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206646 | Zakk Wylde | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zakk%20Wylde | Zakk Wylde
performed the U.S. national anthem at Rockfest in Kansas City, Missouri.
- Wylde appeared onstage December 8, 2011 in Indianapolis, IN, to play a cover of AC/DC's "Whole Lotta Rosie" with Guns N' Roses while Black Label Society opened for Guns N' Roses during a leg of the US tour. Wylde also did this on sub... | 5,300 |
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In 2001, Wylde appeared as the lead guitarist for a band called Steel Dragon in the movie "Rock Star", also starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston.
- Wylde appeared in "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" episode "Spirit Journey Formation Anniversary" as himself
- Wylde appeared in the "Californication" episode "... | 5,301 |
206646 | Zakk Wylde | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zakk%20Wylde | Zakk Wylde
He becomes unlocked upon defeating him in a specially recorded guitar battle and completing Stillborn from the guitarist's catalog.
# Discography.
- with Black Label Society
- 1999: "Sonic Brew"
- 2000: "Stronger Than Death"
- 2001: "Alcohol Fueled Brewtality Live!! +5"
- 2002: "1919 Eternal"
- 2003: ... | 5,302 |
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kened"
- 2014: "Catacombs of the Black Vatican"
- 2018: "Grimmest Hits"
- with Ozzy Osbourne
- 1988: "No Rest for the Wicked"
- 1990: "Just Say Ozzy (live album)"
- 1991: "No More Tears"
- 1993: "Live & Loud (live album)"
- 1995: "Ozzmosis"
- 2001: "Down to Earth"
- 2002: "Live at Budokan (live alb... | 5,303 |
206653 | Judeo-Persian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judeo-Persian | Judeo-Persian
Judeo-Persian
Judeo-Persian refers to both a group of Jewish dialects spoken by the Jews living in Iran and Judeo-Persian texts (written in Hebrew alphabet). As a collective term, Judeo-Persian refers to a number of Judeo-Iranian languages spoken by Jewish communities throughout the formerly extensive Pe... | 5,304 |
206653 | Judeo-Persian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judeo-Persian | Judeo-Persian
Judeo-Shirazi, Judeo-Hamadani, and Judeo-Kashani.
# Persian words in Hebrew and Aramaic.
The earliest evidence of the entrance of Persian words into the language of the Israelites is found in the Bible. The post-exilic portions, Hebrew as well as Aramaic, contain besides many Persian proper names and ti... | 5,305 |
206653 | Judeo-Persian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judeo-Persian | Judeo-Persian
Babylonian diaspora again came under the dominion of the Persians; and among such Jews the Persian language held a position similar to that held by the Greek language among the Jews of the West. Persian became to a great extent the language of everyday life among the Jews of Babylonia; and a hundred years... | 5,306 |
206653 | Judeo-Persian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judeo-Persian | Judeo-Persian
the language of daily intercourse and into that of the schools, a fact which is attested by the numerous Persian derivatives in the Babylonian Talmud. But in the Aramaic Targum there are very few Persian words, because after the middle of the third century the Targumim on the Pentateuch and the Prophets w... | 5,307 |
206653 | Judeo-Persian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judeo-Persian | Judeo-Persian
of parts of the Bible, such as the "Musā-nāmah" (an epic poem recounting the story of Moses); later poets composed lyric poetry of a Sufi cast. Much of this literature was collected around the beginning of the twentieth century by the ּּBukharian rabbi Shimon Hakham, who founded a printing press in Israel... | 5,308 |
206653 | Judeo-Persian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judeo-Persian | Judeo-Persian
of Judges)
- Khwājah Bukhārā'i
- "Dāniyāal-nāamah" (The Book of Daniel)
## Mishnah and midrash.
- Emrāni: "Ganj-nāmah" (The Book of Treasure): Poetic elaboration on the mishnaic tractate of Abot
## Biblical commentaries.
- Shimon Hakham: Commentary on Exodus 3-4
## Historical texts.
- "Bābāi b. Lu... | 5,309 |
206653 | Judeo-Persian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judeo-Persian | Judeo-Persian
Hatani", or "Shira", often beginning with the words ""Shodi hātān mobarak bād"" (שדִי חתן מבארך באד): Verses sung at weddings and festive occasions. Originally composed for the groom during the "Shabbat Hatan" (the shabbat following the wedding)
- Aminā:
- "In Praise of Moses"
- "A Ghazal on the Twelve... | 5,310 |
206653 | Judeo-Persian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judeo-Persian | Judeo-Persian
rsian Literature" (Yale Judaica): Yale 2000,
- Moreen, Vera B. "The Legend of Adam in the Judeo-Persian Epic" Bereshit [Nāmah]"(14th Century)." Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research. American Academy of Jewish Research, 1990.
# External links.
- Judeo-Persian Literature, Encyclopædia ... | 5,311 |
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Durham Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, commonly known as Durham Cathedral and home of the Shrine of St Cuthbert, is a cathedral in the city of Durham, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Durham, the fourth-ranked bishop in the Church of... | 5,312 |
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Oswald of Northumbria, and the remains of the Venerable Bede. In addition, its library contains one of the most complete sets of early printed books in England, the pre-Dissolution monastic accounts, and three copies of the Magna Carta.
From 1080 until 1836 the Bishop of Durham enjoyed the powers of a... | 5,313 |
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and welcomed 694,429 visitors in 2018.
# History.
## Anglo-Saxon.
The see of Durham takes its origins from the Diocese of Lindisfarne, founded by Saint Aidan at the behest of Oswald of Northumbria around 635. The see lasted until 664, at which point it was translated to York. The see was then reinst... | 5,314 |
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of Lindisfarne remained itinerant until 882, when a community was reestablished in Chester-le-Street. The see had its seat here until 995, when further incursions once again caused the monks to move with the relics. According to local legend, the monks followed two milk maids who were searching for a d... | 5,315 |
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of Northumbria, as the bishop at this time, Aldhun, had strong family links with the earls. Nevertheless, the street leading from The Bailey past the Cathedral's eastern towers up to Palace Green is named Dun Cow Lane due to the miniature (dun) cows that used to graze in the pastures nearby.
Initially... | 5,316 |
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by the growing cult of Saint Cuthbert. King Canute was one early pilgrim, granting many privileges and much land to the Durham community. The defendable position, flow of money from pilgrims and power embodied in the church at Durham ensured that a town formed around the cathedral, establishing the ear... | 5,317 |
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of the cathedral began in 1093 at the eastern end. The choir was completed by 1096 and work proceeded on the nave of which the walls were finished by 1128, and the high vault complete by 1135. The chapter house, partially demolished in the 18th century, was built between 1133 and 1140. William died in ... | 5,318 |
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prevented work from continuing, added the Galilee Chapel at the west end of the cathedral. The five-aisled building occupies the position of a porch, it functioned as a Lady chapel and the great west door was blocked during the Medieval period by an altar to the Virgin Mary. The door is now blocked by ... | 5,319 |
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extension had failed. Le Poore employed the architect Richard Farnham to design an eastern terminal for the building in which many monks could say the Daily Office simultaneously. The resulting building was the Chapel of the Nine Altars. The towers also date from the early 13th century, but the central... | 5,320 |
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tomb was destroyed on the orders of King Henry VIII in 1538, and the monastery's wealth handed over to the king. The body of the saint was exhumed, and according to the "Rites of Durham", was discovered to be uncorrupted. It was reburied under a plain stone slab worn by the knees of pilgrims, but the a... | 5,321 |
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war. It is estimated that as many as 3,000 were imprisoned of whom 1,700 died in the cathedral itself, where they were kept in inhumane conditions, largely without food, water or heat. The prisoners destroyed much of the cathedral woodwork for firewood but Prior Castell's Clock, which featured the Scot... | 5,322 |
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the font. An oak screen to carry the organ was added at this time to replace a stone screen pulled down in the 16th century. On the remains of the old refectory, the Dean, John Sudbury founded a library of early printed books.
## 18th and 19th centuries.
During the 18th century, the deans of Durham o... | 5,323 |
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across the Wear, persuaded the dean and chapter to let him smooth off much of the outer stonework of the cathedral, thereby considerably altering its character. His successor William Morpeth demolished most of the Chapter House.
In 1794 the architect James Wyatt drew up extensive plans which would hav... | 5,324 |
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nave, and in 1858 he restored the cloisters.
The restoration of the cathedral's tower in 1859-60 was by the architect George Gilbert Scott, working with Edward Robert Robson (who went on to serve as Clerk of Works at the cathedral for six years). In 1874 Scott was responsible for the marble quire scre... | 5,325 |
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in the North Transept (1875), and the Rose Window of "Christ in Majesty" ().
## 20th century.
In the 1930s, under the inspiration of Dean Cyril Alington, work began on restoring the Shrine of Saint Cuthbert behind the High Altar as an appropriate focus of worship and pilgrimage, and was resumed after... | 5,326 |
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Chapel a wooden statue of the "Annunciation" by the Polish artist Josef Pyrz was added in 1992, the same year as Leonard Evetts' "Stella Maris" window.
In 1986, the cathedral, together with the nearby Castle, became a World Heritage Site. The UNESCO committee classified the cathedral under criteria C ... | 5,327 |
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end of the Cathedral were re-dedicated to Saint Hild of Whitby and Saint Margaret of Scotland: a striking painting of Margaret (with her son, the future king David) by Paula Rego was dedicated in 2004. Nearby a plaque, first installed in 2011 and rededicated in 2017, commemorates the Scottish soldiers ... | 5,328 |
206643 | Durham Cathedral | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durham%20Cathedral | Durham Cathedral
glass window of the "Transfiguration" by Tom Denny was dedicated in memory of Michael Ramsey, former Bishop of Durham and Archbishop of Canterbury.
In 2016 former monastic buildings around the cloister, including the Monks' Dormitory and Prior's Kitchen, were re-opened to the public as "Open Treasure"... | 5,329 |
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festival was repeated in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017.
In 2017 a new "Open Treasure" exhibition area opened featuring the 8th-century wooden coffin of Saint Cuthbert, his gold and garnet pectoral cross, a portable altar and an ivory comb.
# Architecture.
There is evidence that the aisle of the choir h... | 5,330 |
206643 | Durham Cathedral | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durham%20Cathedral | Durham Cathedral
is controversy between John James and Malcolm Thurlby on whether these rib vaults were four-part or six-part, which remains unresolved. The building is notable for the ribbed vault of the nave roof, with some of the earliest pointed transverse arches supported on relatively slender composite piers alte... | 5,331 |
206643 | Durham Cathedral | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durham%20Cathedral | Durham Cathedral
far more elaborate and complicated ground plans than before. Buttressing made it possible to build taller buildings and open up the intervening wall spaces to create larger windows.
Saint Cuthbert's tomb lies at the east in the Feretory and was once an elaborate monument of cream marble and gold. It r... | 5,332 |
206643 | Durham Cathedral | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durham%20Cathedral | Durham Cathedral
also excavated in the 19th century)
- Nicholas Farnham
- Robert Neville – Bishop of Durham, in the South Aisle
- Walter of Kirkham, in the chapter house
- Robert Stitchill (his heart only)
- Robert of Holy Island, in the chapter house
- Antony Bek (Bishop of Durham)
- Thomas Sharp, in the chapel... | 5,333 |
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John Robson, canon of Durham
# Dean and chapter.
The cathedral is governed by the chapter which is chaired by the dean. Durham is a "New Foundation" cathedral in which there are not specific roles to which members of the chapter are appointed, with the exception of the Dean and the Van Mildert Profes... | 5,334 |
206643 | Durham Cathedral | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durham%20Cathedral | Durham Cathedral
of Durham and Residentiary Canon — Ian Jagger (since 30 November 2006 collation & installation)
- Diocesan Director of Mission, Discipleship, and Ministry and Residentiary Canon — Sophie Jelley (since 3 May 2015 installation)
- Van Mildert Professor of Divinity (Durham University) and Residentiary Ca... | 5,335 |
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by Clayton and Bell date from 1876 and are in the galleries of the choir.
## Organists.
The first organist recorded at Durham was John Brimley in 1557. Notable organists have included the composer Richard Hey Lloyd and choral conductor David Hill.
The current Master of the Choristers and Organist is... | 5,336 |
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not as a mixed choir, except at major festivals such as Easter, Advent and Christmas when the two "top lines" come together.
# Meridian line.
In 1829 the Dean and Chapter authorised the engraving of a meridian line upon the floor and wall of the north cloister. A circular aperture about in the tracer... | 5,337 |
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Because of its distinct Romanesque architecture, the Cathedral has doubled as a number of fantasy locations in larger budget film productions, but has been seen as itself in a number of television programmes.
## Film.
The first major appearance of the Cathedral was in the 1996 adaptation of a Thomas ... | 5,338 |
206643 | Durham Cathedral | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durham%20Cathedral | Durham Cathedral
in the first two "Harry Potter" films ("Philosopher's Stone" and "Chamber of Secrets" ) as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry . The Cloisters appeared in a number of scenes as one of Hogwarts’ courtyards , the Chapter House as Professor McGonagall’s classroom , and the Triforium upper-levels as... | 5,339 |
206643 | Durham Cathedral | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durham%20Cathedral | Durham Cathedral
four days at the Cathedral conducting 3D photography of the interior, and used the data collected to build the sets both physical and digital. Most noticeably, the movie’s throne room features columns patterned identically to those within the Cathedral .
Most recently, the interior views of the Cathe... | 5,340 |
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"" , but due to the dual production of these films, the scenes did later appear in "Endgame" after some fan speculation .
## Television.
Durham Cathedral features in a number of TV programs. Some of its many appearances include the gameshow "Treasurehunt" , and BBC staples like "Songs of Praise" and ... | 5,341 |
206643 | Durham Cathedral | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durham%20Cathedral | Durham Cathedral
exploring the Cathedral via climbing ropes .
For an episode first broadcast in 2011, the BBC railway travelogue "Great British Railway Journeys" with Michael Portillo visited Durham and The Cathedral. Following a Bradshaw’s guide, he discusses local Victorian politics highlighted in the guide, and mee... | 5,342 |
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as its subject. In it, Robinson explored the architecture, the history of the Prince Bishops, and the history of pilgrimage at the Cathedral .
Following the completion of restoration on the Cathedral’s tower in May 2019, "BBC Breakfast" broadcast from the tower in as part of its reopening to the publi... | 5,343 |
206643 | Durham Cathedral | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durham%20Cathedral | Durham Cathedral
poem, "Durham Cathedral", appeared in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1835.
# Quotations.
"Durham is one of the great experiences of Europe to the eyes of those who appreciate architecture, and to the minds of those who understand architecture. The group of Cathedral, Castle, and Monastery on the r... | 5,344 |
206643 | Durham Cathedral | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durham%20Cathedral | Durham Cathedral
enormous cathedral with its twin end towers. From the bridge it is a Romantic dream, a fantasy by Schinkel. This morning in the mist it was wonderful...the first thing that has made my heart pound...the cathedral in itself, just like the Matterhorn in itself - gigantic, grey, on its own." — Pevsner in ... | 5,345 |
206643 | Durham Cathedral | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durham%20Cathedral | Durham Cathedral
at Durham we reach the incomparable masterpiece of Romanesque architecture not only in England but anywhere. The moment of entering provides for an architectural experience never to be forgotten, one of the greatest England has to offer.' — Alec Clifton-Taylor, 'English Towns' series on BBC television.... | 5,346 |
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the creation of Open Treasure, and started in July 2013. It was completed just over three years later in July 2016, and is currently on display in the Cathedral’s Undercroft foyer between the Undercroft Restaurant and the Cathedral Shop.
The replica Cathedral is made up of 300,000 Lego bricks, standin... | 5,347 |
206643 | Durham Cathedral | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durham%20Cathedral | Durham Cathedral
buildings. Visitors who donated came from 182 countries across the world. The Cathedral worked with a company called Bright Bricks on the design and recruited a team of Lego volunteers who co-ordinated the build of the model and visitor donations.
The surrounding media coverage and marketing campaig... | 5,348 |
206643 | Durham Cathedral | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durham%20Cathedral | Durham Cathedral
North East based film maker Matt James Smith worked with the Cathedral to create the shorts.
# See also.
- Architecture of the medieval cathedrals of England
- List of church restorations and alterations by Anthony Salvin
# Bibliography.
- Clifton-Taylor, Alec (1967) "The Cathedrals of England". L... | 5,349 |
206643 | Durham Cathedral | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durham%20Cathedral | Durham Cathedral
"The English Cathedral"; text by Timothy Tatton-Brown; photography by John Crook. London: New Holland
# External links.
- Durham Cathedral website
- The Friends of Durham Cathedral
- Gallery of photos
- A Tour of Durham Cathedral & Castle
- Webcam views: zoomed, wide angle
- Voted "Britain's Fav... | 5,350 |
206643 | Durham Cathedral | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durham%20Cathedral | Durham Cathedral
mothy Tatton-Brown; photography by John Crook. London: New Holland
# External links.
- Durham Cathedral website
- The Friends of Durham Cathedral
- Gallery of photos
- A Tour of Durham Cathedral & Castle
- Webcam views: zoomed, wide angle
- Voted "Britain's Favourite Building" in BBC Radio 4 pol... | 5,351 |
206667 | Confederacy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Confederacy | Confederacy
Confederacy
Confederacy may refer to:
A confederation, an association of sovereign states or communities. Examples include:
- Confederate tribes
- Confederate States of America, a confederation of secessionist American states that existed between 1861 and 1865, consisting of eleven southern U.S. states.... | 5,352 |
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group of united Native American nations in both Canada and the United States of America
- Maratha Confederacy
- North German Confederation
- Peru–Bolivian Confederation of 1836–1839
- Powhatan Confederacy
- Sikh Confederacy
- Swiss Confederation
- Old Swiss Confederacy
- Three Confederate States of ... | 5,353 |
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a political entity in the "Wing Commander" universe
- Confederation of Planet Omega, from the animated series "Once Upon a Time... Space"
- Confederacy of Independent Systems, a secessionist political entity in the "Star Wars" universe
# Psychology.
In psychology, confederates are actors who participate... | 5,354 |
206667 | Confederacy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Confederacy | Confederacy
eriment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher.
# See also.
- "A Confederacy of Dunces", a novel written by John Kennedy Toole, published in 1980
- Confederacy (British political group)
- "Confederates" (novel), a novel by Thomas Keneally
- "Confederate" (TV series), an ... | 5,355 |
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Judah (son of Jacob)
Judah (, "Yəhuda" "Yehuḏā") was, according to the Book of Genesis, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Judah. By extension, he is indirectly eponymous of the Kingdom of Judah, the land of Judea and the word "Jew".
According to the narrative... | 5,356 |
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literally "thanksgiving" or "praise," is the noun form of the root Y-D-H (ידה), "to thank" or "to praise." His birth is recorded at "Gen." 29:35; upon his birth, Leah exclaims, "This time I will praise the /Yah," with the Hebrew word for "I will praise," "odeh" (אודה) sharing the same root as "Yehu... | 5,357 |
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them, flaunting a coat of many colors, while they are working in the field. It is Judah who spots a caravan of Ishmaelites coming towards them, on its way to Egypt and suggests that Joseph be sold to the Ishmaelites rather than killed. ("Gen." 37:26-28, "What profit is it if we slay our brother and... | 5,358 |
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children for his older brother's childless widow, and spills his seed instead. Although Tamar should have married Shelah, the remaining brother, Judah did not consent, and in response Tamar deceives Judah into having intercourse with her by pretending to be a prostitute. When Judah discovers that T... | 5,359 |
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his brothers again without them recognizing him. The youngest brother, Benjamin, had remained in Canaan with Jacob, so Joseph takes Simeon hostage and insists that the brothers return with Benjamin. Judah offers himself to Jacob as surety for Benjamin's safety, and manages to persuade Jacob to let ... | 5,360 |
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Victor Hamilton notes some “intentional literary parallels” between the chapters, such as the exhortation to “identify” (38:25-26 and 37:32-33). J. A. Emerton, Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge, regards the connections as evidence for including chapter 38 in the J corpus, an... | 5,361 |
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he confronts his brothers in Egypt, he recognizing them, they failing to recognize him." Similarly, J. P. Fokkelman notes that the "extra attention" for Judah in chapter 38, "sets him up for his major role as the brothers' spokesman in Genesis 44."
## Foreshadowing the hegemony of Judah.
Other th... | 5,362 |
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a leadership role among the 10 eldest brothers, including speaking up against killing Joseph, negotiating with his father regarding Joseph's demand that Benjamin be brought down to Egypt, and pleading with Joseph after the latter secrets the silver cup into Benjamin's bag.
Judah's position is furt... | 5,363 |
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has been attributed according to the documentary hypothesis to the pro-Judah Yahwist source. In Jacob's blessing, Reuben has "not the excellency" to lead "because thou went up to thy father's bed, then defiled [it]"; meanwhile, Simeon and Levi are condemned as "cruel" and "weapons of violence [are]... | 5,364 |
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demise of the Kingdom of Israel in the 8th Century BCE: "[I]t was only after the fall of Israel that Judah grew into a fully developed state with the necessary complement of professional priests and trained scribes able to undertake such a task. When Judah suddenly faced the non-Israelite world on ... | 5,365 |
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among all of Jacob's sons, whose destiny was to rule over all the other tribes in Israel."
## The story of Judah and Tamar in the historical context.
Emerton notes that it is “widely agreed” that the story of Judah and Tamar “reflects a period after the settlement of the Israelites in Canaan.” He... | 5,366 |
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by Thomas L. Thompson.
# Jewish tradition.
## Rabbinic commentaries.
The text of the Torah argues that the name of "Judah", meaning "to thank" or "admit", refers to Leah's intent to thank Hashem, on account of having achieved four children, and derived from "odeh", meaning "I will give thanks". ... | 5,367 |
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worthy of note that the tribe of Judah was not purely Israelite, but contained a large admixture of non-Israelites, with a number of Kenizzite groups, the Jerahmeelites, and the Kenites, merging into the tribe at various points.
Classical rabbinical sources refer to the passage "... a ruler came f... | 5,368 |
206652 | Judah (son of Jacob) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judah%20(son%20of%20Jacob) | Judah (son of Jacob)
pierced his clothes.
Classical rabbinical sources also allude to a war between the Canaanites and Judah's family (not mentioned in the Hebrew Bible), as a result of their destruction of Shechem in revenge for the rape of Dinah; Judah features heavily as a protagonist in accounts of this war. In th... | 5,369 |
206652 | Judah (son of Jacob) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judah%20(son%20of%20Jacob) | Judah (son of Jacob)
which Jashub was shooting at him with both hands. The accounts go on to state that while Judah was trying to remove Jashub's armour from his corpse, nine assistants of Jashub fell upon him in combat, but after Judah killed one, he scared away the others; nevertheless, Judah killed several members o... | 5,370 |
206652 | Judah (son of Jacob) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judah%20(son%20of%20Jacob) | Judah (son of Jacob)
brothers, these sources also hold that the other nine brothers blamed him to be responsible for this deception, even if it was not Judah himself who brought the coat to Jacob. Even if Judah had been trying to save Joseph, the classical rabbinical sources still regard him negatively for it; these so... | 5,371 |
206652 | Judah (son of Jacob) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judah%20(son%20of%20Jacob) | Judah (son of Jacob)
so. Divine punishment, according to such classical sources, was also inflicted on Judah in punishment; the death of Er and Onan, and of his wife, are portrayed in by such classical rabbis as being acts of divine retribution.
When Benjamin was held in bondage following the accusation of stealing Jo... | 5,372 |
206652 | Judah (son of Jacob) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judah%20(son%20of%20Jacob) | Judah (son of Jacob)
being carried during the Exodus, until Moses interceded with God, by arguing that Judah's confession (in regard to cohabiting with Tamar) had led to Reuben confessing his own incest. Apparently, Judah learned a lesson from his experience with Tamar that he must be responsible for those around him a... | 5,373 |
206652 | Judah (son of Jacob) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judah%20(son%20of%20Jacob) | Judah (son of Jacob)
was then in Canaan, was able to hear Judah ask him to travel to Egypt, to help Judah destroy it; some sources have Judah angrily picking up an extremely heavy stone (400 shekels in weight), throwing it into the air, then grinding it to dust with his feet once it had landed. These rabbinical sources... | 5,374 |
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his brothers.
## Testament of Judah.
Before his death, Judah told his children about his bravery and heroism in the wars against the kings of Canaan and the family of Esau, also confessed his shortcomings caused by wine that led him astray in his relationship with Bathshua and Tamar. Judah admoni... | 5,375 |
206652 | Judah (son of Jacob) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judah%20(son%20of%20Jacob) | Judah (son of Jacob)
Jubilees advocating a death at age 119, 18 years before Levi, but the midrashic Book of Jasher advocating a death at the age of 129. The marriage of Judah and births of his children are described in a passage widely regarded as an abrupt change to the surrounding narrative. The passage is often reg... | 5,376 |
206652 | Judah (son of Jacob) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judah%20(son%20of%20Jacob) | Judah (son of Jacob)
of Judah and of his son's wife, and the birth of that son, to have happened within this time (to be consistent, this requires an average of less than 8 years gap per generation).
According to textual scholars, the reason for the abrupt interruption this passage causes to the surrounding narrative,... | 5,377 |
206662 | 65 Cybele | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=65%20Cybele | 65 Cybele
65 Cybele
Cybele ( minor planet designation: 65 Cybele) is one of the largest asteroids in the Solar System and is located in the outer asteroid belt. It gives its name to the Cybele group of asteroids that orbit outward from the Sun from the 2:1 orbital resonance with Jupiter. The X-type asteroid has a rela... | 5,378 |
206662 | 65 Cybele | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=65%20Cybele | 65 Cybele
to Carl August von Steinheil in recognition of his achievements in telescope production. Von Steinheil elected to name it "Maximiliana" after the reigning monarch Maximilian II of Bavaria. At the time, asteroids were conventionally given classical names, and a number of astronomers protested this contemporary... | 5,379 |
206662 | 65 Cybele | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=65%20Cybele | 65 Cybele
on 17 October 1979, in the Soviet Union. The asteroid appeared to have an irregular shape, with the longest chord being measured as 245 km, closely matching results determined by the IRAS satellite in 1983 "(see below)". During the same 1979 occultation, a hint of a possible 11 km wide minor-planet moon at 91... | 5,380 |
206662 | 65 Cybele | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=65%20Cybele | 65 Cybele
a diameter of 237.26 km. The NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer gave a diameter of 218.56 and 276.58 km. The largest estimates of 300.54 km is from the Japanese Akari satellite. In 2004, Müller estimated "Cybele" using thermophysical modelling (TPM) to have dimensions of 302 × 290 ×... | 5,381 |
206662 | 65 Cybele | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=65%20Cybele | 65 Cybele
er ice. The asteroid may be covered in a layer of fine silicate dust mixed with small amounts of water-ice and organic solids.
# Recent occultations.
On August 24, 2008, "Cybele" occulted 2UCAC 24389317, a 12.7-magnitude star in the constellation Ophiuchus which showed a long axis of at least 294 km. On 11 ... | 5,382 |
206658 | UNIVAC 1103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UNIVAC%201103 | UNIVAC 1103
UNIVAC 1103
The UNIVAC 1103 or ERA 1103, a successor to the UNIVAC 1101, was a computer system designed by Engineering Research Associates and built by the Remington Rand corporation in October 1953. It was the first computer for which Seymour Cray was credited with design work.
# History.
Even before th... | 5,383 |
206658 | UNIVAC 1103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UNIVAC%201103 | UNIVAC 1103
that several specialized instructions would be removed. The commercial version then became the UNIVAC 1103. Because of security classification, Remington Rand management was unaware of this machine before this. The first commercially sold UNIVAC 1103 was sold to the aircraft manufacturer Convair, where Marv... | 5,384 |
206658 | UNIVAC 1103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UNIVAC%201103 | UNIVAC 1103
computational speed, with a slight advantage for IBM's machine, but the latter was favored unanimously for its significantly faster input-output equipment.
The successor machine was the UNIVAC 1103A or "Univac Scientific", which improved upon the design by replacing the unreliable Williams tube memory with... | 5,385 |
206658 | UNIVAC 1103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UNIVAC%201103 | UNIVAC 1103
A magnetic drum memory provided 16,384 words. Both the electrostatic and drum memories were directly addressable: addresses 0 through 01777 (Octal) were in electrostatic memory and 040000 through 077777 (Octal) were on the drum.
Fixed-point numbers had a 1-bit sign and a 35-bit value, with negative values ... | 5,386 |
206658 | UNIVAC 1103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UNIVAC%201103 | UNIVAC 1103
by Consolidated Vultee Aircraft of San Diego, and the CHIP floating point interpretive system by Wright Field in Ohio.
UNIVAC 1103/A weighed about .
# 1103A.
The UNIVAC 1103A or Univac Scientific was an upgraded version introduced in March 1956.
Significant new features on the 1103A were its magnetic-co... | 5,387 |
206658 | UNIVAC 1103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UNIVAC%201103 | UNIVAC 1103
had a six-bit operation code and two 15-bit operand addresses.
The 1103A was contemporary with, and a competitor to, the IBM 704, which also employed vacuum-tube logic, magnetic-core memory, and floating-point hardware.
# 1104.
The 1104 system was a 30-bit version of the 1103 built for Westinghouse Elect... | 5,388 |
206658 | UNIVAC 1103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UNIVAC%201103 | UNIVAC 1103
etic-core memory, and floating-point hardware.
# 1104.
The 1104 system was a 30-bit version of the 1103 built for Westinghouse Electric in 1957, for use on the BOMARC Missile Program. However, by the time the BOMARC was deployed in the 1960s, a more modern computer (a version of the AN/USQ-20, designated ... | 5,389 |
206673 | Minstrelsy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Minstrelsy | Minstrelsy
Minstrelsy
Minstrelsy may refer to:
- The art of the medieval minstrel
- The art of the 19th-century American minstrel show | 5,390 |
206668 | Polemarch | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polemarch | Polemarch
Polemarch
A polemarch (, from , "polemarchos") was a senior military title in various ancient Greek city states ("poleis"). The title is derived from the words "polemos" (war) and "archon" (ruler, leader) and translates as "warleader" or "warlord". The name indicates that the polemarch's original function wa... | 5,391 |
206668 | Polemarch | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polemarch | Polemarch
military, though to what extent is debated among historians.
At the Battle of Marathon Herodotus described the vote of the "polemarchos", Callimachus, as the deciding factor during debate over engagement in battle; it is disputed whether this vote implies that the position of "polemarchos" was an equal to th... | 5,392 |
206668 | Polemarch | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polemarch | Polemarch
over preliminary trials involving metics' family, inheritance, and status cases. After the preliminary stage the cases would either continue under the judgement of the "polemarchos", or be remitted to tribal or municipal judges. It is likely that at an earlier period, his responsibilities for cases involving ... | 5,393 |
206668 | Polemarch | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polemarch | Polemarch
were appointed to head armies. The six Spartan "polemarchoi" seem to have been on equal power to kings at expeditions outside Laconia and were usually descendants of the royal houses. They were part of the royal army council and the royal escort (δαμοσία) and were supported or represented by officers (συμφορε... | 5,394 |
206668 | Polemarch | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polemarch | Polemarch
instituted the position of "polemarchos", though there was no unified policy. Of the surviving accounts, Plutarch and Xenophon describe three "polemarchoi" as executive officials of Thebes during this period.
# Other uses.
In modern use, the Greek Letter fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi titles their fraternity le... | 5,395 |
206668 | Polemarch | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polemarch | Polemarch
ith the positions of Strategos and Hegemon, was one of the three most powerful people alive.
This title was also given to the DC Comics character Artemis of Bana-Mighdall, an Amazon in the "Wonder Woman" comic books. For a period Artemis served as Paradise Island's co-ruler alongside fellow Amazon Philippus.... | 5,396 |
206683 | Stephano | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephano | Stephano
Stephano
Stephano may refer to:
- Fictional characters
- Stephano (The Tempest), a drunkard in Shakespeare's "The Tempest"
- An alias of Count Olaf in Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
- Other
- Stephano (moon), a natural satellite of the planet Uranus
# See also.
- Stefano, a name | 5,397 |
206686 | List of caricaturists | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20caricaturists | List of caricaturists
List of caricaturists
A caricaturist is an artist who specializes in drawing caricatures.
# List of caricaturists.
- Jacques Callot (1592–1635)
- Pier Leone Ghezzi (1674–1755)
- William Hogarth (1697–1764)
- George Bickham the Younger (c. 1706–1771)
- Henry Wigstead (died 1800)
- William A... | 5,398 |
206686 | List of caricaturists | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20caricaturists | List of caricaturists
Jean-Pierre Dantan (1800–1869)
- J.J. Grandville (1803–1847)
- Paul Gavarni (1804–1866)
- Nikolai Stepanov (1807–1877)
- Honoré Daumier (1808–1879)
- John Leech (1817–1864)
- Amédée de Noé, also known as "Cham" (1818–1879)
- John Tenniel (1820–1914)
- Melchiorre Delfico (1825–1895)
- Alfr... | 5,399 |
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