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21Richard Bentley — (January 27, 1662 ndash; July 14, 1742) was an English theologian, classical scholar and critic. Early life Bentley was born at Oulton near Leeds, West Yorkshire. His grandfather had suffered for the Royalist cause following the English Civil War …
22Modernist literature — For modern literature, see History of modern literature. Modernism Stylistic origins 19th century Europe Cultural origins Industrial Revolution Derivative forms Absurdism Postmodernism …
23Enlil and Ninlil — Drawing of Enlil and Ninlil taken from a mural decoration of Susa. Lord Enlil (with hooves and horns of the Bull God) and the Lady Ninlil. Second half of the 2nd millennium BC, Louvre, Paris. Baked bricks, height 54 inches …
24Pythagoreanism — /pi thag euh ree euh niz euhm/, n. the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, esp. the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios. [1720 30; PYTHAGOREAN + ISM] * * * Philosophical school,… …
25Basilides — • The earliest of the Alexandrian Gnostics, a native of Alexandria and flourished under the Emperors Adrian and Antoninus Pius, about 120 140 • Martyrs bearing this name are mentioned in the old martyrologies on three different days, namely, on… …
26Tebtunis archive — The Tebtunis Papyri Archive, is the largest collection of texts on papyrus in the Americas. The Tebtunis papyri were found during a single expedition led by two British papyrologists in the winter of 1899/1900 at the village of ancient Tebtunis,… …
27Ambrose — Infobox Saint name= Saint Ambrose birth date= between AD 337 and 340 death date=4 April AD 397 feast day= December 7Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints . 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0… …
28UGARIT — UGARIT, ancient city located about 7 mi. (11 km.) north of Latakia. Though it is not mentioned in the Bible, its discovery has had a profound effect on biblical studies, especially in the fields of religion, literature, and language. Excavation… …
29Jesus and the woman taken in adultery — Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery redirects here. For the painting by Bruegel, see Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (Bruegel). Christ with the Woman Taken in Adultery, by Guercino, 1621 (Dulwich Picture Gallery). The Pericope Adulterae …
30Thomas Tonkin — (1678 1742), was Cornish historian, topographer and MP born at Trevaunance, St Agnes, Cornwall. [ [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101027536/ Oxford Biography Index entry for Thomas Tonkin] ] He was born at Trevaunance, St Agnes, Cornwall, and… …
