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Brewer's: Pre-Adamites

Before Adam was created. Isaac de la Peyreri maintained that only the Jews are descended from Adam, and that the Gentiles are descended from a race of men existing before Adam; as the book…

Brewer's: Promised Land

or Land of Promise. Canaan; so called because God promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that their offspring should possess it. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

1998 NFL Top Recieving Yards By Game

AFCCtYdsTDCarl Pickens, Cin. vs. Pit. (10/11)132041Eric Moulds, Buf. vs. Cin. (12/6)61962Terry Glenn, NE vs. Pit. (12/6)91931Eric Moulds, Buf. vs. NE (11/29)81771Derrick Alexander, KC vs. SD…

Israel, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) IsraelIsraelĭzˈrēəl, ĭzˈrāəl [key] [as understood by Hebrews,=he strives with God], according to the book of Genesis, name given to Jacob as eponymous ancestor of the Hebrews, the…

Carolina campaign

(Encyclopedia) Carolina campaign, 1780–81, of the American Revolution. After Sir Henry Clinton had captured Charleston, he returned to New York, leaving a British force under Cornwallis to…

Psalms

(Encyclopedia) PsalmsPsalmssämz [key] or PsalterPsaltersôlˈtər [key], book of the Bible, a collection of 150 hymnic pieces. Since the last centuries b.c., this book has been the chief hymnal of Jews…

Royal Society

(Encyclopedia) Royal Society, oldest scientific organization in Great Britain and one of the oldest in Europe. It was founded in 1660 by a group of learned men in London who met to promote scientific…

NFC: NFL Playoff Game Summaries, 2000-2001 Season

Saints, 31-28St. Louis (10-6)70021—28New Orleans (10-6)010714—31Date—Dec. 30. Att—64,900. Time—3:16.1st Quarter: ST.L—Isaac Bruce 17-yd pass from Kurt Warner (Jeff Wilkins kick), 9:02.2nd…

1928 Men's Boxing Medalists

Class   Flyweight (-112 lb) Antal Kocsis, HUN   Armand Appel, FRA   Carlo Cavagnoli, ITA Batamweight (-118 lb) Vittorio Tamagnini, ITA   John Daley, USA   Harry…

Reception Yards

AFCCtYdsTDKeenan McCardell, Jax. at St. L (10/20)162320Derrick Alexander, Bal. vs. Pitt. (12/1)71981Jeff Graham, NYJ at Ind. (11/17)91893Carl Pickens, Cin. vs. Atl. (11/24)111763Jimmy Smith,…