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Solomon Molcho (Hebrew: שלמה מולכו Shelomo Molkho; born Diogo Pires; c. 1500 – 13 December 1532), or Molkho,was a Portuguese Jewish mystic and messiah claimant. [1] When he met with Holy Roman Emperor Charles V to urge the creation of a Jewish army, the emperor turned him over to the Inquisition and he was burned at the stake .
Moloch, Molech, or Molek [a] is a word which appears in the Hebrew Bible several times, primarily in the Book of Leviticus. The Bible strongly condemns practices that are associated with Moloch, which are heavily implied to include child sacrifice. [2] Traditionally, the name Moloch has been understood as referring to a Canaanite god. [3]
The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2016. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
Solomon (/ ˈ s ɒ l ə m ə n /), [a] also called Jedidiah, [b] was the fourth monarch of the Kingdom of Israel and Judah, according to the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament. [4] [5] The successor of his father David, he is described as having been the penultimate ruler of all Twelve Tribes of Israel under an amalgamated Israel and Judah.
Traditionally, the name Moloch has been understood as referring to a Canaanite god. However, since 1935, scholars have debated whether or not the term refers to a type of sacrifice on the basis of a similar term, also spelled mlk , which means "sacrifice" in the Punic language .
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2016. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
Date Age Cause Francis Aqorau: N/A Western Province (Vona Vona-Rendova-Tetepare) 26 December 1976 [1] 57-58 Heart attack [2] Solomon Mamaloni: PPP: Makira-Ulawa Province (West Makira) 11 January 2000 56 Kidney disease [3] James Tarasele Saliga [4] N/A Isabel Province : June 2001 57-58 Augustine Geve: People's Alliance: Guadalcanal Province ...
The Testament of Solomon is a pseudepigraphical composite text ascribed to King Solomon but not regarded as canonical scripture by Jews or Christian groups. It was written in the Greek language, based on precedents dating back to the early 1st millennium AD, but was likely not completed in any meaningful textual sense until sometime in the Middle Ages.