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Bowie, David

(Encyclopedia)Bowie, David, 1947–2016, British rock-and-roll singer and songwriter who successfully, merged rock, art, and fashion, b. London as David Robert Jones. After singing with five different bands in the ...

Zior

(Encyclopedia)Zior zīˈôr [key], in the Bible, hill town, S ancient Palestine, the modern Siir, the West Bank, NE of Hebron. ...

Beth-haccerem

(Encyclopedia)Beth-haccerem bĕth-hăkˈərĕm [key], in the Bible, town, probably the modern En Kerem (Israel), SW of Jerusalem. ...

Thebez

(Encyclopedia)Thebez thēˈbēz [key], in the Bible, fortified town where Abimelech was killed, NE of Shechem. It is the modern Tubas (West Bank). ...

Adramyttium

(Encyclopedia)Adramyttium ădˌrəmĭtˈēəm [key], place, the modern Edremit, NW Turkey. According to the Acts of the Apostles, St. Paul's ship was built here. ...

Beth-anoth

(Encyclopedia)Beth-anoth bĕth-āˈnŏth [key], in the Bible, town, probably the modern Bayt Anun (West Bank), not far NE of Hebron. ...

liturgy, Jewish

(Encyclopedia)liturgy, Jewish, rites, observances, and procedures of Judaism. Communal prayer, with a quorum of ten men (or in some modern communities, ten people), replaced the priests of the Temple cult. There ar...

Gómez de la Serna, Ramón

(Encyclopedia)Gómez de la Serna, Ramón rämōnˈ gōˈmāth dā lä sĕrˈnä [key], 1888–1963, Spanish novelist, biographer, and critic, b. Madrid. One of the most prolific and imaginative of modern Spanish wr...

International style, in architecture

(Encyclopedia)International style, in architecture, the phase of the modern movement that emerged in Europe and the United States during the 1920s. The term was first used by Philip Johnson in connection with a 193...

Colchis

(Encyclopedia)Colchis kŏlˈkĭs [key], ancient country on the eastern shore of the Black Sea and in the Caucasus region. Centered about the fertile valley of the Phasis River (the modern Rion), Colchis corresponds...