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17 hours ago · Baruch ( de) Spinoza [b] (24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677), also known under his Latinized pen name Benedictus de Spinoza, was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin. As a forerunner of the Age of Enlightenment, Spinoza significantly influenced modern biblical criticism, 17th-century rationalism, and Dutch intellectual culture ...
May 31, 2024 · The introduction of the apple is believed to be due to a translation quirk in the Latin version of the Bible, the Vulgate, made by Saint Jerome in the fourth century. When Jerome translated the story of Adam and Eve from Hebrew into Latin, he used the word “malus” as the term for the tree’s fruit.
May 31, 2024 · The Bible does not explicitly mention the theory of evolution; however, there are some passages that have been interpreted as being compatible with evolution. For example, the book of Genesis describes how God created the world in 6 days. The 6 days of creation in this allegory could represent long periods of time, during which evolution took ...
May 31, 2024 · A literal translation would be: “And You have made him [man] a little lower than Elohim, and crowned him with glory and honor.” The term “מֵאֱלֹהִ֑ים” (mē’ĕlōhîm) in this verse is commonly translated as “angels”; however, “Elohim” typically refers to “God” in Hebrew.
17 hours ago · Anarchism portal. Politics portal. v. t. e. Voltairine de Cleyre (November 17, 1866 – June 20, 1912) was an American anarchist known for being a prolific writer and speaker who opposed capitalism, marriage, and the state, as well as the domination of religion over sexuality and over women's lives, all of which she saw as interconnected.
May 31, 2024 · The 1944 referendum was the final stage in a lengthy battle for national sovereignty and the article can be seen both as a pointed warning to the Danish authorities not to challenge the Icelanders’ right to sovereignty at this crucial moment and as a reminder to the Icelandic people that the relationship between Denmark and Iceland was not always as democratic and conciliatory as in living ...
