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  2. Code Noir - Wikipedia

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    The Code Noir was a multifaceted legal document designed to govern every aspect of the lives of enslaved and free African people under French colonial rule. While Enlightenment thinking about liberty and tolerance prevailed dominantly in French society, it became necessary to clarify that people of African descent did not belong under this ...

  3. Wiseman hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    R. K. Harrison in his Introduction to the Old Testament wrote approvingly of [Wiseman's] approach which "had the distinct advantage of relating the ancient Mesopotamian sources underlying Genesis to an authentic Mesopotamian life-situation, unlike the attempts of the Graf–Wellhausen school, and showed that the methods of writing and compilation employed in Genesis were in essential harmony ...

  4. De Genesi ad litteram - Wikipedia

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    Likely completed in AD 415, this work was Augustine's second attempt to literally interpret the Genesis narrative. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] De Genesi ad litteram is divided into 12 books and discusses the seven days of creation (books 1–5), the second creation narrative and the Garden of Eden story (books 6–11), and the " Third Heaven " mentioned in 2 ...

  5. Tignon law - Wikipedia

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    The Code Noir, or black code, was a French law that restricted the lives of people of color living in French colonies.It had first been created to apply in the Caribbean colonies in 1685, but was extended to Louisiana in 1724.

  6. Original Bible Project - Wikipedia

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    By mid-2024, the project had published two books, one on the book of Genesis and one looking at selections of Bible writings. [ 2 ] The project was advertised as early as 1992 in the back of the Bible Review of the Biblical Archaeology Society , and an article Genesis Translation of the Transparent English Bible appeared in the liberal arts ...

  7. File:Louis XV - Code noir, 1743.jpg - Wikipedia

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    Français : Code Noir ou Recueil d'Edits, Déclarations et Arrêts concernant Les Esclaves Nègres de l'Amérique, Avec Un recueil de Réglements, concernant la police des Isles Françoises de l'Amérique et les Engagés, A paris, Chez les Libraires Associez, édité en 1743.

  8. I wanted to write a book of L.A. noir for decades. But first ...

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    David L. Ulin had the idea for his pitch-dark new L.A. noir novel, 'Thirteen Question Method,' decades ago. But to write it, he had to live it first

  9. Textual variants in the Book of Genesis - Wikipedia

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    This list provides examples of known textual variants, and contains the following parameters: Hebrew texts written right to left, the Hebrew text romanised left to right, an approximate English translation, and which Hebrew manuscripts or critical editions of the Hebrew Bible this textual variant can be found in. Greek (Septuagint) and Latin (Vulgate) texts are written left to right, and not ...