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Stephen Fry Biography

Stephen Fryactor, writerBorn: 8/24/1957Birthplace: London, England Fry first came to the attention of American audiences in A Fish Called Wanda (1988), then with his portrayal of the butler Jeeves in…

Deuteronomy: 2

Deuteronomy Chapter 2 1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days. 2 And the LORD spake…

Fighting Words: An Iraq War Glossary

Collateral damage:A military euphemism for civilian deaths. Decapitation strike:To remove a regime’s leadership and thereby curtail warfare. The U.S. military attempted a decapitation strike…

Brewer's: Chemos

or Chemosh [Keemosh]. War-god of the Moabites; god of lust. Next, Chemos, the obscene dread of Moab's sons, From Aroer to Nebo, and the wild Of southmost Abarim. Milton: Paradise Lost,…

Brewer's: Nebo

the god of science and literature, is said to have invented cuneiform writing. His temple was at Borsippa, but his worship was carried wherever Babylonian letters penetrated. Thus we had…

Brewer's: Scandal

means properly a pitfall or snare laid for an enemy; hence a stumbling-block, and morally an aspersion. (Greek, skandalon.) “We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a [scandal].” - 1 Cor…

Brewer's: Moabite Stone

(The). Presented to the British Museum by the museum of the Louvre. It was discovered by the Rev. F. Klein at Dibhan in August, 1868, and is 3 feet 10 inches high, 2 feet broad, and 14 1/2…

Micah: 6

Micah Chapter 6 1 Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. 2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and…

Numbers: 26

Numbers Chapter 26 1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2 Take the sum of all the…

Numbers: 36

Numbers Chapter 36 1 And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before…