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The Geneva Bible was a Protestant translation of the Holy Bible into English. It has also been known as the Breeches Bible, after its rendering of Genesis 3:7, "Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knewe that they were naked, and they sewed figge tree leaues together, and made them selues breeches." This was the Bible read by William Shakespeare, by John Donne, and by John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress. It was the Bible that was brought to America on the Mayflower an ... Including:

• Geneva Bible - History

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The King James Version has proved to have been an influence on writers and poets, whether in their literary style, or matters of content such as the images they depicted, until the advent of modernism. Although influenced by the Bible in general, they likely could not have helped being influenced by the style of writing the King James Version used, prevalent as it was during their time. John Hayes Gardiner of Harvard University once stated that "in all study of English literature, if there be any one axiom which may be accepted without quest ...

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The Douai Bible, also known as the Rheims-Douai Bible or Douay-Rheims Bible, is a Catholic translation of the Holy Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English. As such it is a translation of a translation of the Bible. Many highly-regarded translations of the Bible still use the Vulgate for consultation, especially in certain difficult Old Testament passages, but nearly all modern Bible versions go directly to the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek Biblical texts for translation and not to a secondary version like the Vulgate. (Th ... Including:

• Douai Bible - Reference
• Douai Bible - Editions

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The King-James-Only Movement is a position usually within Protestant fundamentalist Christianity of English-speaking countries, which rejects all modern translations of the Bible, accepting only the King James Version (KJV), also known as the Authorized Version (AV). The nickname "King-James-Only" apparently originated within a popular book by American church historian and apologist James R. White (b. 1962) published in 1995 entitled The King James Only Controversy. It should be noted that this name and the claim that such advo ... Including:

• King-James-Only Movement - The KJV and modern versions use different Greek Texts
• King-James-Only Movement - The KJV and modern versions use different Hebrew texts
• King-James-Only Movement - The King-James-Only movement supports the name Jehovah
• King-James-Only Movement - Variations within the King-James-Only movement
• King-James-Only Movement - Origins of the King-James-Only movement
• King-James-Only Movement - More modern translations published
• King-James-Only Movement - The New King James Version
• King-James-Only Movement - Other denominations which hold the King-James-Only position
• King-James-Only Movement - The Apocrypha
• King-James-Only Movement - Problematic Verses
• King-James-Only Movement - Technical note

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Isaac (Yitschak or Yitzhak) (יִצְחָק "He will laugh", Standard Hebrew Yiẓḥaq, Tiberian Hebrew Yiṣḥāq; Arabic اسحاق ʾIsḥāq) is the son and heir of Abraham and the father of Jacob and Esau as described in the Hebrew Bible. His story is told in the Book of Genesis. Isaac is considered the only son of Abraham, through Sarah. He was the longest lived of the three patriarchs (Genesis 21:1-3). Isaac was circumcised by his father when eight days old (Genesis 4-7); and a great feast w ... Including:

• Isaac - Christianity
• Isaac - Islam

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Methuselah or Metushélach (Hebrew מְתוּשֶׁלַח / מְתוּשָׁלַח "Man of the dart", or alternatively "when he dies, it shall be sent" Standard Hebrew Mətušélaḥ / Mətušálaḥ, Tiberian Hebrew Məṯûšélaḥ / Məṯûšālaḥ) was the oldest person whose age is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. He reportedly reached the age of 969 years. According to the Book of Genesis 5:27: And all the days of Methuselah were nine hun ... Including:

• Methuselah - Modern cultural references
• Methuselah - Lifespan

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Adamant and similar words are used to refer to any especially hard substance, whether composed of diamond, some other gemstone, or some type of metal. Both adamant and diamond derive from the Greek word αδαμας (adamas), meaning "untameable". The word adamant is comparable to the word brimstone, an archaic word for sulphur. Since diamond is now used exclusively for the hardest gemstone, the increasingly archaic adamant–and its adjectival form adamantine–has a mostly poet ... Including:

• Adamant - Examples of use

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Astaroth (also Ashtaroth, Astarot, and Asteroth) is a Grand Duke of Hell; his main assistants are four demons called Aamon, Pruslas, Barbatos and Rashaverak. In art, in the Dictionnaire Infernal, Astaroth is depicted as a nude man with dragon-like wings, hands and feet, a second pair of feathered wings after the main, wearing a crown, holding a serpent in one hand, and riding a wolf or dog. According to Sebastian Michaelis he is a demon of the First Hierarchy, who seduces by means of laziness and vanity, an ... Including:

• Astaroth - Modern cultural references

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In Christianity, the theological interpretation of Biblical passages is called biblical hermeneutics. Other branches of Bible study aim instead at elucidating the provenance, authorship, and chronological order of Biblical texts. This is a branch of philology more than theology, and sometimes comes into conflict with theology. "Higher criticism" and its findings, including the well known documentary hypothesis which suggests that the Bible was compiled from the writings of several different hands, and the work of the Jesus Seminar, which att ...

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Robert A. Heinlein wrote a science fiction series about rejuvenation and a project called the "Howard family" that was working to extend the human lifespan beyond 150 years. The first volume was called Methuselah's Children and it was continued in Time Enough for Love and later novels. In the card game Vampire: the Eternal Struggle the players are known as "Methuselahs", most likely because they are supposed to be ancient vampires ...

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The Hebrew Bible (also known as the Jewish Bible, or תנ"ך, Tanakh in Hebrew) consists of 24 books. Tanakh is an acronym for the three parts of the Hebrew Bible: the Torah, Nevi'im, and Ketuvim. Bible - Torah. The Torah, or "Teaching," is also known as the five books of Moses, thus Chumash or Pentateuch (Hebrew and Greek for "five," respectively). The five books are: I Genesis (Bereishit בראשית), II Exodus (Shemot שמות), III Leviticus (Vayikra ויקרא), IV Numbers (Bemidbar במדבר), and V Deut ...

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