flight into egypt
1Flight into Egypt — For other uses, see Flight into Egypt (disambiguation). The Flight into Egypt by Giotto di Bondone (1304 06, Scrovegni Chapel, Padua). The flight into Egypt is a biblical event described in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 2:13 …
2Flight into Egypt — When Herod ordered the massacre of the innocents, an angel warned Mary and Joseph of the impending danger to the Christ Child. To ensure his safety, the holy couple took the boy to Egypt. In art, the scene is presented in various forms.… …
3Flight into Egypt — Flight into E|gypt, the a story in the ↑Bible in which ↑Joseph, ↑Mary, and the baby ↑Jesus run away to Egypt to escape from King ↑Herod, who has ordered all male babies to be killed …
4Rest on the Flight into Egypt (Caravaggio) — Infobox Painting| title=Rest on the Flight into Egypt artist=Caravaggio year=c. 1597 type=Oil on canvas height=135.5 width=166.5 city=Rome museum=Doria Pamphilj Gallery Rest on the Flight into Egypt (c. 1597) is a painting by the Italian Baroque… …
5The Flight into Egypt (Annibale Carracci) — Infobox Painting| title=The Flight into Egypt artist=Annibale Carracci year=c. 1604 type=Oil on canvas height=122 width=230 city=Rome museum=Galleria Doria PamphiljThe Flight into Egypt is a painting by the Italian Baroque painter Annibale… …
6flight into Egypt — Бегство в Египет …
7Egypt in the Western imagination — has loomed large from the very first written texts in the Greek and Hebrew traditions. Egypt was already immemorially ancient to outsiders, and the idea of Egypt as a figment of the Western imagination has continued to be at least as influential… …
8Egypt — • Provides information on history, religion, and literature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Egypt Egypt † …
9EGYPT — EGYPT, country in N.E. Africa, centering along the banks of the River Nile from the Mediterranean coast southward beyond the first cataract at Aswan. The ancient Egyptians named their land Kemi, the Black Land, while the neighboring Asiatic… …
10Egypt — /ee jipt/, n. 1. Arab Republic of. a republic in NE Africa. 64,791,891; 386,198 sq. mi. (1,000,252 sq. km). Cap.: Cairo. Arabic, Misr. Formerly (1958 71), United Arab Republic. 2. an ancient kingdom in NE Africa: divided into the Nile Delta… …
