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Elijah in the Wilderness (The Raven Feeding Elijah)
Read more...This subject is taken from I Kings (17:1–6) and tells the story of how Elijah was fed in the wilderness by a raven sent by God. In the traditional iconography, the prophet sits on a stone with a staf...
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The Fiery Ascent of Elijah
Read more...Elijah (Hebrew: Yahweh is my God ) was a prophet in the Old Testament. When he was born, his father had a vision of handsome visitors greeting the infant, swaddled with fire and fed by the flames. Th...
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Old Testament Trinity
Read more...This subject is taken from the Old Testament story of the hospitality of Abraham. Abraham was the first of the Hebrew patriarchs and a figure revered by the three great monotheistic religions. One da...
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