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Star of Bethlehem
Star of Bethlehem name given to the luminous celestial object rising in the sky that, as related in the Gospel of Matthew, led the Wise Men of the East to the manger in Bethlehem where Jesus was born. According to astronomers, the phenomenon may represent the conjunction of the planets Jupiter,... Read more |
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City of David
City of David in the Bible, epithet of Bethlehem , the birthplace of David, and of Jerusalem , his capital.... Read more |
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bedlam
bedlam a scene of uproar or confusion, deriving ultimately from Bedlam, a corruption of Bethlehem, in the name of the ‘Hospital of St Mary of Bethlehem’, founded by the Sheriff of London in Bishopsgate in 1247 for the housing of the clergy of St Mary of Bethlehem when they visited... Read more |
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star-of-Bethlehem
star-of-Bethlehem in botany, low, spring-blooming bulbous plant ( Ornithogalum umbellatum ) of the family Liliaceae ( lily family), native to the Mediterranean region but naturalized in North America and cultivated in gardens. The plant has rather stiff, grasslike leaves and a cluster of white... Read more |
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Vigilantius
Vigilantius (fl. c.400), presbyter of Aquitaine. A visit to St Jerome at Bethlehem ended in a quarrel, and Vigilantius attacked Jerome as an Origenist. Jerome replied with his Contra Vigilantium (406).... Read more |
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Bethlehem Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corporation 1170 Eighth AvenueBethlehem, Pennsylvania 18016-7699U.S.A.(610) 694-2424Fax: (610) 694-6920Web site: http://www.bethsteel.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1904Employees: 15,600Sales: $4.63 billion (1997)Stock Exchanges: New YorkTicker Symbol: BSSICs: 3312 Blast... Read more |
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem [Heb.,=house of bread or house of Lahm, a goddess], Arab. Bayt Lahm, town (2003 est. pop. 28,000), in the West Bank . It is traditionally considered the birthplace of Jesus and is one of the world's great shrines. Situated on a hill in green, fertile country, Bethlehem looks across to... Read more |
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Sir Edward Burne-Jones
Sir Edward Burne-Jones 1833-98. English painter and decorator, b. Birmingham. Expected to enter the Church, he went to Exeter College, Oxford, where he met William Morris , who became his lifelong friend. He left Oxford to study painting with Rossetti in London and joined the Pre-Raphaelites .... Read more |
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Adullam
Adullam , in the Bible, border town of Judah, SW of Jerusalem. David hid in the Cave of Adullam when he fled from Saul. From here three of his men went to get him water from the well at Bethlehem.... Read more |
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Joseph Bellamy
Joseph Bellamy 1719-90, New England clergyman, b. Cheshire, Conn. A follower of Jonathan Edwards and a powerful revivalist of the Great Awakening , he preached in Bethlehem, Conn., for 52 years. Bellamy wrote True Religion Delineated (1750) and pamphlets in opposition to the Half-Way Covenant.... Read more |
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Palestinian kills four at settlement as U.S. sends envoy, Israeli troops...
...and killed four Israelis, just as U.S...were killed in an Israeli attack in Gaza...Israeli tanks and troops entered Bethlehem from two directions...last two weeks. Israeli and Palestinian...military said. Four Israelis were killed and...forces moved into Bethlehem from ... |
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Palestinian kills five at settlement as U.S. sends envoy, Israeli troops...
...Palestinians died in Israeli raids, just as U...Palestinians were killed in two Israeli attacks in Gaza, including...killed in a clash with Israelis. He was one of five...security commander, when Israeli forces moved into villages...Israeli tanks and troops entered Bethlehem ... |
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Israeli troops enter Bethlehem after suicide bombing kills 10.
ISRAELI forces entered Bethlehem today for the first time in...policeman from the city killed 10 Israelis in a suicide bombing. About 15 Israeli armoured vehicles took part in the operation. Israel handed Bethlehem to Palestinian police in July... |
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Israeli troops again enter Bethlehem in renewed search for militants
...JERUSALEM Israeli troops in armored personnel...Palestinian city of Bethlehem on Saturday night and...fence with Israel. In Bethlehem, the troops seized...was likely to stay in Bethlehem, just south of Jerusalem...Bank, meanwhile, Israeli troops stopped a taxi...bombing ... |
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Israeli troops re-enter Bethlehem, as part of pinpointed operations
...West Bank Israeli troops hunting suspected Palestinian...the West Bank city of Bethlehem early Monday as part...and jeeps drove into Bethlehem and surrounding towns...troops blocked access to Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity...suicide bombing in an Israeli hotel that killed ... |
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Israeli troops re-enter Bethlehem
00-00-0000 Dateline: BETHLEHEM, West Bank Israeli troops entered the Palestinian city of Bethlehem early Monday for the second time in...was wounded the previous night when Israeli tanks opened fire. The witnesses said... |
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Israeli Troops Leave Bethlehem, Enter Another West Bank Town
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli troops kept up their almost daily raids into...string of villages and pulling out of Bethlehem after an incursion that lasted only...the hospital after being wounded by Israeli fire.Defense Minister Binyamin Ben... |
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Israeli troops pull out of Bethlehem, enter another West Bank town
...0000 Dateline: JERUSALEM Israeli troops withdrew from the West Bank town of Bethlehem early Sunday, while soldiers...vehicles pulled out of Bethlehem only hours after entering...the sources said. In Bethlehem, army forces declared... |
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Israeli Troops Invade Bethlehem
...Then tanks and troops moved into the town...incursion, the Israeli troops did not approach...Jerusalem that killed 10 Israelis, carried out by...southern edge of Bethlehem. Last October, Israeli tanks and troops moved deep into Bethlehem, taking up positions...as ... |
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Israeli Troops Invate Bethlehem
...Then tanks and troops moved into the town...incursion, the Israeli troops did not approach...Jerusalem that killed 10 Israelis, carried out by...southern edge of Bethlehem. Last October, Israeli tanks and troops moved deep into Bethlehem, taking up positions...as ... |
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