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2. The Good Book (book) - Wikipedia

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   The book received a variety of reviews. The book was well covered in The New York Times [1] and given a warm reception on The Colbert Report. [2] Genevieve Fox wrote in The Telegraph, "If the humanists are in the ascendant, then Grayling's self-help book for the spiritually rudderless will be snapped up", [3] while Christopher Hart, reviewing it in the Sunday Times, concluded that: "Compared ...

3. Jezebel - Wikipedia

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   Jezebel (/ ˈ dʒ ɛ z ə b əl,-b ɛ l /; [1] [2] [3] Hebrew: אִיזֶבֶל, Modern: ʾĪzével, Tiberian: ʾĪzeḇel) was the daughter of Ithobaal I of Tyre and the wife of Ahab, King of Israel, according to the Book of Kings of the Hebrew Bible (1 Kings 16, 1 Kings 16:31).

4. The Chronicles of Narnia - Wikipedia

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   The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven portal fantasy novels by British author C. S. Lewis.Illustrated by Pauline Baynes and originally published between 1950 and 1956, the series is set in the fictional realm of Narnia, a fantasy world of magic, mythical beasts and talking animals.

5. Parable of the Ten Virgins - Wikipedia

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   This story in its present form in Matthew seems to be an allegory, at least in its implied identification of the bridegroom as the Son of Man (cf. 24:44) and reflection of the church’s experience of delay in his Parousia [8] [9] [10] – although not a full-blown allegory like the Parable of the Sower, where almost every detail of the story ...

6. Ancient Greek literature - Wikipedia

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   Lucian's A True Story was part of the inspiration for Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels. [158]: 545 Bulfinch's Mythology, a book on Greek mythology published in 1867 and aimed at a popular audience, was described by Carl J. Richard as "one of the most popular books ever published in the United States". [163]

7. Joseph (Genesis) - Wikipedia

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   'He shall add') [2] [a] is an important Hebrew figure in the Bible's Book of Genesis and in the Quran. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh son). He is the founder of the Tribe of Joseph among the Israelites. His story functions as an explanation for Israel's residence in Egypt.