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- Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
8: ...of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian chu...
13: ... 5:2), some 80 or 90 miles (about 130 kilometers) from Nazareth; and while there they found shelter in...
15: ...|Matt. 1:21]]), because he was to save his people from their sins. This was followed by the presentat...
19: ...Acts 1:14). From this time she wholly disappears from the historical biblical accounts, although it i...
25: ... Virgin Mary]]'' or ''Our Lady'' (this latter, in French, Spanish, and Italian, is rendered ''Notre Da... - Shofar (6586 bytes)
5: ... the voice of a shofar, "exceeding loud," issuing from the thick cloud on [[Mount Sinai]] that made al...
7: ... praise (Ps. xcviii. 6; comp. ib. xlvii. 5). More frequently it was used as the signal-horn of war, li...
9: The [[Torah]] describes the first day of the seventh month (1...
15: ...[halakha|Jewish law]] women and minors are exempt from the command to hear the shofar-blowing, but the...
17: ...ce resembling that of a European [[trumpet]] or [[French horn]], but smaller. - Christianity (47078 bytes)
6: ...term "Christ" to describe Jesus, which is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] translation for "M...
8: ...lly grouped into three main branches, which split from one another in disputes over doctrine:
14: ... but not [[Restorationism]]) derive their beliefs from the conclusions reached by the Council of Nicea...
29: ...stles and other followers claimed that Jesus rose from the dead, and set out to [[preach]] the new mes...
35: * via [[Egypt]] into [[North Africa]], [[Sudan]] and [[Ethiopia]] - Religion (72319 bytes)
10: The word religion is thought to derive from one of two combinations of Latin roots. The fi...
25: ...sion, see [[approaches to distinguishing religion from non-religion]].
38: *An ethical framework, including a definition of activities whic...
53: ... Commandments]] of the [[Old Testament]], flowing from the beliefs rather than being defined by the be...
54: ...xt|texts they hold as sacred]] uniquely different from other writings, and which records or is the bas... - Islam (36809 bytes)
6: ...ion." [[Etymology|Etymologically]], it is derived from the same root as, for example, ''Salām'' m...
10: ... Muslims believe that parts of the Bible and the Torah have been forgotten, misinterpreted, or distorted...
26: ...to act or live a certain life. God has given the free will to do and make decisions.)
29: ...he Final Day; and in Fate, that Good and Evil are from God, and Resurrection after death be Truth.
38: ...or you! Allah is only One God . Far is it removed from His transcendent majesty that he should have a ... - Quran (41479 bytes)
6: ...umbers, but by an Arabic name derived in some way from the sura. (See [[sura|List of sura names]].) Th...
14: ...1; Arabic. There are few other examples of Arabic from that time. (The ''[[Mu'allaqat]]'', or ''Suspen...
24: ...e, exhortation, and legal prescription. The suras frequently combine all these modes, not always in wa...
46: ...-final consonants. Some suras also include a [[refrain]] repeated every few verses, for instance [[ar...
52: ...ndness. And it is not lawful for you that ye take from women aught of that which ye have given them; e... - Judaism (54799 bytes)
9: [[Image:Menorah7a.png|100px|right|framed|The seven-branched [[Menorah]] is an ancient ...
11: ...ism]]. This notion is derived directly from the [[Torah]] (the [[Hebrew Bible]]) where [[Names of God in ...
14: ...world. This is the foundation of Judaism. To turn from these beliefs is to deny God and the essence of...
15: ...s of God, is to deny all that is written in the [[Torah]]. It is also a prohibition against making or pos...
19: Second, the [[Torah]] (i.e., The [[Hebrew Bible]]) specifies a number... - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
2: ...r been confirmed. The first mentions we have are from the [[classical Greek]] philosopher [[Plato]], ...
7: ...dfather of [[Critias]]. And Critias learned of it from his grandfather also named Critias, son of Drop...
17: ...us]], to where proud and warlike men used to come from the continent beyond the islands, in order to o...
20: ...s]] recorded that the Atlanteans did not know the fruits of [[Ceres (mythology)|Ceres]]. In fact, Old...
21: ...scribes it as having a climate that is very mild; fruits and vegetables grow ripe throughout the year.... - Samaria (7953 bytes)
9: ...sraeli forces during the [[1967]] [[Six-Day War]] from [[Jordan]]. Jordan withdrew all claims to the W...
19: ...mselves claim to be descendants of [[Israelites]] from the Northern Kingdom who escaped deportation an...
21: ...ion related to [[Judaism]] in that it accepts the Torah as its holy book, though little of latter Jewish ...
26: ...[[kingdom of Israel|Israel]], purchased this hill from Shemer its owner for two talents of [[silver]],...
31: Samaria, the city, was frequently besieged. In the days of [[Ahab]], [[Benh... - Muslim (12217 bytes)
13: * Qiyas - the process of analogical reasoning from a known injunction (nass) to a new injunction.
18: ...adith (singular ''Hadith'') - narrations reported from the Prophet Muhammad, his daughter Fatimeh Zahr...
24: ...h as the [[Injil]] (Christian [[Gospels]]), the [[Torah]] and the [[Psalms]], have been changed by Mankin...
41: * Refraining from eating, drinking and having sex from dawn to dusk in the month of Ramadan (Sawm).
42: ...an be strenuous. Also, one has to obtain a permit from the Saudi government which is granted based on ... - Creation (theology) (32465 bytes)
3: ... may be seen as either ''[[ex nihilo]]'' or order from preexisting chaos (see [[demiurge]]).
9: ...]], who say that [[scientific evidence|evidence]] from many scientific disciplines are the only [[empi...
11: ...f [[common descent]] -- that humans are descended from "lesser creatures". There are creationists who ...
21: ...e (and hence all its contents) was created by God from the notion that individual species were created...
32: ...ccording to Genesis]], within the approximate timeframe of the [[Ussher-Lightfoot Calendar]] or somewh... - Holocaust (53541 bytes)
6: ...estimates by historians of the exact number range from five million to over six million. Other groups ...
10: ...o a sacrifice Jews were required to make by the [[Torah]]. But since the mid-[[19th century]], the word h...
16: The term has been frequently used to reference nuclear war, and in the...
20: ...azi Holocaust which taken together distinguish it from other [[genocides in history]].
24: ...dge, and renowned [[Psychiatry|psychiatrist]] [[Alfred Hoche]], the work was key to the formulation of... - Blood (11213 bytes)
2: [[Image:Redbloodcells.jpg|right|frame|[[Red blood cell]]s (erythrocytes) are present...
4: ...ritish English|BE]]: ''haemo-'' and ''haemato-'') from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word "''haima''" f...
11: ...invertebrates, these oxygen-carrying proteins are freely soluble in the blood; in vertebrates they are...
14: ...xygen. (Openings called [[trachea]]e allow oxygen from the air to diffuse directly to the tissues). In...
36: ...oduced by the [[endocrine gland]]s and the watery fraction maintained by the [[gut]] and the [[kidney]... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
9: ...|thumbnail|300px|Jerusalem and the Old City. View from the Mount of Olives]]
16: ...mbnail|150px|[[Archaeology|Archaeological]] ruins from [[King David]]'s time]]
30: ...G|right|thumb|150px|Sack of Jerusalem. A fragment from the [[Arch of Titus]], Rome.]]
34: ...stricting some Jewish practices. Angry at this affront, the Judeans again revolted led by [[Bar Kokhb...
36: ...city, except under a brief period of Persian rule from 614-629.
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