Elijah (אֱלִיָּהוּ "Whose/my God is the Lord", Standard Hebrew Eliyyáhu, Tiberian Hebrew ʾĔliyyāhû), also Elias (NT Greek Ἠλίας), is a prophet of the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. His name has been variously translated as "whose God is the Lord", "God the Lord", "the strong Lord", "God of the Lord", "my God is the Lord", "the Lord is my God", and "my God is Jehovah". Elijah prophet - In the Hebrew Bible. Elijah is first introduced in 1 Kings 17:1 as d ...

Including:

• Elijah prophet - In the Hebrew Bible
• Elijah prophet - Other Biblical Elijahs
• Elijah prophet - New Testament references
• Elijah prophet - In Islam

Read more here: » Elijah prophet: Encyclopedia - Elijah prophet

See also:

Elijah prophet, Elijah prophet - In the Hebrew Bible, Elijah prophet - Other Biblical Elijahs, Elijah prophet - New Testament references, Elijah prophet - In Islam

Read more here: » Elijah prophet: Encyclopedia II - Elijah prophet - Other Biblical Elijahs

Mizrachi was born in Constantinople, and studied under Elijah ha-Levi and Judah Minz of Padua. As a young man, he distinguished himself as a Talmudist, yet he also studied the secular sciences, particularly mathematics and astronomy; he is said to have been the first to derive a method for the extraction of the cube root. He also knew Greek and Arabic. Mizrachi succeeded Moses Kapsali (on his death c. 1495) as Hakham Bashi ("Grand Rabbi") of the Ottoman empire; he held this position for the rest of his life. As Hakham Bashi< ...

See also:

Elijah Mizrachi, Elijah Mizrachi - Biography, Elijah Mizrachi - Works

Read more here: » Elijah Mizrachi: Encyclopedia II - Elijah Mizrachi - Biography

Elijah Muhammad (October 7, 1897–February 25, 1975) led the largely African-American spiritual and political organization, the Nation of Islam from 1934 to 1975. Elijah Muhammad - Muhammad's Rise. Elijah was born Elijah Poole in Sandersville, Georgia as one of 13 children of tenant farmers (share croppers) who were former slaves. At the age of 16 he left home and traveled about America, and in 1917 would be wedded to Clara Evans, later to be known as Mother Clara Muhammad. In 1923 he finally settled in De ...

Including:

• Elijah Muhammad - Muhammad's Rise
• Elijah Muhammad - Muhammad's Teachings
• Elijah Muhammad - Post Mortem

Read more here: » Elijah Muhammad: Encyclopedia - Elijah Muhammad

Elias is the latinised version of the Greek name Ηλια(ς), pronounced e-lee-a(s) in Greek and English. (Elias or Ηλιας in Greek is the formal usage of the name, with Elia/Ηλια used in informal usage.) However it is also popular to pronounce the name as e-lye-as in English. It is the Greek form of Elijah, the name of an important prophet in the Hebrew Bible. Some English translations of the New Testament, including the King James Version, use this form of the name. Newer translations usually translate ...

Including:

• Elias - Elias with pagan origins
• Elias - Elias in Mormonism

Read more here: » Elias: Encyclopedia - Elias

The Church of Christ with the Elijah Message is a Restorationist church and is a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement. Headquartered in Jackson County, Missouri, they also call themselves The Church of Christ. There are several branches within this small church, all with the same name and Articles of Faith and Practice, but different sets of apostles. They are divided mostly over how many of the messages they actually believed was true given by the angel John the Baptist "the Elijah Message." For example, one group cla ...

Including:

• Church of Christ with the Elijah Message - External References

Read more here: » Church of Christ with the Elijah Message: Encyclopedia - Church of Christ with the Elijah Message

Unbreakable is a 2000 movie written, produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson. Unbreakable - Details. As a film, Unbreakable explores the role that myth has in our civilization, and specifically explores the way that humans use comic books to explore mythic dimensions of the real world. The film works on a second level, for within the film itself comic books are in a real sense man's last link to an ancient way of story-telling. Unbreak ...

Including:

• Unbreakable - Details
• Unbreakable - Plot
• Unbreakable - Comic book references
• Unbreakable - David Dunn's Powers
• Unbreakable - Elijah Price's Power

Read more here: » Unbreakable: Encyclopedia - Unbreakable

Belief in reincarnation is held by many Hindus, Buddhists, and Taoists but such beliefs are held by relatively few Christians, Jews, and Muslims. No mainstream Christian denomination includes reincarnation among their doctrines. The Christian creeds and confession have consistently proclaimed a belief in a single judgement of humanity and in the eschatological hope of the resurrection of the dead. Some small sects, such as the Liberal Cat ...

Including:

• Bible and reincarnation - Differences between conservative and liberal Christian views
• Bible and reincarnation - Judaism
• Bible and reincarnation - Supporting passages from a Christian point of view
• Bible and reincarnation - Elijah became John the Baptist
• Bible and reincarnation - John 9:1-3
• Bible and reincarnation - Galatians 6:7
• Bible and reincarnation - New Testament passages seen to be in opposition
• Bible and reincarnation - Hebrews 9:27
• Bible and reincarnation - Luke 13
• Bible and reincarnation - The thief on the cross
• Bible and reincarnation - Paul's teaching
• Bible and reincarnation - Apologetics
• Bible and reincarnation - Origen
• Bible and reincarnation - History of Canonical and extra-biblical writings
• Bible and reincarnation - New Age views
• Bible and reincarnation - Reference literature
• Bible and reincarnation - Positive
• Bible and reincarnation - Critical
• Bible and reincarnation - Footnotes:

Read more here: » Bible and reincarnation: Encyclopedia - Bible and reincarnation

The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a religious and socio-political organization founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930 with a declared aim of "resurrecting" the spiritual, mental, social and economic condition of the black man and woman of America and the world. Minister Louis Farrakhan is currently the leader of a reconstituted Nation of Islam, the original organization being renamed and eventually dissolved by Warith Deen Muhammad. The Nation of Islam's The National Center and headquarters is located i ...

Including:

• Nation of Islam - History
• Nation of Islam - Beliefs and theology
• Nation of Islam - Black experience of slavery was Bible prophecy
• Nation of Islam - Relations with Whites
• Nation of Islam - The Mother Plane
• Nation of Islam - Mythmaking and history
• Nation of Islam - Legend of the 1975 death/ disappearance of Elijah Muhammad
• Nation of Islam - Divergence from mainstream Islam
• Nation of Islam - Actions and programs
• Nation of Islam - Footnotes

Read more here: » Nation of Islam: Encyclopedia - Nation of Islam

The Unification movement is a religious organization founded in 1954 by Sun Myung Moon, a Korean minister who fled from North Korea during the Korean War. The original name was The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (HSA-UWC), reflecting Moon's original vision as an ecumenical movement. However, in the face of opposition by established churches it developed its own identity and became known as the Unification Church. In the 1990s Moon began to establish various peace organizations, including th ...

Including:

• Unification Church - History
• Unification Church - Theology
• Unification Church - The role of Elijah
• Unification Church - Celibacy and marriage
• Unification Church - The principle of Indemnity
• Unification Church - Theology and philosophy
• Unification Church - Church publications
• Unification Church - Divine Principle
• Unification Church - Heavenly Scripture
• Unification Church - Master Speaks
• Unification Church - Related organizations
• Unification Church - Journalism
• Unification Church - Controversy
• Unification Church - Accusations of anti-Semitism
• Unification Church - Recruitment
• Unification Church - South America
• Unification Church - Church Leaders

Read more here: » Unification Church: Encyclopedia - Unification Church

Apocalyptic literature was a new genre of prophetical writing that developed in post-Exilic Jewish culture and was popular among millennialist early Christians. "Apocalypse" is from the Greek word for "revelation" which means "an unveiling or unfolding of things not previously known and which could not be known apart from the unveiling" (Goswiller 1987 p. 3). The flaming poetry of the Book of Revelation that is traditionally ascribed to John is well known to many Christians w ...

Including:

• Apocalyptic literature - Old Testament apocalyptic
• Apocalyptic literature - Book of Noah
• Apocalyptic literature - 1 Enoch or the Ethiopic Book of Enoch
• Apocalyptic literature - Testaments of the XII Patriarchs
• Apocalyptic literature - Psalms of Solomon
• Apocalyptic literature - The Assumption of Moses
• Apocalyptic literature - Apocalypse of Baruch--The Syriac
• Apocalyptic literature - 4 Ezra
• Apocalyptic literature - Apocalypse of Baruch--The Greek
• Apocalyptic literature - Apocalypse of Abraham
• Apocalyptic literature - Lost Apocalypses: Prayer of Joseph
• Apocalyptic literature - Book of Eldad and Modad
• Apocalyptic literature - Apocalypse of Elijah
• Apocalyptic literature - Apocalypse of Zephaniah
• Apocalyptic literature - 2 Enoch or the Slavonic Enoch or the Book of the Secrets of Enoch
• Apocalyptic literature - Oracles of Hystaspes
• Apocalyptic literature - Testament of Job
• Apocalyptic literature - Testaments of the III Patriarchs
• Apocalyptic literature - Sibylline Oracles
• Apocalyptic literature - New Testament apocalyptic
• Apocalyptic literature - Apocalypse in Mark xiii
• Apocalyptic literature - 2 Thessalonians ii
• Apocalyptic literature - Apocalypse Revelation
• Apocalyptic literature - Apocalypse of Peter
• Apocalyptic literature - Testament of Hezekiah
• Apocalyptic literature - Testament of Abraham
• Apocalyptic literature - Oracles of Hystaspes
• Apocalyptic literature - Vision of Isaiah
• Apocalyptic literature - Shepherd of Hermas
• Apocalyptic literature - 5 Ezra
• Apocalyptic literature - 6 Ezra
• Apocalyptic literature - Christian Sibyllines
• Apocalyptic literature - Apocalypses of Paul Thomas and Stephen
• Apocalyptic literature - Apocalypse of Esdras
• Apocalyptic literature - Apocalypse of Paul
• Apocalyptic literature - Apocalypse of John
• Apocalyptic literature - Arabic Apocalypse of Peter
• Apocalyptic literature - Apocalypse of the Virgin
• Apocalyptic literature - Apocalypse of Sedrach
• Apocalyptic literature - Apocalypse of Daniel
• Apocalyptic literature - The Revelations of Bartholomew
• Apocalyptic literature - Questions of St Bartholomew
• Apocalyptic literature - More thoughts on apocalyptic
• Apocalyptic literature - Bibliography

Read more here: » Apocalyptic literature: Encyclopedia - Apocalyptic literature

Warith Deen Muhammad (born Wallace D. Mohammed on October 30, 1933) is an influential American Muslim leader. He now known as Warith Deen Muhammad or Imam W.D. Mohammed. He is the son of Clara and Elijah Muhammad. Elijah Muhammad, also referred to as the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, founded the Nation of Islam, which preached Black Nationalism. Elijah Muhammad died on February 26, 1975. After his father's death, Warith Deen Muhammad was accepted by the people as their leader. He brought about many reforms, which brought th ...

Read more here: » Warith Deen Muhammad: Encyclopedia - Warith Deen Muhammad

Elijah was popular at its premiere and has been frequently performed, particularly in English-speaking countries, ever since. It is a particular favorite of amateur choral societies. Its melodrama, easy appeal, and stirring choruses have provided the basis for countless successful performances. A number of critics, however, including George Bernard Shaw and Richard Wagner have treated the work harshly, emphasizing its conventional outlook and undaring musical style. (Wagner's opinion must be interpreted in light of that composer's extreme an ...

See also:

Elijah oratorio, Elijah oratorio - The music and its style, Elijah oratorio - The Biblical narrative, Elijah oratorio - Reception, Elijah oratorio - Book

Read more here: » Elijah oratorio: Encyclopedia II - Elijah oratorio - Reception

Clara Muhammad who's maiden name is Clara Evans, born November 2nd, 1899 in Macon, Georgia, is the late wife of former Nation of Islam leader and founder Elijah Muhammad. She married then Elijah Poole in Georgia in 1917. Between 1917 and 1939, the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and Mother Clara had eight children—six boys and two girls including Warith Deen Muhammad. Often, "Mother Clara" demonstrated strength and courage in the face of virulent opposition to the Nation of Islam. They took their children out of the public school system and became pioneers for home schoo ...

Read more here: » Clara Muhammad: Encyclopedia - Clara Muhammad

Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays (ca. August 1, 1894 (?) – March 28, 1984) was an African-American minister, educator, scholar, social activist and the president of Morehouse College in Atlanta. He was also a significant mentor to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and was among the most articulate and outspoken critics of segregation before the rise of the modern civil rights movement in the United States. Benjamin Mays - Education. Benjamin Elijah Mays was born in either 1894 or 1895 in Ep ...

Including:

• Benjamin Mays - Education
• Benjamin Mays - Career and Accomplishments

Read more here: » Benjamin Mays: Encyclopedia - Benjamin Mays

History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Father Christ the Son The Holy Spirit The Bible Old Testament New Testament Apocrypha The Gospels Ten Commandments Sermon on the Mount Christian theology Salvation · Grace Christian worship Christian Church Catholicism Orthodox Christianity Protestantism Christian denominations
Including:

• Restorationism - Preparation
• Restorationism - A protest against Protestantism
• Restorationism - Restorationists
• Restorationism - Restoration Movement
• Restorationism - Latter-day Saints
• Restorationism - Restoration Branches
• Restorationism - Adventism
• Restorationism - Jehovah's Witnesses
• Restorationism - Restorationist dates for the Great Apostasy
• Restorationism - Reconstruction difficulties

Read more here: » Restorationism: Encyclopedia - Restorationism

For the Biblical background to the oratorio, see the article Elijah. Mendelssohn uses these Biblical episodes, which in the original are narrated in rather laconic form, to produce intensely--almost luridly--dramatic scenes. These were doubtless well fitted to the taste of Mendelssohn's time, and a Victorian sentimentality also seems detectable in places. Among the episodes are the resurrection of a dead youth, the bringing of rain to parched Israel through Elijah's prayers, and the bodily assumption of Elijah on a fiery chariot into heaven. ...

See also:

Elijah oratorio, Elijah oratorio - The music and its style, Elijah oratorio - The Biblical narrative, Elijah oratorio - Reception, Elijah oratorio - Book

Read more here: » Elijah oratorio: Encyclopedia II - Elijah oratorio - The Biblical narrative

The work can be construed in part as Mendelssohn's tribute to his Baroque predecessors Bach and Handel, whose music Mendelssohn loved – and, in the case of Bach, played an instrumental role in bringing back to the repertoire. Many of the choruses and arias of Elijah seems to be modeled on earlier works by the two Baroque masters. Yet the style clearly also reflects Mendelssohn's own natural tendencies as an early Romantic composer. The work is scored for four vocal soloists (bass/baritone, tenor, alto, soprano), a full sympho ...

See also:

Elijah oratorio, Elijah oratorio - The music and its style, Elijah oratorio - The Biblical narrative, Elijah oratorio - Reception, Elijah oratorio - Book

Read more here: » Elijah oratorio: Encyclopedia II - Elijah oratorio - The music and its style

Elijah is first introduced in 1 Kings 17:1 as delivering a message from God to Ahab, king of Israel. He is sometimes known as "The Tishbite", being from the town of Tishbe. Having delivered his message to Ahab, he retired at the command of God to a hiding-place by the brook Cherith, beyond Jordan, where he was fed by ravens. When the brook dried up God sent him to the widow of Zarephath, a city of Zidon, from whose scanty store he was supported for the space of two years. During this period the widow's son died, ...

See also:

Elijah prophet, Elijah prophet - In the Hebrew Bible, Elijah prophet - Other Biblical Elijahs, Elijah prophet - New Testament references, Elijah prophet - In Islam

Read more here: » Elijah prophet: Encyclopedia II - Elijah prophet - In the Hebrew Bible

No one of the old prophets is so frequently referred to in the New Testament. The priests and Levites said to John the Baptist (John 1:25), "Why baptizest thou, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias?" Paul (Romans 11:2) refers to an incident in his history to illustrate his argument that God had not cast away his people. James (5:17) finds in him an illustration of the power of prayer. (See also Luke 4:25; 9:54.) Elijah was similar to John the Baptist in the sternness and power of his reproofs (Luke 9:8). According to Matthew 11:11, J ...

See also:

Elijah prophet, Elijah prophet - In the Hebrew Bible, Elijah prophet - Other Biblical Elijahs, Elijah prophet - New Testament references, Elijah prophet - In Islam

Read more here: » Elijah prophet: Encyclopedia II - Elijah prophet - New Testament references