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The Book of Eli is a 2010 American post-apocalyptic neo-Western [2] [3] action film directed by the Hughes brothers, written by Gary Whitta, and starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, and Jennifer Beals. The story revolves around Eli, a nomad in a post-apocalyptic world who seeks to deliver his copy of a mysterious ...
However, the Book of Judges always mentions the years of oppression in contrast to the period of a judge's dispensation; since the early parts of Eli's rule do not appear to occur during a time of oppression, this appears to rule out any overlap with the Philistine oppression that Samson, a previous judge, had lived under.
The English is a revisionist Western television miniseries written and directed by Hugo Blick, and produced by the BBC and Amazon Prime. Starring Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer , it follows an Englishwoman who travels to the American West in 1890 to seek revenge on the man she blames for the death of her son.
The book was a bestseller [1] in the author's home country of Sweden; it was translated into several languages, including English. It has been adapted as two independent films, a play, and a television series. A Swedish-language film, Let the Right One In, directed by Tomas Alfredson, was released in 2008. [2]
Eli as a name has two different meanings, both originating in the Hebrew Bible.. Eli can be used for males (Hebrew tradition) or females (Scandinavian tradition).Hebrew origin, from Biblical עֵלִי "ascent", spelled with the Hebrew letter ayin in the beginning, the name of Eli, the high priest in the Books of Samuel.
Cohen was born in Alexandria, Egypt, to a family of Mizrahi Jews.His father had immigrated from Aleppo in the Ottoman Empire in 1914. Deeply committed to Judaism, Cohen had planned in his youth to become a rabbi with guidance from Moise Ventura [] (1893–1978), Alexandria's Chief Rabbi, [4] but the city's yeshiva soon closed down, [5] prompting him to pursue higher education at Cairo University.
1 Samuel 2 is the second chapter of the Books of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible (or the "First Book of Samuel" in the Christian Bible). [1] It recounts the Song of Hannah, the corruption of the priests descended from Eli, Samuel's ministry to God 'even as a child' [2] and the prophecy of a "man of God" against Eli's household.
Alone in Damascus is the story of Eli Cohen, a former Israeli spy. This book was describes the life and death of Eli Cohen. [1] [2] In 1986, the book was first published in Hebrew in Herzliya. In 2012, the revised edition of this book was published. In 1997, the book was translated from Hebrew to Arabic.