Encyclopedia - Sibylline Books: Encyclopedia - Sibylline Books
The Sibylline Books or Sibyllae were a collection of oracular utterances, set out in Greek hexameters, purchased from a sibyl by the semi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sibylline Books: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sibylline Books
Sibylline Books The story of the origin of the Sibylline Books of the Romans tells how a mysterious old woman appeared to Tarquinius S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sibyl: Encyclopedia Ii - Sibyl - The Later Sibyls
The Sibyls were also represented in publicly available art. Michelangelo fixed our image of the sibyls forever, in his powerful represent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sibyl: Encyclopedia - Sibyl
The word sibyl comes (via Latin) from the Greek word sibylla, meaning prophetess. The earlier oracular seeresses known as the sibyls of a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sibylline Oracles: Encyclopedia - Sibylline Oracles
The surviving Sibylline Oracles are not the famous Sibylline Books of Roman history, which were lost not once, but twice, and thus there ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 405: Encyclopedia - 405
Interstate 405, The Peugeot 405 was the European Car of the Year 1987. 405 - Births. Ricimer, de facto ruler of the West Roman Empire ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vaticinium Ex Eventu: Encyclopedia - Vaticinium Ex Eventu
Vaticinium ex eventu ("Prophecy from the event") is a technical theological or historiographical term referring to a prophecy written aft...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ascension Of Isaiah: Encyclopedia - Ascension Of Isaiah
The Ascension of Isaiah is an apocryphal pseudepigraphal book dating from the 2nd century and compiled by an unknown Christian scholar. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apocalyptic Literature: Encyclopedia - Apocalyptic Literature
Apocalyptic literature was a new genre of prophetical writing that developed in post-Exilic Jewish culture and was popular among millenni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cumaean Sibyl: Encyclopedia - Cumaean Sibyl
The Cumaean Sibyl was the priestess presiding over the Apollonian oracle at Cumae, a Greek colony located near Naples, Italy. The word Si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wives Aboard The Ark: Encyclopedia - Wives Aboard The Ark
Although Genesis tells us next to nothing about the four women aboard the Ark, who had witnessed the days before the Flood, there exist s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Burning: Encyclopedia - Book Burning
Book burning is the practice of ceremoniously destroying by fire one or more copies of a book or other written material. In modern times ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ceres Mythology: Encyclopedia - Ceres Mythology
Jupiter Mars Quirinus Vesta Juno Fortuna Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Lares The Flamens Bona Dea Carmenta Camenae Dea Dia C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apocalypse: Encyclopedia - Apocalypse
Apocalypse (Greek: αποκαλυψις, disclosure), is a term applied to the disclosure to certain privileged persons of something hidd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apocalypse Of Peter: Encyclopedia - Apocalypse Of Peter
The recovered Apocalypse of Peter or Revelation of Peter is extant in two translations of a lost original, one Greek, one Ethiopic, which...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cybele: Encyclopedia - Cybele
Originally a Phrygian goddess, Cybele (Greek Κυβέλη, sometimes given the etymology "she of the hair" if her name is Greek, not Phry...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Mythology: Encyclopedia - Roman Mythology
Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia - Attalus I
Attalus I (Soter "Savior") (269 BCE–197 BCE)1 ruled Pergamon, a Greek city state in present-day Turkey, from 241 BCE to 197 BCE. He was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Didache: Encyclopedia - Didache
This article incorporates text from the public domain Catholic Encyclopedia. History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecume...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celsus: Encyclopedia - Celsus
Celsus was a 2nd century opponent of Christianity, known to us mainly through the reputation of his literary work, The True Word (or Acco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - End Times: Encyclopedia - End Times
The end times are, in one version of Judeo-Christian eschatology and in Islam, a time of tribulation that will precede the Second Coming ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adam And Eve: Encyclopedia - Adam And Eve
According to the Book of Genesis in Judaism's Torah, the Christian Bible and Islam's Qur'an, Adam was the first man created by God. At Ge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Encyclopedia - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who was, along with his friend ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethics In Religion: Encyclopedia - Ethics In Religion
Ethics is a branch of philosophy dealing with right and wrong in human behaviour. All religions have a moral component, and religious app...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sibyl: Encyclopedia Ii - Sibyl - The Number Of Sibyls
Like Heraclitus, Plato speaks of only one Sibyl, but in course of time the number increased to nine, with a tenth, the Tiburtine Sibyl, p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raymond Macherot: Encyclopedia Ii - Raymond Macherot - Biography
Raymond Macherot - The Tintin years. Following the end of World War II, Macherot began his career producing a few cartoons in the style...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apocalyptic Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Apocalyptic Literature - New Testament Apocalyptic
When we pass from Jewish literature to that of the New Testament, we enter into a new and larger atmosphere at once recalling and transce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apocalyptic Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Apocalyptic Literature - More Thoughts On Apocalyptic
An apocalypse is a literary report of a fearful, often violent, vision that reveals truths about past, present and future times in highly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apocalyptic Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Apocalyptic Literature - Old Testament Apocalyptic
We cannot enter here into a discussion of the above passages and books. (See the separate headings for the various apocalyptic books ment...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lucius Tarquinius Superbus: Encyclopedia Ii - Lucius Tarquinius Superbus - Reign
When king Tarquin was approached by the Cumaean Sibyl, she offered him nine books of prophecy at an exorbitant price. Tarquin refused abr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sibylline Oracles: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sibylline Oracles
Sibylline Oracles Early Christian ecclesiastical literature written in imitation of the archaic Sibylline Books, containing apparently...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Quindecemvir: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Quindecemvir
Quindecemvir (Latin). The Roman priest who had charge of the Sibylline books.   (See also: Quindecemvir , Theosophy, Spiritual...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - The Introduction Of The Cult Of The Magna Mater To Rome
In 205 BCE, after the "Peace of Phoenice", Rome turned to Attalus, as its only friend in Asia, for help concerning a religious matter. An...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sibyl: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sibyl
Sibyl [from Greek sibylla probably from sios bylla Doric for dios boule she that tells the will of Zeus]   Often confused with th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Quindecimviri: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Quindecimviri
Quindecimviri (Latin) [from quindecim fifteen + viri men]   The priests in ancient Rome who had charge of the Sibylline Books. Or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - End Times: Encyclopedia Ii - End Times - Roots Of Contemporary End-times Belief
Post-Exilic Hebrew books of prophecy such as the Book of Daniel and Book of Ezekiel are given new interpretations in this Christian tradi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cumaean Sibyl: Encyclopedia Ii - Cumaean Sibyl - Medieval Christianity
In the Middle Ages, both the Cumaean Sibyl and Virgil were considered prophets of the birth of Christ, because the fourth of Virgil's Ecl...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Amaltheia, Amalthea: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Amaltheia, Amalthea
Amaltheia, Amalthea (Greek) In Greek mythology a nymph who cared for the infant Zeus when his mother Rhea concealed him in a cave in C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cumaean Sibyl: Encyclopedia Ii - Cumaean Sibyl - The Cave At Cumae
The Sibyl was said to inhabit a cave with one hundred mouths, each of which had a voice [1] accessible by a still existing dromos. The ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Views Of Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Views Of Astrology - In The Bible
Astrology is not specifically mentioned in the Torah, the five books of Moses. There are two commandments which have been used by some au...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Burning: Encyclopedia Ii - Book Burning - Notable Book Burning Incidents
Book burning - Famous incidents of other items ceremoniously burnt in protest. Registration passes burned by Indian and Chinese citiz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Burning: Encyclopedia Ii - Book Burning - In Fiction
The first part of Don Quixote has a scene in whtich the priest and the housekeeper of the knight go through the chivalry books that have ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Burning: Encyclopedia Ii - Book Burning - Notable Book Burning Incidents
Book burning - Famous incidents of other items ceremoniously burnt in protest. Registration passes burned by Indian and Chinese citize...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apocalypse: Encyclopedia Ii - Apocalypse - The End Of The World
In recent times the designation apocalyptic literature, or apocalyptic, has commonly been used to include all the various portions of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Burning: Encyclopedia Ii - Book Burning - In Fiction
The first part of Don Quixote has a scene in which the priest and the housekeeper of the knight go through the chivalry books that have t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stilicho: Encyclopedia Ii - Stilicho - Postmortem
In the disturbances which followed the downfall and execution of Stilicho, the wives and children of barbarian foederati throughout Italy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adam And Eve: Encyclopedia Ii - Adam And Eve - Interpretation Of Names
Adam—אָדָם in Standard Hebrew, ʾĀḏām in Tiberian Hebrew, آدم (ʾĀdam) in Arabic, አዳም ('Adam) in Geez (Ethiopic), an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stilicho: Encyclopedia Ii - Stilicho - Controversy
A chief debate regarding Stilicho is whether his defense of the empire was more out of self-interest than loyalty to Rome or Theodosius. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stilicho: Encyclopedia Ii - Stilicho - Career
Stilicho was born in what is today Germany. His father was a Vandal and his mother was a Roman citizen. Despite has father's origins ther...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apocalypse: Encyclopedia Ii - Apocalypse - Characteristic Features
Apocalyptic religious literature is regarded as a distinct branch of literature. This genre has several characteristic features. Apocaly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Views Of Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Views Of Astrology - Rabbinic Rejection Of Astrology
In early classical rabbinic works written in the land of Israel (Jerusalem Talmud and Palestinian midrash compilations) astrologers are k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Views Of Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Views Of Astrology - Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
In Derekh Hashem Section II, chapter 7, Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto discusses the influence of stars on humanity and events on earth. Ther...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - Early Life
Little is known about Attalus' early life. He was the son of Attalus, and Antiochis.4 The elder Attalus, was the son of a brother (also c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - Macedonian Hostilities Of 201 Bce
Prevented by the treaty of Phoenice from expansion in the east, Philip set out to extend his power in the Aegean and in Asia Minor. In th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tacitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Tacitus - Biography
Tacitus's works contain a wealth of information about his world, but details on his own life are lacking. Even his praenomen (first name)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Mythology - Native Roman And Italic Gods
The Roman ritual practice of the official priesthoods clearly distinguishes two classes of gods, the di indigetes and the de novensides o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tacitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Tacitus - The Sources Of Tacitus
Tacitus was able to consult the official sources of the Roman state: the acta senatus (the minutes of the session of the Senate) and the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tacitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Tacitus - Studies And Reception History
From Pliny the Younger's 7th Letter (to Tacitus), §33: Auguror nec me fallit augurium, historias tuas immortales futuras.   I p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner: Encyclopedia Ii - The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner - Background
The poem may have been inspired by James Cook's second voyage of exploration (1772-1775) of the south seas and the Pacific Ocean; Colerid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - End Times: Encyclopedia Ii - End Times - Christianity
End times beliefs in Christianity vary widely. Christian premillennialists, who believe the End Times are now, usually articulate a fairl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cybele: Encyclopedia Ii - Cybele - Cult History
Cybele - Overview: Anatolia Greece and Rome. At Pessinos in Phrygia, an archaic version of Cybele had been venerated as Agdistis since ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tacitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Tacitus - Works
Five works ascribed to Tacitus have survived (or at least: large parts thereof). Years are approximate, and the last two (his "major" wor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adam And Eve: Encyclopedia Ii - Adam And Eve - Cultural Influence
Early Renaissance artists used the theme of Adam and Eve as a way to represent female and male nudes. Later, the nudity was objected to b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - Defeat Of The Galatians
According to Pausanias "the greatest of his achievements" was the defeat of the "Gauls"(Γαλάται)5. Pausanias was referring to the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - Conquests In Seleucid Asia Minor
Several years after the first victory over the Gauls, Pergamon was again attacked by the Gauls together with their ally Antiochus Hierax,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Views Of Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Views Of Astrology - Rabbinic Acceptance Of Astrology
However, other statements in the Talmud and in the midrash literature show that many Jews had some level of admiration for astrology. Som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - First Macedonian War
Attalus, now thwarted in the east, turned his attention westward. Perhaps because of concern for the ambitions of Philip V of Macedon, At...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - Wife And Sons
Attalus married Apollonis, from Cyzicus. They had four sons, Eumenes, Attalus, Philetaerus and Athenaeus (after Apollonis' father).47 Pol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Mythology - Nature Of Early Roman Myth
One might almost say that the archaic Romans did not have myths. That is to say: until their poets began to borrow from Greek models in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attalus I: Encyclopedia Ii - Attalus I - Second Macedonian War
In 200 BCE, Attalus became involved in the Second Macedonian War. Acarnanians with Macedonian support invaded Attica, causing Athens, whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tacitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Tacitus - Works
Five works ascribed to Tacitus have survived (or at least: large parts thereof). Years are approximate, and the last two (his "major" wor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - End Times: Encyclopedia Ii - End Times - Fictional Treatments
Varying beliefs about the end times have been the subject of a number of works of fiction. End times - Literature. The Left Behind ser...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Views Of Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Views Of Astrology - In The Medieval Era
Many rabbis in the Geonic era (after the close of the Talmud, early medieval period) discussed the varying Talmudic and midrashic views o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tacitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Tacitus - Literary Style
Tacitus's writings are known for their instantly deep-cutting and dense prose, seldom glossy, in contrast with the more placable style of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Didache: Encyclopedia Ii - Didache - Date Of The Didache
There are other signs of being from the 1st century: the simplicity of the baptismal rite, which is apparently neither preceded by exorci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - End Times: Encyclopedia Ii - End Times - The Dispensationalist Prophecies
The foundation of Israel in 1948 gave a major boost to the dispensationalist belief system; Israel's history of wars with its Arab neighb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Views Of Astrology: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Views Of Astrology - Views In The Modern Era
Strictures against astrology appear in the official Torah commentary of Conservative Judaism and on the official website of Reform Judais...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adam And Eve: Encyclopedia Ii - Adam And Eve - Historicity
The sharp distinction between history and myth is relatively recent. Traditionally, Christians, Jews, and Muslims, from Nennius to Willia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethics In Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethics In Religion - Ethics In The Bible
Western philosophical works on ethics were written in a culture whose literary and religious ideas were based in the Hebrew Bible (Old Te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - End Times: Encyclopedia Ii - End Times - Views By Groups
End times - Catholics. Catholics refer to the 25th chapter of Matthew's Gospel in which Christ says that "no one knows the hour or the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adam And Eve: Encyclopedia Ii - Adam And Eve - The Life Of Adam And Eve
Adam and Eve - Adam's creation. Adam is said, in the torah, to have been created from the dust of the earth, and in the Talmud (Tractat...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Vi - S
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VI - S . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article