After World War II, the struggle of the peoples of Palestine to abolish the British mandate intensified. In 1947 the British government was obliged to refer the question of Palestine to the UN. On Nov. 29, 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for the abolition of the...
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The History Channel's 2013 epic miniseries "The Bible," a 10-hour telling of tales from the Old and New Testaments, was just one example of Biblical dramas on the large and small screens. By CBSNews.com senior producer David Morgan "From the Manger to the Cross" Kalem Filmed in Palesti...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook (redirected fromThe Palace of Versailles) Thesaurus ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch tonew thesaurus Noun1. Palace of Versailles- a palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles ...
November 29 marks the 70th anniversary of theUnited Nations’ Partition Plan, a resolution to divide Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab. Because these two anniversaries are so significant, I believe we can (and should) associate the entire month of November with the founding of...
Zi•on (ˈzaɪ ən) also Sion n. 1.a hill in Jerusalem, on which the Temple was built: used to symbolize the city itself, esp. as a religious or spiritual center. 2.the Jewish people. 3.Palestine as the Jewish homeland and symbol of Judaism. ...
Psalm 119:11 A revived Christian is a Christian who loves and feeds on God’s Word. We find life in the pages of the Bible. We study it, but we shouldn’t stop there. We must memorize it, pray it, […] A movement that captivated multitudes In the 1960s, I was among the many ...
archaeological scholarship, itself, has contributed substantially to the de-Arabicisation of Palestinian toponymy, the understanding of the Bible's allegorical narratives as nationalist epic and an ethno-centric understanding of Palestine's ... Thompson,L Thomas - 《Holy Land Studies A Multidisciplinary...
Share on Facebook patriarch (redirected fromPatriarch and Patriarchate) Thesaurus Encyclopedia pa·tri·arch (pā′trē-ärk′) n. 1.A man who rules a family, clan, or tribe. 2.Bible a.One of the antediluvian progenitors of the human race, from Adam to Noah. ...
3.(Bible)Old Testamentany of a number of persons regarded as the fathers of the human race, divided into the antediluvian patriarchs, from Adam to Noah, and the postdiluvian, from Noah to Abraham 4.(Bible)Old Testamentany of the three ancestors of the Hebrew people: Abraham, Isaac, or...