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Villanova University
Villanova University , at Villanova, Pa., near Philadelphia; Roman Catholic; est. 1842 as a men's school, coeducational since 1967. It has schools of arts and sciences, engineering, commerce and finance, nursing, law, and graduate studies. Among its publications are Augustinian Studies, South Asian... Read more |
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wildcat
wildcat common name of Old World cats ( Felis sylvestris ) of Europe, Asia, and Africa. The wildcat resembles a large domestic tabby cat with a heavy tail; its fur is brownish to gray, with a pattern of light stripes. It can and does interbreed with domestic cats. The five subspecies are the... Read more |
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Gulf of Carpentaria
Gulf of Carpentaria , arm of the Arafura Sea, 305 mi (491 km) wide and 370 mi (595 km) long, indenting the northern coast of Australia. On its eastern shore, near Weipa, lies a vast bauxite deposit. Willem Jansz explored the gulf in 1606.... Read more |
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Eastern Orthodox Church
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Eastern Enterprises
Eastern Enterprises 9 Riverside RoadWeston, Massachusetts 02193U.S.A.(617) 647-2300 Public Company Incorporated: 1929 as Eastern Gas and Fuel AssociatesEmployees: 4,400Sales: $950 millionStock Exchanges: Boston New York Pacific Eastern Enterprises, a company with total assets of more than $1... Read more |
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Great Eastern
Great Eastern, the third of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's great shipbuilding masterpieces, the others being the Great Western and Great Britain, was a ship far in advance of its day. Laid down in 1854 and launched in 1858, at a time when the largest ships afloat were under 5,000 tons, the Great Eastern... Read more |
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Don (Russia)
Don , river, SW European Russia. It rises SE of Tula and flows c.1,200 mi (1,930 km), first SE past Voronezh, then SW into the Sea of Azov. At its eastern bend the Don is linked by a canal (c.65 mi/105 m long), with the Volga River near Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad). The annual flood of the river... Read more |
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Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church Christian church headed by the pope, the bishop of Rome (see papacy and Peter, Saint ). Its commonest title in official use is Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. "Roman Catholic" is a 19th-century British coinage and merely serves to distinguish that church from other... Read more |
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griffin
griffin in ancient and medieval legend, creature with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. Its name also appears as griffon and gryphon. The griffin originated in ancient Middle Eastern legend and is often found in Persian sculpture and the decorative arts. Although its... Read more |
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Divine images and aniconism in ancient Israel. (book review)
...reconstruction of ancient Israelite...As his book No Graven...of ancient Israel and her ancient Near Eastern neighbors...that, in its nascent period...Iron Age Israel.(5) ... |
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To Your Tents, O Israel! The Terminology, Function, Form, and Symbolism of...
...Tents, O Israel! The Terminology...Bible and the Ancient Near East. By...sources, its multifarious...informing ancient Israel's tent...section of the book by turning...ancient ... |
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Writings and Speech in Israelite and Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy.(Book review)
...ISRAELITE AND ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN PROPHECY. Edited...the Prophetic Books--Setting...Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy...continued its influence on...in ancient ... |
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The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel.(Book review)
...THE WORLD OF ANCIENT ISRAEL. By Benjamin...This complex book about biblical...perhaps a clue to its complexity...self in ancient Israel, Canaan, and...lost ancient Near ... |
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The Politics of Ancient Israel. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
...Politics of Ancient Israel, by Norman...95. This book is part of a...aspects of ancient Israel's social history...conceptualizing Israel's politics...narratives about its poli tical history...the ... |
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Ancient Israel and Ancient Greece: Religion, Politics, and Culture.(Book Review)
Ancient Israel and Ancient Greece...volume work, Israel and Hellas...and accessible book seeks to document...from ancient Near Eastern absolutism...to develop "its own version ... |
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Images of Others: Iconic Politics in Ancient Israel.(Book review)
...Politics in Ancient Israel. By NATHANIEL...50. This book attempts to...instruments of ancient Near Eastern "iconic politics...one nation and its god over another...icons Judah and its ... |
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The City Besieged: Siege and Its Manifestations in the Ancient Near...
...Siege and Its Manifestations in the Ancient Near East. By ISRAEL EPH'AL...which is a review of the epigraphic...make this book ever so worthy. Its main weakness...two recent books (one ... |
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Ancient Near Eastern Literature and the Hebrew Scriptures About the...
Ancient Near Eastern Literature and the...speak for itself on its own terms" (p...among ancient Near Eastern peoples serve as a...p. 5) of God as Israel's Father can be...s understanding of ... |
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Prophecy in Its Ancient Near Eastern Context.(Book review)
PROPHECY IN ITS ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN CONTEXT. Edited...of Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy from an...Mari, Assyria, Israel" (pp. 47-70...circumstances which prompted its first ... |
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