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41Mother of God — The Blessed Virgin Mary † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Blessed Virgin Mary The Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, the mother of God. In general, the theology and history of Mary the M …
42The Blessed Virgin Mary — The Blessed Virgin Mary † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Blessed Virgin Mary The Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, the mother of God. In general, the theology and history of Mary the Mother of God follow the… …
43AKEDAH — (ʿAqedah; Heb. הָדֵקֲע, lit. binding (of Isaac) ), the Pentateuchal narrative (Gen. 22:1–19) describing God s command to abraham to offer isaac , the son of his old age, as a sacrifice. Obedient to the command, Abraham takes Isaac to the place of …
44Hegel, spirit, and politics — Leo Rauch Hegel’s impact on political thought has been immense giving shape to the major political movements of the modern world. Yet the person of average education is hardly familiar with the name, which is usually identified with a small… …
45Beard — Bearded redirects here. For the British music magazine, see Bearded (magazine). For other uses, see Beard (disambiguation). Example of a full, untrimmed beard and moustache …
46ḤAREDIM — (lit. reverently fearful, from Hebrew ḥared, fearful, trembling, pious ; common definition, ultra Orthodox Jews). Introduction Orthodox Jews constitute the smallest major Jewish religious denomination. Although found in all principal areas of… …
47POLAND — POLAND, republic in E. Central Europe; the kingdom of Poland and the grand duchy of Lithuania united formally (Poland Lithuania) in 1569. This article is arranged according to the following outline: the early settlements jewish legal status… …
48Minyan — This article is about the term in Judaism. For other meanings, see Minyan (disambiguation). Minyan Halakhic texts relating to this article: Torah: Leviticus 22:32 Mishnah: Megillah 4:3 …
49PROSELYTES — There is ample evidence of a widespread conversion to Judaism during the period of the Second Temple, especially the latter part of the period, and the word ger, which in biblical times meant a stranger, or an alien, became synonymous with a… …
50SCROLLS, THE FIVE — (Heb. ḥamesh megillot), a designation for the five shortest books of the Hagiographa (Heb. Ketuvim): Song of songs , ruth , lamentations , ecclesiastes , and Esther. Although in modern printed Hebrew Bibles the Five Scrolls constitute a unit,… …
