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Moloch: or, This Gentile World is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Henry Miller in 1927-28, initially under the guise of a novel written by his wife, June. [1] The book went unpublished until 1992, 65 years after it was written and 12 years after Miller's death.
The Canaanite god Moloch was the recipient of child sacrifice according to the account of the Hebrew Bible, as well as Greco-Roman historiography on the god of Carthage. Moloch is depicted in John Milton 's epic poem Paradise Lost as one of the greatest warriors of the rebel angels, vengeful and militant.
Moloch played an important role in Jeff Lindsey's novel Dexter in the Dark (2007). Moloch is a character in the Felix Castor novels written by Mike Carey (2007 and following). In Derek Landy's Skulduggery Pleasant (2007), Moloch is the name of a vampire living in Ballymun.
Moloch, Molech, or Molek [a] is a word which appears in the Hebrew Bible several times, primarily in the Book of Leviticus. The Bible strongly condemns practices that are associated with Moloch, which are heavily implied to include child sacrifice. [2] Traditionally, the name Moloch has been understood as referring to a Canaanite god. [3]
In the Masoretic Text, the name Milcom occurs three times, in each case in a list of foreign deities whose worship is offensive to Yahweh, the god of the Israelites. [3] It is mentioned at 1 Kings 11:5 as "Milcom the detestation of the Ammonites", at 1 Kings 11:33 as "Milcom the god of the children of Ammon", and at 2 Kings 23:13 as "Milcom the ...
The “One Tree Hill” actress attended a Bible study in L.A. with other actors and got sucked into a cult, she claims in her new book. Here's what she says about that time.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Moloch: Book of Angels Volume 6 is an album by Uri Caine performing compositions from John ...
Gananath Obeyesekere is emeritus professor of anthropology at Princeton University and has done much work in his home country of Sri Lanka.His research focuses on psychoanalysis and anthropology and the ways in which personal symbolism is related to religious experience, in addition to the European exploration of Polynesia in the 18th century and after, and the implications of these voyages ...