to Gentile threat to the Jewish culture and state. The first half recounts the story of the Babylonian idol B...
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Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki , 1726-1801, German painter and engraver, b. Danzig. He was the most popular illustrator of his day in Prussia. The Departure of Jean Calas (1767) is his most famous painting. It is as an engraver, however, that Chodowiecki is best known. His book illustrations include ...
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