When Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US President, he did not put his left hand on either of the two Bibles held by his ...

The Holy Land fell in the part alotted to Seleucus and his heirs. Generations later, Antiochus IV Epiphanes rules the Seleucid Empire 175-164 BC. To consolidate his power, he institutes a program ...

It begins with the Greek conquest of the Persian empire, touches on the rise of the four Greek successor-kingdoms (Diadochi), and then focuses on the career of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who took the ...

The Codex Sinaiticus only lacks II Maccabees but also includes IV Maccabees ... may actually be a disguised historical account of Antiochus Epiphanes [S&W, p. OT 462]. Other Christians may ...

c., to commemorate the dedication of the new altar set up at the purification of the temple of Jerusalem to replace the altar which had been polluted by Antiochus Epiphanes (1 Maccabees i. 58, iv. 59) ...

By Alan Cowell The Aga Khan IV, who as the leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims fused entrepreneurship and philanthropy in becoming one of the world’s wealthiest hereditary rulers ...

LISBON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The late Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, who died on Tuesday in Lisbon after nearly seven decades as the spiritual leader of the global Ismaili Muslim community ...

Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shiite Ismaili Muslims, died at his home in Lisbon, Portugal on Tuesday. He was 88 years old. The Aga Khan IV can trace ...

Missions are undertaken as part of regular (usually annual) consultations under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, in the context of a request to use IMF resources (borrow from the IMF), ...