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Jericho, city, West Bank
(Encyclopedia) JerichoJerichojĕrˈĭkō [key] [Heb.,=fragrant, or city of the moon god], Arab. Ariha, town (2003 est. pop. 19,000), West Bank, in the Jordan valley N of the Dead Sea; nearby is the site…Cathari
(Encyclopedia) CathariCatharikăthˈərī [key] [Gr.,=pure], name for members of the widespread dualistic religious movement of the Middle Ages. Carried from the Balkans to Western Europe, Catharism…Brewer's: Paradise Lost
Satan rouses the panic-stricken host of fallen angels to tell them about a rumour current in Heaven of a new world about to be created. He calls a council to deliberate what should be done…Job: 2
Job Chapter 2 1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. 2 And the…Job
(Encyclopedia) JobJobjōb [key], book of the Bible. The book is of unknown authorship and date, although many scholars assign it to a time between 600 b.c. and 400 b.c. A lament in narrative form, the…Job: 1
Job Chapter 1 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. 2 And there were born unto…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Devil's Walk
by Percy Bysshe Shelley SonnetFragment of a SonnetThe Devil's Walk A BALLAD. Published as a broadside by Shelley, 1812. 1. Once, early in the morning, Beelzebub arose, With care his…The Koran/Sura LVIII — She Who Pleaded
Sura LVIII — She Who PleadedMedina — 22 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful God hath heard the words of HER[1158] WHO PLEADED with thee against her husband, and made…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Epigram On The Laird Of Laggan
by Robert Burns Epigrams Against The Earl Of GallowaySong-Phillis The FairEpigram On The Laird Of Laggan When Morine, deceas'd, to the Devil went down, 'Twas nothing would serve…Brewer's: Ithuriel's Spear
The spear of the the angel Ithuriel, the slightest touch of which exposed deceit. Hence, when Satan squatted like a toad “close to the ear of Eve,” Ithuriel only touched the creature with…