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81Monasteries in Spain — The monasteries in Spain are a rich historical heritage, arts and culture. Spanish monasteries testify to its religious history and political military history, in both the Middle Ages and in earlier times, with the arrival and settlement of the… …
82Monitor (comics) — The Monitor The Monitor. Art by George Pérez Publication information Publisher DC Comics First appeara …
83CHILDREN — The central purpose of marriage in Jewish tradition is procreation. The commandment in Genesis 1:28 is fulfilled according to Bet Hillel with one child of each sex and according to Bet Shammai with two boys (Yev. 6:6; Yev. 61a–64a). The aim of a… …
84Byzantine aristocracy and bureaucracy — The Byzantine Empire had a complex system of aristocracy and bureaucracy, which was inherited from the Roman Empire. At the apex of the pyramid stood the Emperor, sole ruler and divinely ordained, but beneath him a multitude of officials and… …
85Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) — The Church of Christ was the original name of the Latter Day Saint church founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. Organized informally in 1829 in northwestern New York and then as a legal entity on April 6, 1830, it was the first organization to implement… …
86Sibyl — The word sibyl probably comes (via Latin) from the Greek word sibylla , meaning prophetess. (Other schools of thought suggest that the word may have come from Arabic.) The earlier oracular seeresses known as the sibyls of antiquity, who… …
87Jahwist — The Jahwist, also referred to as the Jehovist, Yahwist, or simply as J, is one of the four major sources of the Torah postulated by the Documentary Hypothesis (DH). It is the oldest source, whose narratives make up half of Genesis and the first… …
88Kings of Easter Island — The First King = The legendary first king of Easter Island is said to have been Hotu Matu a, who supposedly arrived around 500 to 600 A.D. [ Carlos Mordo, Easter Island (Willowdale, Ontario: Firefly Books Ltd., 2002) Page 14] Legend insists that… …
89Catholic Monarchs — The Catholic Monarchs ( es. los Reyes Católicos) is the collective title used in history for Queen Isabella I of Castile [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08177a.htm CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Isabella I] ] and King Ferdinand II of Aragon. The title …
90Tribe of Ephraim — The Tribe of Ephraim (Hebrew Name|אֶפְרַיִם / אֶפְרָיִם|Efráyim|ʾEp̄ráyim} / ʾEp̄rāyim| double fruitfulness ) was one of the Tribes of Israel; together with the Tribe of Manasseh, Ephraim also formed the House of Joseph . At its height, the… …
