Word: messiahs
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...those years Christians were also a breakaway Jewish faction, still hoping to persuade other Jews that Jesus was the Messiah, though he appeared to have died in defeat. It was to account for Christ's arrest and execution, Pagels believes, that the Gospel writers framed the life of Jesus as an episode in the conflict between God and Satan. Their explanation for his death, Pagels says, is that "his divine mission met with supernatural opposition...
Murphy, fresh off five successful seasons at the helm of Division I-A University of Cincinnati, never imagined that Joe Restic's sinking ship would become buoyant again in one season. But alumnae and students were quick to buy the Murphy Messiah metaphor and expected immediate returns...
...fluttered as I longed for all goose eggs for nine innings. In good Red Sox form, Sele blew it, but that just means I have something to hope for next time. I hope that the Red Sox win it all this year, for I know that will bring the Messiah...
...door of the reception office at Jerusalem's Kfar Shaul psychiatric Hospital, someone has posted a bumper sticker, popular among one faction of Orthodox Jews, that reads, PREPARE FOR THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH. To hear a number of the patients tell it, he's already on the premises...
...initial assessment that there would be much excitement over the beta program here at Harvard proved correct. The "pulse" of the Harvard campus--the newsgroup harvard.general--was buzzing with activity about the coming of the Win '95 messiah when the Harvard Computer Society (HCS) made the announcement in February...