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Longevity myths. Jurōjin, the Japanese god of longevity, one of the Seven Lucky Gods. Longevity myths are traditions about long-lived people (generally supercentenarians ), either as individuals or groups of people, and practices that have been believed to confer longevity, but which current scientific evidence does not support, nor the ...
Trijicon biblical verses controversy. A Trijicon ACOG TA01-NSN referencing the Bible verses from John 8:12: "When Jesus spoke again to the people, He said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”. Another Trijicon scope marked with 1 John 1:7: "But if we walk in the ...
Biblical cosmology is the account of the universe and its laws in the Bible. [ 1][ 2] The Bible was formed over many centuries, involving many authors, and reflects shifting patterns of religious belief; consequently, its cosmology is not always consistent. [ 3][ 4] Nor do the biblical texts necessarily represent the beliefs of all Jews or ...
Nephilim. The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Hieronymus Bosch, based on Genesis 6:1–4. The Nephilim ( / ˈnɛfɪˌlɪm /; Hebrew: נְפִילִים Nəfīlīm) are mysterious beings or people in the Bible traditionally imagined as being of great size and strength. [ 1] The origins of the Nephilim are disputed.
Life expectancy, more technically called the curtate expected lifetime and denoted ,[ a] is the mean of —that is to say, the expected number of whole years of life remaining, assuming survival to age . [ 149] So, (2) Substituting ( 1) into the sum and simplifying gives the final result [ 150]
Chronology of the Bible. The chronology of the Bible is an elaborate system of lifespans, ' generations ', and other means by which the Masoretic Hebrew Bible (the text of the Bible most commonly in use today) measures the passage of events from the creation to around 164 BCE (the year of the re-dedication of the Second Temple ).
Form criticism: an analysis of literary documents, particularly the Bible, to discover earlier oral traditions (stories, legends, myths, etc.) upon which they were based. Tradition criticism: an analysis of the Bible, concentrating on how religious traditions grew and changed over the time span during which the text was written.
In the Judaic worldview, the meaning of life is to elevate the physical world ('Olam HaZeh') and prepare it for the world to come (' Olam HaBa '), the messianic era. This is called Tikkun Olam ("Fixing the World"). Olam HaBa can also mean the spiritual afterlife, and there is debate concerning the eschatological order.