gusash

Simple. I've been reading "Some Answered Questions" and have come across some terms, places and people I don't understand/haven't heard/learnt about. These include:

-gospels
-Gospel the Pharisees
-Pentateuch
-Gospel
-viziers
-Karbilá (I think it was a place in Persia)
-Najaf (think it was a place, again)
-Napoleon (I know he was some historicaly quite important guy but I was never told about him)
-Sunnite

I know there's a lot of terms there, and I'm not trying to hog the forum, but if you know any of these please let me know.

Thankyou,
Angus

Yeshua

Hey

Gospels - Any Christian texts from the first three centuries of Christianity which recount either the life or words of Jesus. Usually it is used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John but often it is now used to refer to lost gospels, Gnostic Gospels etc.

The Pharisees - The predecessors of modern Rabbinic Judaism. In the time of Christ this group represented the lower-to-middle class type of Jews, believed in Syngogue and Torah-teaching over Temple worship, ritual and sacrifice. They had access to an "Oral Torah" as well as the written Torah, which became the Jewish Talmud (Mishna and Gamara).

Pentateuch - The first 4 books of the Hebrew Bible, usually called the "Torah". Pentateuch is the greek name for the Hebrew "Torah" - both of which refer to the Law of Moses.

Viziers - a viceroy, a ind of second-in-command/chief general under a King or Emperor

Karbila - Do you mean "Karbala"? That was a battle in Islamic history. To Shi'ias it is one of the holiest places in the world. It is in modern day Iraq. It was here that Husayn, the grandson of Muhammad and the second of the Twelve Shi'ite Imams was martyred along with his family, under the rule of the dictatoral Caliph Yazid.

Najaf - I think its a place in Iran?

Napoleon - Well yes, he was pretty important. He caused the Napoloeonic Wars after all. A web search would tell you everything about him.

Sunnite - Another, more old-fashioned way, of referring to a Sunni Muslim - one who follows the SUNNAH of the Prophet Muhammad as opposed to the Shi'ites - "those of the party of Ali".

Hope that helps!

tonyfish58

Baha'u'llah's First Tablet to Napoleon III

Second Tablet to Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyún)

You may be interested Baha'u'llah wrote two Tablets to Napoleon and foretold of Napoleon's downfall.

The two links above are too those tablets

Regards Tony

Yeshua

Oops I thought he meant Napoleon Bonaparte My bad

tonyfish58

No good

The tablets to Napoleon are powerful documents and to think a prisoner wrote to a King in such a powerful and prophetic manner, it could only be from God

Cheers Tony

arthra

-gospels

Gospel

means the good news.. It's also mentioned in the Qur'an as the teachings of Jesus in my view..

-Gospel the Pharisees

Pharisees are usually represented as being the doubting religious establishment.. the bean counters..

-Pentateuch

The Greek version of the Torah..first five books of the Bible commissioned by the Ptolemy rulers of Egypt.

-viziers

sort of like a governor


-Karbilá (I think it was a place in Persia)

Karbila is in Iraq and the place where Imam Husein was martyred.

-Najaf (think it was a place, again):

Is in Iraq...south of Baghdad where the remains of Imam Ali are interred and holy site of pilgrimage of Shiah.


-Napoleon (I know he was some historically quite important guy but I was never told about him)

Napoleon III.. emperor of France and warned by Baha'u'llah .. Napoleon disregarded the warning lost his empire at the battle of Sedan in 1870.
-Sunnite

Those who follow the Sunna or Caliphate as opposed to the legitimacy of the Imams as successors to Prophet Muhammad.

BruceDLimber

So sorry, but that's the first FIVE books--hence the name "PENTA"teuch!

Karbila is also a city in Iran.

Bruce

arthra

See

Karbala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

for Karbala!

and for Najaf see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najaf

Yeshua

Why am I getting everything wrong today? Thank you for correcting me Bruce, I somehow left Genesis out of my definition of "Torah". To be honest, Genesis has nothing to do with the Law of Moses except that people used to think it had been written by Moses. Its actually a separate book altogether, however I must thank you.

cire perdue

Bonaparte was a wastrel. He must have been a very charismatic one however. His tomb in an 18th church in Paris completely envelops the older bldg and makes it a temple of devotion to him. He sold a huge chunk of American and then used the money for the wars. There is some lovely neo-classic art from his time, but he surely did not add to world unity. I don't know much about N III, but recently read accounts of the 3 month soire that was held each summer. If you were invited it was mandatory you attend. It required new dress for each event and could make or break you financially. N III fled Paris when defeated dressed as a woman. His war caused the Prussians to burn Chateau San Cloud leaving only the Bois (forest of) San Cloud near Ville D'Avray just over the Seine past Sevres.

N III angered the population of Paris by having huge parts of it torn down. His program of beautification is probably the only thing he left of benefit, however I suspect it was not done fairly to all involved.

The Napoleons sought earthly power at the costs of the people.