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This article is about the biblical figure. Alternatively, you may be looking for the article on Melchisédech Thévenot (ca. 1620-1692) Melchizedek or Malki-tzédek (מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק / מַלְכִּי־צָדֶק "My king is righteous", Standard Hebrew Malki-ẓédeq / Malki-ẓádeq, Tiberian Hebrew Malkî-ṣéḏeq / Malkî-ṣāḏeq), sometimes written Malchizedek, Melchisedec, Melchisedech, Melchisedek or Melkisedek, is ...

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• Melchizedek - In the Hebrew Bible
• Melchizedek - In Rabbinic interpretation
• Melchizedek - The Melchizedek Priesthood and Christianity

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Vampire fiction covers the spectrum of literary work concerned principally with the subject of vampires. The best known work in this genre is of course Bram Stoker's gothic novel Dracula. It was not, however, the first. Myths and legends of blood-imbibing creatures capable of transmogrification predate the novel form. The immediate antecedent of Dracula is Sheridan le Fanu's classic of the genre, Carmilla. This in turn owes more than a little to John William Polidori's The Vampyre; this work was cont ...

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• Vampire fiction - Literature
• Vampire fiction - Films and television
• Vampire fiction - Dracula and his legacy
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The Dead Sea is located in the Dead Sea Rift, that is part of a long fissure in the Earth's surface called the Great Rift Valley. The 6000 km (3700 mile) long Great Rift Valley extends from the Taurus Mountains of Turkey to the Zambezi Valley in southern Africa. The Great Rift Valley formed in Miocene times as a result of the Arabian plate moving northward and then eastward away from Africa. Around three million years ago what is now the valley of the Jordan River, Dead Sea, and Wadi Arabah/Nahal Arava was repeatedly inundated by wate ...

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Dead Sea, Dead Sea - Natural history, Dead Sea - Chemistry and health effects, Dead Sea - Flora and fauna, Dead Sea - Human history, Dead Sea - Saving the Dead Sea, Dead Sea - Other extremely deep points on the earth's surface

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In the original Final Fight, Guy teams up with his training partner, Cody and the Mayor of Metro City, Mike Haggar, to save Jessica (Cody's girlfriend and Haggar's daughter) from Belger (the leader of the Mad Gear gang). He defeated the Japanese wannabe, Sodom in a famous match at an underground ring with many Mad Gear members watching (earning Sodom's eternal wrath in the process), and then goes onto Metro City's Industrial Area, where he defeats Rolento after being told he would make a good soldier. He re-unites with Haggar and Cody at the very end to defeat Belger and rescue Jessica, and then knocks Cody out at the very ...

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Guy Final Fight, Guy Final Fight - Vital Statistics, Guy Final Fight - Story, Guy Final Fight - Trivia

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Kreator - Current members. Miland 'Mille' Petrozza - Guitars, vocals Jürgen 'Ventor' Reil - Drums Christian 'Speesy' Giesler - Bass Sami Yli- Sirniö - Guitars Kreator - Former members. Michael Wulf (R.I.P.) - Guitars (ex-Sodom) (1986, one show only) Jörg "Tritze" Trzebiatowski - Guitars (1986-1989) Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik - Guitars (Mystic (Bra), ex- Sodom) (1989-1996) Tommy Vetterli - Guitars (Corone ...

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Kreator, Kreator - Members, Kreator - Current members, Kreator - Former members, Kreator - Discography

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The third of King Henry II's legitimate sons, Richard was never expected to ascend to the throne. He was, however, the favourite son of his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Richard was a younger maternal half-brother of Marie de Champagne and Alix of France. He was a younger brother of William, Count of Poitiers, Henry the Young King and Matilda of England. He was also an older brother of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, Leonora o ...

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Richard I of England, Richard I of England - Early life, Richard I of England - Reign, Richard I of England - The struggle for Sicily, Richard I of England - Richard on the Third Crusade, Richard I of England - Captivity and return, Richard I of England - Later years and death, Richard I of England - Legacy, Richard I of England - Folklore, Richard I of England - Fictional portrayals, Richard I of England - Trivia

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The 9th century poem on the Gospel history, to which its first editor, J. A. Schmeller, gave the appropriate name of Heliand (the word used in the text for Savior, answering to the Old English hǣlend and the modern German Heiland), is, with the fragments of a version of the story of Genesis believed to be by the same author, all that remains of the poetical literature of the old Saxons, i.e. the Saxons who continued in their original home. It contained when entire about 6000 lines, and portions of ...

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Heliand, Heliand - Sample passage, Heliand - Detailed commentary, Heliand - Bibliography

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Ethics in the Bible - The Divine command theory of ethics. One familiar answer to the question of "Why is x morally right" (or wrong) is, "Because God says so." But why should we obey God? It is easy to think of reasons as to why (assuming God exists) it might be prudent to obey God, out of fear of divine punishment. However, this is obviously a very different matter from ethics. We do not say that the emergence of a powerful ruler (e.g. Hitler) determines what is right and wrong in the moral sense. ...

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Ethics in the Bible, Ethics in the Bible - Ethics in the Bible, Ethics in the Bible - Ethics in the Old Testament / Hebrew Bible, Ethics in the Bible - Ethics in the New Testament, Ethics in the Bible - Ethical issues, Ethics in the Bible - The Divine command theory of ethics, Ethics in the Bible - God's benevolence, Ethics in the Bible - Teleological ethics vs. Deontological ethics, Ethics in the Bible - Selected ethical theories contrasted with the Bible, Ethics in the Bible - Aristotle / Virtue ethics, Ethics in the Bible - Utilitarianism, Ethics in the Bible - Kant, Ethics in the Bible - Ethical skepticism

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Capcom has produced various home versions of the original Final Fight thorough the years, with each version offering different changes and additions to the game. The following is a brief summary of each version and the characteristics that make them unique. Final Fight - SNES version. The SNES version of Final Fight was first released on December 21, 1990 in Japan and on September 1991 in North America. Both releases se ...

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Final Fight, Final Fight - Gameplay, Final Fight - Story, Final Fight - Alternate versions, Final Fight - SNES version, Final Fight - Final Fight Guy, Final Fight - Mighty Final Fight, Final Fight - Final Fight CD, Final Fight - Final Fight One, Final Fight - Capcom Classics Collection, Final Fight - Other versions, Final Fight - Censorship, Final Fight - Arcade version, Final Fight - SNES and GBA versions, Final Fight - Sega CD version, Final Fight - Trivia, Final Fight - Abbreviation confusion

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Classical Jewish texts do not specifically indicate that God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because inhabitants were homosexual. Rather, they were destroyed because the inhabitants were generally depraved and uncompromisingly greedy. Rabbinic writings affirm that the primary crimes of the Sodomites were terrible and repeated economic crimes, both against each other and outsiders. A rabbinic tradition, described in the Mishnah, postulates that the sin of Sodom was related to property: Sodomites believed that "what is mine is mine, and wh ...

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Sodom and Gomorrah, Sodom and Gomorrah - The Biblical text, Sodom and Gomorrah - Christian Views, Sodom and Gomorrah - Jewish views, Sodom and Gomorrah - The view of Josephus, Sodom and Gomorrah - Reformist Torah approach with Hebrew translations, Sodom and Gomorrah - Revisionist Interpretation, Sodom and Gomorrah - Islamic View, Sodom and Gomorrah - Scientific View, Sodom and Gomorrah - Current usage of the term sodomy

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Karel Čapek wrote with intelligence and humor on a wide variety of subjects. His works are known not only for interesting and exact descriptions of reality, but also for his excellent work with the Czech language. He is perhaps best known as a science fiction author, who wrote long before science fiction became established as a separate genre. He can be counted as one of the founders of classical non-hardcore European science fiction, which focuses on possible future (or alternative) social and human evolution on Earth, rather than technica ...

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Karel Čapek, Karel Čapek - Life and work, Karel Čapek - Etymology of robot, Karel Čapek - An outline of Čapek's works, Karel Čapek - Selected bibliography

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Whore of Babylon - Protestant Reformation. Some pre-Reformation writers and most of the Reformers themselves, from Martin Luther (who wrote On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church), John Calvin, and John Knox (who wrote The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women) identify the Roman Catholic Church with the Whore of Babylon. This opinion influenced several generations in England and Scotland when it was put into the 1599 edition of the Geneva Bible. As a tradition, it co ...

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Whore of Babylon, Whore of Babylon - Symbolism, Whore of Babylon - Babylon and Rome, Whore of Babylon - A symbol of doom decadence and oppression, Whore of Babylon - Roman Catholicism as the Whore of Babylon, Whore of Babylon - Protestant Reformation, Whore of Babylon - Mormonism, Whore of Babylon - Catholic responses; disuse of the epithet, Whore of Babylon - Jehovah's Witnesses, Whore of Babylon - Rastafari: the Queen of the United Kingdom as the Whore of Babylon, Whore of Babylon - United States as the Whore of Babylon, Whore of Babylon - Soviet Union as the Whore of Babylon, Whore of Babylon - Other uses

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1981 is seen by some fans as a critical year, though others cite earlier influences on the genre: The first riff of Black Sabbath's "Symptom of the Universe" (1975) is possibly one of the first thrash riffs, though their "Into the Void" and "Children of the Grave" (both 1971) were influential as well. Some point to another early example, Queen's "Stone Cold Crazy" (1974) (from their Sheer Heart Attack album), which was unusually heavy and fast for its time (and indeed for Queen as well), and ultimately covered many years later by Meta ...

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Thrash metal, Thrash metal - Beginnings, Thrash metal - Take off, Thrash metal - Evolution in the 1990s, Thrash metal - Key artists, Thrash metal - Subgenres from Thrash Metal, Thrash metal - Books

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The stock phrases used against same-sex love have changed little over the centuries. They are one of the main vehicles for the propagation of anti-gay attitudes. Anti-gay slogan - Declaration that same-sex love is unnatural. Main articles: Queer studies, and [[]], and See also:

Anti-gay slogan, Anti-gay slogan - Themes, Anti-gay slogan - Declaration that same-sex love is unnatural, Anti-gay slogan - Blame for Biblical plagues and natural disasters, Anti-gay slogan - Conflation with child abuse, Anti-gay slogan - Dissipation of vital force, Anti-gay slogan - Association with effeminacy in men and masculinity in women, Anti-gay slogan - Homosexuality as a sin, Anti-gay slogan - AIDS as a gay disease

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Vampires have been a film staple since the silent days. The Vampire (film) (1913, directed by Robert G. Vignola), also co-written by Vignola, is the earliest vampire film. The landmark Nosferatu (1922 Germany, directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau) was an unlicensed version of Dracula based so closely on Bram Stoker's Dracula, the estate sued and won, with all copies being destroyed. (It would be painstakingly restored in 1994 by a team of European scholars from the five surviving prints.) By 2005, Dracula had been the s ...

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Vampire fiction, Vampire fiction - Literature, Vampire fiction - Films and television, Vampire fiction - Dracula and his legacy, Vampire fiction - Other movies and television, Vampire fiction - Other media, Vampire fiction - Sources

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When we first meet Jane Marple she is very much the stereotypical spinster of the last century — blue-eyed and frail, wearing a black lace cap and mittens, and constantly knitting. She is also a gleeful gossip and not especially nice. The first Marple novel, The Murder at the Vicarage sees a markedly different Marple to the one who would appear in later books, as she modernized and became nicer over the years. A Murder is Announced (1950), Agatha Christie's fiftieth novel, is regarded by some as the best Miss Marple novel, a ...

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Miss Marple, Miss Marple - Personality, Miss Marple - Books featuring Miss Marple, Miss Marple - Quotation, Miss Marple - Movies, Miss Marple - Television and Radio

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Monsters of Rock - History. Attendance at the first festival in 1980 was 35,000, and this continued to grow until the 1988 show when 2 fans died in a crowd surge during the Guns N' Roses slot. The festival was cancelled in 1989 because of this. When it was held in 1990, the attendance was capped at 72,500. In 2003 the Download Festival started to be held at Donington and is seen by some as a successor to Monsters of Rock. Monsters of Rock - Festival Lineups. 16.Aug.80 First "Monsters Of Rock Festi ...

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Monsters of Rock, Monsters of Rock - Monsters of Rock at Castle Donington, Monsters of Rock - History, Monsters of Rock - Festival Lineups, Monsters of Rock - Other bands that have played at Monsters of Rock, Monsters of Rock - Monsters of Rock festivals in other locations, Monsters of Rock - Argentina, Monsters of Rock - Brazil, Monsters of Rock - Bulgaria, Monsters of Rock - France, Monsters of Rock - Germany, Monsters of Rock - Italy, Monsters of Rock - The Netherlands, Monsters of Rock - Spain

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U.S. Army Captain Benjamin L. Willard is stationed in Saigon; a seasoned veteran, he is deeply troubled and apparently no longer fit for civilian life. A group of intelligence officers approach him with a special mission up-river into the remote Cambodian jungle to find Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, a former member of the United States Army Special Forces. They state that Kurtz, once considered a model officer and future general, has apparently gone insane and is commanding a legion of his own Montagnard troops deep in neutral Cambodia. Th ...

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Apocalypse Now, Apocalypse Now - Background, Apocalypse Now - Synopsis, Apocalypse Now - Redux, Apocalypse Now - Alternate Endings, Apocalypse Now - Themes, Apocalypse Now - Responses, Apocalypse Now - Adaptation, Apocalypse Now - Influence, Apocalypse Now - Film:, Apocalypse Now - Television:, Apocalypse Now - Music:, Apocalypse Now - Video games:, Apocalypse Now - Literature:, Apocalypse Now - Primary cast, Apocalypse Now - Quotes

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As of the census2 of 2000, there are 1,529 people, 616 households, and 418 families residing in the town. The population density is 15.5/km² (40.2/mi²). There are 773 housing units at an average density of 7.8/km² (20.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 96.08% White, 0.33% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.39% from other races, and 2.75% from two or more races. 0.39% of the ...

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Calais Vermont, Calais Vermont - Geography, Calais Vermont - Demographics, Calais Vermont - Notable Residents

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List of pejorative political puns - Dick Armey. Dick Army: suggests that the former House Majority Leader is an army of phalli rather than a human being Vagina Air Force: sexual pun created by Howard Stern Vagina Coast Guard: sexual pun created by Family Guy List of pejorative political puns - Tom Brokaw. See also:

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The Jahwist's story begins much earlier than the Elohist's, in fact, it begins at the beginning. Consequently, it introduces stories concerning the general human condition, both large tales such as the fall of man, Cain and Abel, as well as brief stories, like that of the Curse of Ham, and the tower of Babel. It also includes general creation stories, such as that of creation itself, the flood, and the badly truncated, an ...

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Jahwist, Jahwist - Etymology, Jahwist - Nature of the Jahwist text, Jahwist - Contrast with the Elohist, Jahwist - Origin of the Jahwist text

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