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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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William Herbert Pembroke, 3d earl of
William Herbert Pembroke, 3d earl of 1580-1630, English courtier and patron of letters. Son of Mary Herbert, countess of Pembroke , and nephew of Sir Philip Sidney, he was tutored by the poet Samuel Daniel and succeeded his father to the earldom in 1601. Prominent at court, he became (1611) a priv...
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