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4 days ago · In a press release, the governor's office proudly proclaimed, "Governor Hochul has brought fire to the Blacks!" "We're so thankful the governor could dumb herself down enough to talk to these kids," said one district employee. "Maybe we can teach them about electricity next."
2 days ago · Forty acres and a mule was part of Special Field Orders No. 15, a wartime order proclaimed by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman on January 16, 1865, during the American Civil War, to allot land to some freed families, in plots of land no larger than 40 acres (16 ha). Sherman later ordered the army to lend mules for the agrarian reform effort.
May 4, 2024 · The Bible in Political Debate (New York: Bloomsbury, 2016). “ First Person: Misogyny in the Bible ” by Hershel Shanks originally appeared in Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2017. The Bible History Daily feature, Misogyny in the Bible, was originally published in 2017. Misogyny in the Bible, seen through Christopher Rollston's ...
Apr 14, 2024 · It first appeared in Bible History Daily in 2013.—Ed. An obedient son, Seth (shown twice) listens to his dying father’s last wish, dons his cap and sets out the door to fulfill Adam’s request, in this 15th-century illumination from the Book of Hours of Catherine of Cleves. According to extrabiblical legend, the dying man sent his youngest ...
Apr 25, 2024 · Living in a sea of greys and blacks may be boring, but be careful not to go too far in the other direction, either. ... People tend to assume that the Bible condemns a wide array of behaviors, but ...
Apr 15, 2024 · However, the Bible defines wisdom differently from knowledge. Knowledge involves intelligence, while wisdom is deeper than that. It involves understanding and discernment. Also, in the Bible, wisdom is never regarded as something bad. Knowledge, too, is seen as something good in the Bible. But 1 Corinthians 8:1 states, “It is certainly true ...
Apr 21, 2024 · Darius I of Persia, also known as “ Darius the Great ,” is mentioned in the Biblical books of Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Ezra, Nehemiah and Daniel. The museum has a Persian calcite jar with four inscriptions that praise Darius in four different languages, one more language than the Rosetta Stone. The Old Persian, Elamite and Akkadian ...
