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  2. Biblical terminology for race - Wikipedia

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    Magog: Associated in Ezekiel with Gog, a king of Lydia, and thereby with Anatolia. [9] The first century CE Jewish historian Josephus stated that Magog was identical with the Scythians, but modern scholars are sceptical of this and place Magog simply somewhere in Anatolia. [12] Madai: The Medes, from an area now in northwest Iran. [9]

  3. African American biblical hermeneutics - Wikipedia

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    However, as African Americans began to claim Christianity as their own, African American biblical hermeneutics arose out of the experiences of racism in the United States. The discourse has been dominated by two core paradigmatic events in the Bible: the Exodus from Egypt and the ministry of Jesus. Both have been used to articulate God's ...

  4. Christian views on slavery - Wikipedia

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    Abolitionist writings, such as "A Condensed Anti-Slavery Bible Argument" (1845) by George Bourne, [126] and "God Against Slavery" (1857) by George B. Cheever, [127] used the Bible, logic and reason extensively in contending against the institution of slavery, and in particular the chattel form of it as seen in the South.

  5. New Testament athletic metaphors - Wikipedia

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    The New Testament uses a number of athletic metaphors in discussing Christianity, especially in the Pauline epistles and the Epistle to the Hebrews.Such metaphors also appear in the writings of contemporary philosophers, such as Epictetus and Philo, [2] drawing on the tradition of the Olympic Games, [3] and this may have influenced New Testament use of the imagery.

  6. Biblical criticism - Wikipedia

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    Modern Biblical criticism (as opposed to pre-Modern criticism) is the use of critical analysis to understand and explain the Bible without appealing to the supernatural. . During the eighteenth century, when it began as historical-biblical criticism, it was based on two distinguishing characteristics: (1) the scientific concern to avoid dogma and bias by applying a neutral, non-sectarian ...

  7. Criticism of Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Form criticism: an analysis of literary documents, particularly the Bible, to discover earlier oral traditions (stories, legends, myths, etc.) upon which they were based. Tradition criticism: an analysis of the Bible, concentrating on how religious traditions grew and changed over the time span during which the text was written.

  8. Kim Kardashian Poses in White Ski Mask, Plunging Crop Top and ...

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    Kim Kardashian is pushing the style boundaries with her latest look!. On Monday, Dec. 2, the SKIMS founder, 44, posted images on Instagram snapped as she sported a printed white ski mask (or ...

  9. Personification in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Personification, the attribution of human form and characteristics to abstract concepts such as nations, emotions and natural forces like seasons and the weather, is a literary device found in many ancient texts, including the Hebrew Bible and Christian New Testament. Personification is often part of allegory, parable and metaphor in the Bible. [1]