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21nonfictional prose — Introduction any literary work that is based mainly on fact, even though it may contain fictional elements. Examples are the essay and biography. Defining nonfictional prose literature is an immensely challenging task. This type of… …
22DISPUTATIONS AND POLEMICS — in the pagan environment the christian environment and mission dialogue with tryphon celsus in the christian and muslim medieval milieu gregory of tours and priscus gilbert crispin christian religious drama chronicle of ahimaaz 12TH CENTURY in… …
23LITERATURE, JEWISH — Literature on Jewish themes and in languages regarded as Jewish has been written continuously for the past 3,000 years. What the term Jewish literature encompasses, however, demands definition, since Jews have lived in so many countries and have… …
24Russian Language and Literature — • Russian is a Slav language belonging to the Indo European family Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Russian Language and Literature Russian Language and Literature …
25Existence (Philosophy of) 1 — Philosophy of existence 1 Heidegger Jacques Taminiaux At the very outset and up to the end, the long philosophical journey of Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) remained oriented by a single question, the question of Being, the Seinsfrage. This does… …
26Gospel of Barnabas — The Gospel of Barnabas is a book depicting the life of Jesus, and claiming to be by Jesus disciple Barnabas, who in this work is one of the twelve apostles. Two manuscripts are known to have existed, both dated to the late 16th century and… …
27Petrus Alphonsi — (also known as Peter Alfonsi; born Moses Sepharadi) (1062 ndash; 1110) was a Jewish Spanish writer and astronomer, and polemicist, who converted to Christianity. He was physician to King Alfonso VI of Castile.Alphonsi was born at Huesca, Aragon,… …
28Abner of Burgos — (ca. 1270 ca. 1347, or a little later) was a Jewish philosopher, a convert to Christianity and polemical writer against his former religion. Known after his conversion as Alfonso of Valladolid.LifeAs a student he acquired a certain mastery in… …
29Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …
30English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …
