Encyclopedia - Absalom, Absalom!: Encyclopedia - Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! is a novel by William Faulkner, published in 1936 and sometimes characterized as Southern Gothic. It is a story about t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Absalom Absalom!: Encyclopedia - Absalom Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! is a novel by William Faulkner, published in 1936 and sometimes characterized as Southern Gothic. It is a story about t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Absalom: Encyclopedia - Absalom
Absalom or Avshalom (אַבְשָׁלוֹם "Father/Leader of/is peace", Standard Hebrew Avšalom, Tiberian Hebrew ʾAḇšālôm), in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Absalom, Absalom!: Encyclopedia Ii - Absalom, Absalom! - Plot
Absalom, Absalom! details the rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen, a white man born into poverty in the Virginias who comes to Mississippi wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Absalom And Achitophel: Encyclopedia - Absalom And Achitophel
Absalom and Achitophel is a landmark poetic political satire by John Dryden. The poem exists in two parts. The first part, of 1681, is un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yad Avshalom: Encyclopedia - Yad Avshalom
The tomb known today as Yad Avshalom (Avshalom's Monument - יד אבשלום) is located in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem, situated bet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amnon: Encyclopedia - Amnon
Amnon was David's eldest son. He raped Tamar and was murdered by Absalom. Amnon was the progeny of David and Ahinoam. Tamar and Absalom w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ahitophel: Encyclopedia - Ahitophel
Ahitophel - "brother of insipidity or impiety", a man greatly renowned for his sagacity, and a counselor of King David. At the time of Ab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adonijah: Encyclopedia - Adonijah
Adonijah is a Hebrew name, meaning "Yahweh is my lord". A number of characters in the Bible bear this name. The fourth son of David (2 S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daniel Son Of David: Encyclopedia - Daniel Son Of David
Daniel (Son of David) , also known as Chiliab (II Samuel, 3:3). Known as Daniel in Chronicles 1 3:1 and known as Daluyah in the Septuagin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abiathar: Encyclopedia - Abiathar
Abiathar (Heb. Ebyathar, the [divine] father is pre-eminent), in the Bible, son of Achimelech or Ahijah, priest at Nob, the fourth in des...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zadok High Priest: Encyclopedia - Zadok High Priest
Zadok (Hebrew: Tzadok meaning "Righteous") was the Israelite High Priest of the tenth century BCE. Zadok High Priest - Zadok in the Bible...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vertigo Records: Encyclopedia - Vertigo Records
Vertigo Records was the name Philips Records chose in the sixties for its label to counter the progressive labels of its rivals EMI (with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Absalom Absalom!: Encyclopedia Ii - Absalom Absalom! - Plot
Absalom, Absalom! details the rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen, a white man born into poverty in the Virginias who comes to Mississippi wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical References To Incest: Encyclopedia Ii - Biblical References To Incest - Nevi'im
Biblical references to incest - 2 Samuel. In 2 Samuel 13, Amnon, King David's eldest son and heir to the throne, rapes his beautiful ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mount Of Olives: Encyclopedia Ii - Mount Of Olives - Biblical References
The Mount of Olives is first mentioned in connection with David's flight from Jerusalem through the rebellion of Absalom (2 Samuel 15:30)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rhett Butler: Encyclopedia Ii - Rhett Butler - The Lost Cause
Like Thomas Sutpen and Charles Bon from Absalom, Absalom!, Rhett decides to join in the Southern cause, but unlike his fellow Confederate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buffyverse Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Buffyverse Novel - Chronology
Buffyverse novel - Autumn 1996 - Summer 1997 Buffy Season 1. Buffy: Halloween Rain, Buffy: Coyote Moon Buffy: Night of the Living Reru...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zadok High Priest: Encyclopedia Ii - Zadok High Priest - Zadok In The Bible
A son of Ahitub, of the line of Eleazer (2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Chronicles 24:3), high priest in the time of David (2 Sam. 20:25) and Solomon (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cry The Beloved Country: Encyclopedia Ii - Cry The Beloved Country - Synopsis
The novel opens in the village of Ndotsheni, where the black pastor, Stephen Kumalo, receives a letter from the priest Theophilus Msimang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Old Testament Views On Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Old Testament Views On Women - Morality Plays: Women As Victims
In 2 Samuel 11-16 and 1 Kings 1-2 are a series of stories that begin with David and his adultery with Bathsheba, continue through the sto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pat Robertson: Encyclopedia Ii - Pat Robertson - Life And Career
Pat Robertson - Family. Robertson was born in Lexington, Virginia, into a prominent political family. His parents were Absalom Willis R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Marvel Comics Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Marvel Comics Characters - List Of Characters
List of Marvel Comics characters - A. Abomination Abraham Whistler Absalom Absorbing Man Abyss Access (Amalgam Comics) Adam Warlock Ad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Literature: Encyclopedia - American Literature
Architecture Cinema Comic books Cuisine Dance Literature Music Poetry Sculpture Television Theater Visual arts American literature refers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical References To Incest: Encyclopedia - Biblical References To Incest
In the Tanakh, nearly all incidental Biblical references to incest occur in the Torah, especially in Genesis (Bereishit), prior to the es...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Books Of Samuel: Encyclopedia - Books Of Samuel
The Books of Samuel, also referred to as [The Book of] Samuel (Hebrew: שְׁמוּאֵל), are part of the Tanakh (part of Judaism's Heb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Faulkner: Encyclopedia - William Faulkner
William Cuthbert Faulkner (September 25, 1897–July 6, 1962) was a Nobel Prize-winning novelist from Mississippi. Though his works are s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David: Encyclopedia - David
David (דָּוִד "Beloved", Standard Hebrew Davíd, Tiberian Hebrew Dāwiḏ; Arabic داود Dāʾūd "Beloved"), as referred to as K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ark Of The Covenant: Encyclopedia - Ark Of The Covenant
The Ark of the Covenant (ארון הברית in Hebrew: aron habrit) is described in the Hebrew Bible as a sacred container built at the ...   » Read the article

Article - Dream Interpretation Index: Dream Interpretation Index Including Links To 10.000 Dream Interpretations
Dream Dictionary Index with links to 10.000 dream interpretations from many different sources. Please note that all words in grey are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Books Of Samuel: Encyclopedia Ii - Books Of Samuel - The Contents Of The Books
The two books can be essentially broken down into five parts: The period of Yahweh's rejection of Eli, Samuel's birth, and subsequent ju...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical References To Incest: Encyclopedia Ii - Biblical References To Incest - Torah
Biblical references to incest - Genesis. Milcah, sister of Lot, married her uncle, Nahor: "Abram and Nahor both married. The name of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - American Literature - Colonial Literature
Main articles: Colonial American literature, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Hebrew Names: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Hebrew Names - List
List of Hebrew names - א Álef. אָב Av, ʼĀḇ, Ab. Month name, also "father". Akkadian loan: abu. אֲבִיגַיִל Avigáyil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Biblical Names: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Biblical Names - Z
List of Biblical names - People. Zaanannim, movings; a person asleep Zaavan, trembling Zabad, dowry; endowed Zabbai, flowing Zabbud Za...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zadok High Priest: Encyclopedia Ii - Zadok High Priest - Textual Analysis
The attempt to trace his genealogy back to Eleazar, the third son of Aaron, as opposed to Abiathar, his contemporary and colleague, who w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David: Encyclopedia Ii - David - David's Life
David - David's early life. David was the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Sound And The Fury: Encyclopedia Ii - The Sound And The Fury - Synopsis
The four parts of the novel relate many of the same episodes, each from a different point of view and therefore with emphasis on differen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ark Of The Covenant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ark Of The Covenant - History
Ark of the Covenant - Mobile vanguard. In the march from Sinai, and at the crossing of the Jordan, the Ark preceded the people, and was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Faulkner: Encyclopedia Ii - William Faulkner - Life
Faulkner was born William Falkner (Note that there is no "u") in New Albany, Mississippi, and raised in and heavily influenced by that st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David: Encyclopedia Ii - David - David's Life
David - David's early life. David was the seventh and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - American Literature - Realism, Twain, And James
Mark Twain (the pen name of Samuel Clemens, 1835-1910) was the first major American writer to be born away from the East Coast -- in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - American Literature - Other Genres
Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler pioneered gritty detective fiction that has had great influence on other genres and in other countr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - American Literature - African American Literature
African American literature is literature written by, about, and sometimes specifically for African-Americans. The genre began during the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - American Literature - Southern Literature
Faulkner was part of a southern literary renaissance that also included such figures as Truman Capote (1924-1984) and Flannery O'Connor (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Sound And The Fury: Encyclopedia Ii - The Sound And The Fury - Criticism And Interpretation
The novel has achieved a great deal of critical success and has secured a prominent place among the greatest of American novels. Recently...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - American Literature - Modern Humorist Literature
From Irving and Hawthorne to the present day, the short story has been a favorite American form. One of its 20th-century masters was John...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David: Encyclopedia Ii - David - Representation In Art And Literature
David - Art. Famous sculptures of David include (in chronological order) those by: Donatello (ca. 1430 - 1440) (see Donatello's David)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Sound And The Fury: Encyclopedia Ii - The Sound And The Fury - The Title
The title of the novel is taken from Macbeth's soliloquy in act 5, scene 5 of William Shakespeare's Macbeth: To-morrow, and to-morrow, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Hebrew Names: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Hebrew Names - Maintenance Notes
This list includes any Hebrew name that is known to be used as a personal name in any cultural or religious tradition. This includes but ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ark Of The Covenant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ark Of The Covenant - Fate Of The Ark
In contrast to the general consensus of historians (that supposes that the ark was taken away and destroyed), variant traditions about th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ark Of The Covenant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ark Of The Covenant - Description
The Bible describes the Ark as made of acacia or shittah-tree wood. It was a cubit and a half broad and high and two cubits long (about 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ark Of The Covenant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ark Of The Covenant - Prophets' Mentions
The Ark of the Covenant is mentioned by prophets in both the Bible and the Qur'an. Ark of the Covenant - In the Bible. The only mention...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ark Of The Covenant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ark Of The Covenant - Where Is It Now?
Some have claimed to have possession or discovered the Ark. Ark of the Covenant - Middle East. In 1989, Ron Wyatt claims to have broken...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ark Of The Covenant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ark Of The Covenant - Media References
The Ark of the Covenant was the focus of the highly popular 1981 adventure film, Raiders of the Lost Ark. The plot suggests that Adolf Hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ark Of The Covenant: Encyclopedia Ii - Ark Of The Covenant - Terminology
The Hebrew word aron is used in the Bible to designate any type of ark, chest or coffer, for any purpose (Genesis 50:26; 2 Kings 12:9, 10...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Books Of Samuel: Encyclopedia Ii - Books Of Samuel - Tribes And Peoples
Although most traditional interpretations of Jewish history view the Israelites as the ancestors of both the Kingdom of Israel and that o...   » Read the article

Article - Meaning Of A Dream: Meaning Of Dreams From; Abandon To Accounts
Dream Interpretation including the meaning of dreams about: Abandon, Abandonment, Abandoned, Abbess, Abbey, Abbot , Abdomen, Abho...   » Read the article

Article - Dream Interpretation: Dream Interpretation Of Dreams From;
Dream Interpretation including dreams about: Abandon, Abandonment, Abandoned, Abbess, Abbey, Abbot , Abdomen, Abhor, Abject , Abo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Books Of Samuel: Encyclopedia Ii - Books Of Samuel - Authorship
Traditionally, the authors of the books of Samuel have been held to be Samuel, Gad, and Nathan. Samuel is believed to have penned the fir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - American Literature - Post-world War Ii
There were a number of major American war novels written in the wake of World War II. Some of the most well known included Norman Mailer'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David: Encyclopedia Ii - David - David's Family
David - David's father. Jesse (ישי "Gift", Standard Hebrew Yíšay, Tiberian Hebrew Yíšay / Yēšay), King David's father, was the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - American Literature - Realism Twain And James
Mark Twain (the pen name of Samuel Clemens, 1835-1910) was the first major American writer to be born away from the East Coast -- in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - American Literature - Turn Of The Century
At the beginning of the 20th century, American novelists were expanding fiction's social spectrum to encompass both high and low life and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - American Literature - Theater
In addition to fiction, the 1920s and 1930s were a rich period for drama. There had not been an important American dramatist until Eugene...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - American Literature - American Lyric
America's two greatest 19th-century poets could hardly have been more different in temperament and style. Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - American Literature - Unique American Style
With the War of 1812 and an increasing desire to produce uniquely American work, a number of key new literary figures appeared, perhaps m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David: Encyclopedia Ii - David - Representation In Art And Literature
David - Art. Famous sculptures of David include (in chronological order) those by: Donatello (ca. 1430 - 1440) (see Donatello's David)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David: Encyclopedia Ii - David - David As A Religious Figure
David - David in Judaism. In Judaism, David's reign represents the formation of a coherent Jewish state with its political and religiou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - American Literature - Early U.s. Literature
In the post-war period, The Federalist essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay represent an important and historical di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David: Encyclopedia Ii - David - Historicity Of David
See The Bible and history for a more complete description of the general issues surrounding the Bible as a historical source. Biblical mi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Dictionary: Dream Dictionary On Dreams; Abandon To Accounts
A Dream Dictionary including dreams about:   Abandon, Abandonment, Abandoned, Abbess, Abbey, Abbot , Abdomen, Abhor, Abject , Abode...   » Read the article