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(Encyclopedia) PhilistinesPhilistinesfĭlˈĭstēnz, fĭlĭsˈ– [key], inhabitants of Philistia, a non-Semitic people who came to Palestine from a region in the Mediterranean in the 12th cent. b.c. Genetic…parable
(Encyclopedia) parable, the term translates the Hebrew word “mashal”—a term denoting a metaphor, or an enigmatic saying or an analogy. In the Greco-Roman rhetorical tradition, however, “parables”…Tutsi
(Encyclopedia) TutsiTutsit&oomacr;tˈsē, t&oomacr;ˈ– [key] or WatutsiTutsiwä– [key], cattle-raising people of central Africa, particularly in Burundi and Rwanda; they are also known as Watusi…Semite
(Encyclopedia) SemiteSemitesĕmˈīt, sēˈmīt [key], originally one of a people believed to be descended from Shem, son of Noah. Later the term came to include the following peoples: Arabs; the Akkadians…Zhu De
(Encyclopedia) Zhu De or Chu TehZhu Deboth: j&oomacr; dŭ [key], 1886–1976, Chinese Communist soldier and leader. He was graduated (1911) from the Yunnan military academy and served in various…Lehabim
(Encyclopedia) LehabimLehabimlēhāˈbĭm [key], in the Bible, an African people, perhaps the same as the Ludim.International Grenfell Association
(Encyclopedia) International Grenfell Association, organization established in 1912 to aid the efforts of Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (1865–1940), an English physician and missionary to the people…Conwell, Russell Herman
(Encyclopedia) Conwell, Russell Herman, 1843–1925, American Baptist minister and lecturer, b. Worthington, Mass. After practicing law, he was ordained (1879) and went to Philadelphia as a minister.…Chub, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia) ChubChubkŭb [key], in the Bible, an African people. This may be a textual error for Lub (i.e., Lubim).Sankara, Thomas Isidore Noël
(Encyclopedia) Sankara, Thomas 1948–87, president (1983–87) of Burkina Faso. Thomas Sankara, sometimes referred to as the African Che Guevara, was an…Trending
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