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Bel and the Dragon
(Encyclopedia) Bel and the Dragon, customary name for chapter 14 of the Book of Daniel, a passage included in the Septuagint and the Apocrypha. It was written possibly in the 1st cent. b.c. as a…U , letter of the alphabet
(Encyclopedia) U, 21st letter of the alphabet, corresponding to the Greek upsilon [Gr.,=u without the aspirate]. Until the late Middle Ages the capital was V, the minuscule u, no distinction being…Brothers of the Sword
(Encyclopedia) Brothers of the Sword: see Livonian Brothers of the Sword.Agar, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia) AgarAgarāˈgər [key], the same as Hagar.Bruno the Great, Saint
(Encyclopedia) Bruno the Great, Saint: see Bruno, Saint (d. 965).Bulge, Battle of the
(Encyclopedia) Bulge, Battle of the: see Battle of the Bulge.Tartan, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia) TartanTartantärˈtăn [key], in the Bible, official title of two Assyrians sent to Hezekiah by Sennacherib and Sargon.theater-in-the-round
(Encyclopedia) theater-in-the-round: see theater.theater of the absurd
(Encyclopedia) theater of the absurd: see drama, Western.Thisbe , in the Bible
(Encyclopedia) Thisbe, in the Bible, town whence Tobit was carried, N of Jerusalem.