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Look up: Haman

  1. Haman
    [n] - (Old Testament) the minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Haman
    (from the article `Purim`) Haman, chief minister of King Ahasuerus, incensed that Mordecai, a Jew, held him in disdain and refused obeisance, convinced the King that the Jews ... ...or `Writings.` In the Jewish Bible, Esther follows Ecclesiastes and Lamentations and is read on the festival of Purim (q.v.), which commemorates ....
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/9

  3. Haman
    Haman (hā'mun) or Aman (ā'–) , in the Bible, favored minister of Ahasuerus. He commanded that all Jews be put to death. Esther interceded for her people, and Haman was hanged on the gallows he had set up for Mordecai.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08

  4. Haman
    `Haman` can be a surname which is a corruption of the German `Hamann`. It is also a biblical surname as described below. It also refers to: :`Religious figures` :`Geography` :`Fiction` :`People` See also :
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haman

  5. Haman
    (Bible) `Haman` (Also known as `Haman the Agagite` המן האגגי, or `Haman the evil` המן הרשע) is the main antagonist in the Book of Esther, who, according to Old Testament tradition, was a 5th Century BC noble and vizier of the Persian empire ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haman

  6. Haman
    (Islam) In the Qur`an, `Haman` (Arabic: هامان hāmān) was the vizier of Pharaoh at the time of Moses. Haman`s name appears six times throughout the whole Qur`an, four times with Pharaoh and twice by himself. According to the Qur`an, both Pharaoh and Haman had arm...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haman

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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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