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Białogard Białogard (IPA: ; ; Kashubian/Pomeranian: Biôłogard) is a town in Middle Pomerania, northwestern Poland with some 25,000 inhabitants. The capital of Białogard County in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, the town was previously in Koszalin Voivodeship (1950-1998).
BiaĹ‚owieĹĽa Forest BiaĹ‚owieĹĽa Primaeval Forest, known as Belaveskaya Pushcha (БелавеŃкая ĐżŃŃча) or Belovezhskaya Pushcha in Belarus and Puszcza BiaĹ‚owieska in Poland, is an ancient virginal forest straddling the border between Belarus and Poland, located 70 km north of Brest. It is the only remaining part of the immense forest which once spread across the European Plain "Earth Without People" by Alan Weisman 2005..
Białystok Ghetto Uprising Białystok Ghetto Uprising was an insurrection in Poland's Białystok Ghetto against Germany during World War II. It was organised and led by Antyfaszystowska Organizacja Bojowa (Polish for Anti-fascist Military Organisation).
Białystok Institute of Cosmetology Białystok Institute of Cosmetology and Healthcare (Polish: Wyższa Szkoła Kosmetologii i Ochrony Zdrowia w Białymstoku) is a private trade school in Białystok, Poland. It offers a three-year course of study in the following specialities: cosmetology, nursing, public health (health and beauty promotion; paramedic studies) and physical therapy.
Biamax BIAMAX has perhaps been the best known Greek vehicle manufacturer, being, at the same time one of the biggest Greek companies at its time with three factories (in Athens, where its headquarters, Thessaloniki and Larissa, employing more than 2000) and several other auxiliary facilities throughout the country. Except for a large Greek company, BIAMAX became a leading industry in that country, in areas including Quality Assurance, technical training, process documentation and Research&Development.
Bian Lian Bian Lian (ĺŹč„¸-Chinese simplified) ("Face-Changing") is an ancient Chinese dramatic art that is part of the more general Sichuan opera. Performers wear brightly colored costumes and move to quick, dramatic music.
Bianca Balti Bianca Balti (born in 1984 in Lodi, near Milan, Italy) is an Italian supermodel. She appeared in the 2005 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show and in the catologues and is rumored to become the new VS angel, while Gisele Bundchen will be retiring in 2007.
Bianca Castafiore Bianca Castafiore, the Milanese Nightingale, was a recurring character in The Adventures of Tintin: the opera diva first appeared in the album King Ottokar's Sceptre. Her name is Italian for "white flower".
Bianca Collins Bianca Collins (born on August 17, 1988 in San Diego, California) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her recurring role as Patti Perez in the Nickelodeon series Unfabulous has guest starred in many television shows as well as had parts in Broadway shows.
Bianca Lamblin Bianca Lamblin (also known as Bianca Bienenfeld) is a French writer who was romantically involved with both Jean-Paul Sartre and his lifelong companion Simone de Beauvoir, for a number of years. Her book, Mémoires d'une Jeune Fille Dérangée (published in English under the title, "A Disgraceful Affair"), is a bitter and controversial account of her long-lasting involvement with two of the most prominent French thinkers of this century.
Bianca Maria Sforza Bianca Maria Sforza (Milan, April 5, 1472 – December 31, 1510 in Innsbruck) was the daughter of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Milan. In 1493, she married Emperor Maximilian I, who had been a widower since the death of his first wife Mary of Burgundy in 1482.
Bianca Montgomery Bianca Montgomery is a fictional character on the American soap opera, All My Children. She is played by actress Eden Riegel; others who have played this role include Lacey Chabert; Nathalie Paulding; Gina Gallagher; Caroline Wilde and as a baby by Jessica Leigh Falborn.
Bianca Sanchez Bianca Sanchez is a beautiful stage, screen and voice over actress of Honduran and Colombian descent. Her recent works include the North Hollywood stage production of Woman with Pocketbook, the Court TV series LA Forensics where she played the part of Detective Olivia Spindola, and the children's documentary San Diego Zoo Animal Explorer], which she hosted and narrated in English and Spanish.
Biancabella and the Snake Biancabella and the Snake is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in The Facetious Nights of Straparola.Giovanni Francesco Straparola, The Facetious Nights of Straparola, "Biancabella and the Snake"
Bianchi classification In mathematics, the Bianchi classification, named for Luigi Bianchi, is a classification of the 3-dimensional real Lie algebras into 11 classes, 9 of which are single groups and two of which have a continuum of isomorphism classes. (Sometimes two of the groups are included in the infinite families, giving 9 instead of 11 classes.
Bianchi International Bianchi International of Temecula, California is a worldwide producer of leather goods for the law enforcement industry. Since the 1970s they have produced items from gun holsters to duty belts and everything related in between.
Bianchina The Bianchina was an automobile produced by Italian automaker Autobianchi, based on the Fiat 500 mechanicals. It was available in various configurations, Berlina (saloon), Cabriolet (roadster), Trasformabile (convertible), Panoramica (station wagon), and Furgoncino (van).
Bianchini (lunar crater) Bianchini is a lunar crater that lies besides the northern Jura Mountains that ring the Sinus Iridum, in the northwestern part of the Moon. The impact of this crater near the edge of the Jura Mountains pushed some material into the Sinus Iridium floor.
Bianchini e Lusiardi associati Bianchini e Lusiardi associati is an Italian architecture firm, mostly known as the winner of international architectural competitions, such as the New Cleopatra's Kiosk competition in London (Royal Institute of British Architects, 2003) and the DBEW competition in Seoul, South Korea (2002).
Bianka Panova Bianka Panova () (born May 27, 1970 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She was the first rhythmic gymnast to get a clean sweep of all 5 (All-Around, Ribbon, Clubs, Hoop, Rope) gold medals at the 1987 world championships in Varna with the perfect score of 40.
Bianrifi Tarmidi Bianrifi Tarmidi was the Prime Minister of The Comoros from 2 December 1999 until 29 November 2000. He was appointed Prime Minister under Colonel and President Azali Assoumani after he seized power in a April 1999 coup.
Biantitropical distribution Biantitropical (or amphitropical) distribution refers to the pattern of species that exist at comparable latitudes across the equator but not in the tropics. For example, a species may be found north of the Tropic of Cancer and south of the Tropic of Capricorn, but not in between.
Biarmosuchia The Biarmosuchia, also known as the Eotitanosuchia and the Phthinosuchia are an assemblage of primitive Permian Therapsida that represent either a paraphyletic stem group or a very early off-shoot of the main Therapsid tree.
Bias A bias is a prejudice in a general or specific sense, usually in the sense for having a preference to one particular point of view or ideological perspective. However, one is generally only said to be biased if one's powers of judgment are influenced by the biases one holds, to the extent that one's views could not be taken as being neutral or objective, but instead as subjective.
Bias (book) Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News is a book by Bernard Goldberg, a 28-year veteran CBS news reporter and producer, giving detailed examples to support the claim of liberal bias in television news reporting. It was published in 2001 by Regnery Publishing.
Bias (textile) The bias (US) or cross-grain (UK) direction of a piece of woven fabric, usually referred to simply as "the bias" or "the cross-grain", is at 45 degrees to its warp and weft threads. Every piece of woven fabric has two biases, perpendicular to each other.
Bias disorder Bias disorder, also known as extreme bias disorder, is a mental condition not yet fully accepted by the mental health/science community. However, it is currently being considered to be added to the official list of actual mental disorders: the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Bias knitting Bias knitting is a method by which the grain of a knitted fabric is skewed from the vertical, by decreasing on one side and increasing on the other. The term "bias" serives from sewing, where bias refers to the diagonal between the weft and warp threads, where the elasticity of wovens is greatest.
Bias of an estimator In statistics, the difference between an estimator's expected value and the true value of the parameter being estimated is called the bias. An estimator or decision rule having nonzero bias is said to be biased.
Bias point In electronics, a bias point, also known a quiescent point or a operating point, is a dc voltage which, when applied to a device, causes it to operate in a certain desired fashion. The term is normally used in connection with devices such as transistors and diodes which are used in amplification or rectification.
Bias tape Bias tape or bias binding is a narrow strip of fabric, cut on the bias (UK cross-grain). The strip's fibers, being at 45 degrees to the length of the strip, makes it stretchier as well as more fluid and more drapeable compared to a strip that is cut on grain.
Bias tee A bias tee is a kind of multiplexer which has 3 ports arranged in the shape of a T and where frequencies from 1 MHz to 10 GHz pass horizontally through the T and lower frequencies take a 90° turn used to bias transistors and diodes. It is a simple composition of one capacitor and one coil with attention paid to the details.
Bias Vineyards Bias Vineyards is a small, limited-production vineyard located in Berger, Missouri operated by Kirk and Carol Grass. With its onsite microbrewery, it is one of the few combination vineyard-microbreweries in the United States.
Biased graph In mathematics, a biased graph is a graph with a list of distinguished circles (edge sets of simple cycles), such that if two circles in the list are contained in a theta graph, then so is the third circle of the theta graph. A biased graph is a generalization of the combinatorial essentials of a gain graph and in particular of a signed graph.
Biased random walk (biochemistry) In cell biology, a biased random walk enables bacteria to search for food and flee from harm. Bacteria propel themselves with the aid of flagella in a process called chemotaxis, and a typical bacteria trajectory has many charactistics of a random walk.
Biasing (electronics) Biasing in electronics is the method of establishing predetermined voltages and/or currents at various points of a circuit to set the appropriate quiescent point. Linear circuits involving transistors typically require a specific junction voltage to operate correctly, this is done with biasing.
Biastophilia Biastophilia (from Greek biastes, "rape" + -philia) is a paraphilia in which sexual arousal is dependent on, or is responsive to, the act of sexually assaulting an unconsenting person, especially a stranger. Biastophilia is a common trait in serial killers.
Biathlon Biathlon (not to be confused with duathlon) is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. Biathlon, however, usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.
Biathlon at the 1996 Winter Asian Games Biathlon at the 1996 Winter Asian Games took place in the city of Harbin, People's Republic of China with six events contested — three for men and three for women. The women's biathlon events were introduced in this edition of the Winter Asiad.
Biathlon World Cup The Biathlon World Cup (BWC) has been held since the winter seasons of 1977/78 and 1982/83, for men and women, respectively (for women, the seasons through 1986/87 were called the European Cup, although participation was not restricted to Europeans).
Biaugmented pentagonal prism In geometry, the biaugmented pentagonal prism is one of the Johnson solids (J53). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by doubly augmenting a pentagonal prism by attaching square pyramids (J1) to two of its nonadjacent equatorial faces.
Biaugmented triangular prism In geometry, the biaugmented triangular prism is one of the Johnson solids (J50). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by augmenting a triangular prism by attaching square pyramids (J1) to two of its equatorial faces.
Biawak Busuk Biawak Busuk is a location not existed in modern days, it was in the history of Malacca, a place where Parameswara encountered lizards in large quantity. However the location is most possibly nearby or at today's Pagoh or Johor state.
Biaxial nematic A biaxial nematic is a spatially homogeneous liquid crystal with three distinct optical axes. This is to be contrasted to a simple nematic, which has a single preferred axis, around which the system is rotationally symmetric.
Biñan, Laguna Biñán is a first class urban municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. Accessible from Metro Manila via the South Luzon Expressway, Biñan has become both a suburban residential community of Metro Manila and a location for some of the Philippines' largest industrial estates and export processing zones.
Biba Integrity Model The Biba Integrity Model was developed to circumvent a weakness in the Bell-LaPadula computer operating system protection model which did not include the possibility of implicit deletion of security objects by writing to them.
Bibb County, Alabama Bibb County, Alabama is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of William W. Bibb, a Governor of Alabama. As of 2000 the population is 20,826. Its county seat is Centreville and it's a "prohibition" or dry county.
Bibb Falk Bibb August Falk (January 27 1899 - June 8 1989), nicknamed "Jockey", was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox (1920-28) and Cleveland Indians (1929-31).
Bibbe Hansen Bibbe Hansen is the daughter of the Fluxus artist Al Hansen (a Norwegian American), one of the key figures in the Andy Warhol Factory, and the Bohemian poet Audrey Ostlin Hansen (who was half Swedish and half Jewish). She also is the mother of the eclectic musical virtuoso Beck Hansen and artist Channing Hansen.
Bibbo Bibbowski "Bibbo" Bibbowski is a supporting character in Superman comics. He first appeared in Adventures of Superman #428, by Marv Wolfman and Jerry Ordway, when Superman was looking for information in a Suicide Slum bar called the Ace O' Clubs.
Bibcock A bibcock, also called a sillcock, is commonly used to provide hose connections outside of buildings, for use in gardening, watering lawns, washing cars, Cleaning carpet, and so on. Certain bibcocks are colloquially known as frost-frees because they are immune to all but the worst freezing conditions.
Bibek Debroy Bibek Debroy was the Secretary General of the PHDPHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Northern India and a columnist with the Indian Express, the Business Standard and the Financial Express. He is now a Contributing Editor with the Indian Express.
Bibek Maitra Bibek Biman Maitra was Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) General Secretary Pramod Mahajan's secretary. The media used to pronounce Bibek Maitra's name as Vivek Moitra On his Boss' secret service: Rediff He always insisted that his name be pronounced as Bibek.
Biber salçası Biber salçasi (literally "pepper paste"; also called kırmızı biber salçası, literally "red pepper paste") is a thick, deep red paste made from red chili peppers and salt. It is a part of Turkish cuisine but is also enjoyed in nearby nations.
Biberach (district) Biberach is a district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Ravensburg, Sigmaringen, Reutlingen and Alb-Donau, and the Bavarian districts Neu-Ulm, Unterallgäu and the district-free city Memmingen.
Biberach an der RiĂź Biberach is a town in the south of Germany, capital of the district Biberach in Baden-WĂĽrttemberg. To distinguish it from the other Biberachs it is called Biberach an der RiĂź after the small river RiĂź which flows through the city (the Riss/RiĂź also gave its name to the Riss glaciation period).
Bibhuti bhushan banerjee Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay (Banerjee) is one of the finest novelists and short story writers of post Tagore era. His celebrated novel Pather Panchali reveals an intriguing and mesmerising picture of everyday life of rural Bengal, a saga of joys and sorrows of the villagers, a human story of struggle, stagnancy, migration, death, destiny and destination.
Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay ( Bibhutibhushon BĂ´ndopaddhae) was a Bengali novelist and writer. He is most well known for the epic Pather Panchali (The story of the road), made into the memorable film trilogy by Satyajit Ray.
Bibi de Vries Bibi de Vries (born march 15, 1963 in Egmond aan Zee) was a member of the Dutch liberal VVD (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie] party ("fraction") in the Lower House of the Dutch Parliament, the Tweede Kamer ("Second Chamber"). She was a member of Parliament from 1994 till 2006.
Bibi et Geneviève Bibi et Geneviève was a French language children's show made in Québec in the early 1990s. It chronicled the adventures of the green-haired extraterrestrial Bibi Z99944X (a puppet) and his friend Geneviève (a live actress).
Bibi Gaytán Bibi Gaytán (Silvia Gaytán Barragán) was born January 27, 1972 in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. Three of her four brothers are in show business: musician Chacho Gaytán, actor Alejandro Gaytan, and singer Mano Gaytan.
Bibi Ka Maqbara Bibi Ka Maqbara was built by Prince Azam Shah, son of Emperor Aurangzeb, in the late 17th century as a loving tribute to his mother, Dilras Bano Begam. The monument's name translates literally to 'Tomb of the Lady', but has earned the nickname 'poor man’s Taj' because of its resemblance to the Taj Mahal.
Bibi Khem Kaur Dhillon Bibi Khem Kaur Dhillon (Punjabi ਬਿਬਿ ਖੇਮ ੱਕੌਰ ਧਿੱਲੋਨ) was a Sikh woman who was married in 1816 to to Prince Kharak Singh, the oldest son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. She was the daughter of Jodh Singh Kalalvala and grand daughter of Sahib Singh Dhillon.
Bibi Russell Bibi Russell (Bangla: বিবি রাসেল) is a fashion designer and former international model from Bangladesh. Born in Chittagong, Bangladesh, she studied in London College of Fashion, earning a graduate degree in 1975.
Bibinje Bibinje is a village in southern Croatia, situated southeast from Zadar, between the Adriatic tourist road and the sea, having a four kilometer coastline with beaches and pathways. It has 3,923 residents (census 2001), 97% which are Croats.
Bibit Bibit Global Payment Services is a Payment Service Provider offering various European payment methods, in addition to credit cards, such as payment methods based on online banking (example: iDEAL in The Netherlands). By using one technical connection to Bibit, merchants can accept most of these payment methods in various countries and currencies.
Bible (writing) A bible in writing, sometimes more prosaically referred to as the writers' guide or story bible, is the standard reference used by writers for information on that story's characters, settings and other elements. They are commonly used in mediums with multiple writers, such as comic books and television series, where new writers and freelancers are often referred to it when writing scripts for the show to ensure continuity with previous episodes, but are also used by individual writers for books and movies, to keep track of details.
Bible and reincarnation Belief in reincarnation is held by many Hindus, Buddhists, and Taoists but such beliefs are held by relatively few Christians and Muslims. No mainstream Christian denomination includes reincarnation among their doctrines.
Bible and Spade Bible and Spade is a quarterly archaeological journal published by Associates for Bible research and written for the public at large and written from a conservative Christian Bible scholarship viewpoint. The association is explicitly committed to the use of archaeology to demonstrate the historical veracity of the Old and New Testaments.
Bible Adventures Bible Adventures is an unlicensed Nintendo cartridge, released in 1991 by Wisdom Tree, and in 1995 for the Sega Mega Drive. It contains three different games: Noah's Ark, Baby Moses, and David and Goliath, all of which are based rather loosely on stories from the Hebrew Bible.
Bible believer Bible believer (also Bible-believer, Bible-believing Christian, Bible-believing Church) is a self-description by conservative Christians to differentiate their teachings from those who see tradition as a source of authority. The Methodist 'Bible Christian Church' is an example of such an organisation.
Bible Baptist Bible Baptist is a descriptive title used most commonly by churches of the World Baptist Fellowship, Baptist Bible Fellowship International, or unaffiliated Independent Baptists. The use of the term Bible Baptist seems to be primarily an outgrowth of fundamentalism, and is intended to designate Baptists that believe the Bible and in the inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible, as opposed to Liberal Christianity, which they see as a rejection of the Bible.
Bible Belt A Bible Belt is an area in which socially conservative Christian Evangelical Protestantism is a pervasive or dominant part of the culture. The term "Bible Belt" was coined by the American journalist and social commentator, H.
Bible Belt (Netherlands) The Bible Belt ("De Bijbelgordel" in Dutch) is the name given (after the Bible Belt in the USA) to a strip of land in the Netherlands, which is specifically inhabited by conservative Protestants. The Bijbelgordel stretches from Zeeland, through the Betuwe and Veluwe, to the northern parts of the province Overijssel.
Bible Broadcasting Network Bible Broadcasting Network is a listener-supported global radio network staffed mostly by evangelical Christians, headquartered in Charlotte, NC. The network was founded in 1968 by Lowell Davey, who also serves as the organization's current president, and broadcasts daily prayer times, children's programs, Bible teaching, teen programs, and family guidance programs.
Bible code Bible codes, also known as Torah codes, are words, phrases and clusters of words and phrases that some people believe are meaningful and exist intentionally in coded form in the text of the Bible. These codes were made famous by the book The Bible Code, which claims that these codes can predict the future.
Bible conspiracy theory A Bible conspiracy theory is any conspiracy theory that posits that much of what is known about the Bible is a deception created to suppress some secret, ancient truth. Some of these theories claim that Jesus really had a wife and children, or that Freemasons have secret information about the true descendants of Jesus; some claim that there was a secret movement to censor books that truly belonged in the Bible, etc.
Bible Groups (card game) Bible Groups and John and Judas are two card games in a single set of cards manufactured by the Review and Herald Publishing Association. The same card set is used to play both games and is contained in the single box.
Bible Christian Church The Bible Christian Church was a Methodist church. It was founded by William O’Bryan, a Wesleyan Methodist local preacher, on 1815-10-18 in North Cornwall, with the first society, just 22 members, meeting at Lake Farm in Shebbear, Devon.
Bible Christians The Bible Christians were a religious sect formed in Cornwall in the early 19th century as an offshoot of the Methodists. They were later incorporated into the United Methodist Church and subsequently, in 1932, the Methodist Church.
Bible Institute of South Africa The Bible Institute of South Africa is an evangelical Bible college located in Kalk Bay, a suburb of Cape Town on the False Bay coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. The school is non-denominational and has students from all over Africa, as well as a few from Europe, Asia and North America.
Bible John Bible John is the nickname of an unidentified serial killer who is thought to have operated in Glasgow, Scotland, in the late 1960s. Three murders were attributed to him, but it is not clear that they were the work of the same person and officially the police still have an open mind on this.
Bible of Kralice The Bible of Kralice (Czech: Bible kralická) was the first complete translation of the Bible from the original languages into the Czech language. Translated by the Unity of the Brethren and printed in the town of Kralice, the first edition had six volumes and was published between the years 1579 and 1593.
Bible scientific foreknowledge Bible scientific foreknowledge (BSF) is a belief of Christian apologetics that certain Bible passages show a more advanced awareness of the natural world than could have been discovered by the technology and science known to humans in Biblical times. Certain Orthodox Jews maintain similar beliefs, though only about the Hebrew Bible (Tanach).
Bible society A Bible society is a non-profit organization (usually ecumenical in makeup) devoted to translating, publishing and distributing the Bible at affordable costs. Traditionally Bible Society editions contain Scripture, without any notes or commentary; but in recent decades this principle has been relaxed somewhat, and such editions typically have at least some notes on alternate translations of words, or variations in the different available manuscripts.
Bible story Bible stories, Judeo-Christian parables retelling some portions of the Bible, have long had a place in family religious worship, spiritual instruction, literature, and the cultural underpinnings of many Christian and Jewish societies. In many Christian churches, they are regular ingredients of Sunday School curricula.
Bible study (Christian) Bible study, devotion, or devotional is any of several related activities within Christian churches. This article is intended to describe the study of the Bible in Christianity as a religious or spiritual practice, and not formal methods of theological, exegetical, or other such study which independent of personal spiritual attachment.
Bible School for the Nations Bible School for the Nations (BSN) is a 24 week training program of the University of The Nations within the international, interdenominational missions movement called Youth With A Mission (see YWAM Int'l). The purpose of BSN is to train Bible-trainers, equiping them for the work of discipling nations.
Bible Society of India The Bible Society of India (BSI) is a body that is authorized to translate, produce, distribute and market the Holy Bible. The Central Office of the BSI is located in Bangalore city in the state of Karnataka in South India.
Bible Student movement The Bible Student movement is a religious movement with premillennialist expectations, that sprang from the teachings and ministry of Pastor Charles Taze Russell in the 1870s, whose followers generally call themselves "Bible Students". Following a schism after Russell’s death in 1916, several offshoot groups formed, some of which have today moved away from the doctrines of Pastor Russell.
Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) is an international Christian interdenominational or parachurch fellowship of lay people offering a system of structured bible study. It was begun in 1959 by Audrey Wetherell Johnson, a British evangelist to China.
Bible thumper Bible thumper (also Bible basher, or Bible Beater) is a derisive term used to describe Christian fundamentalists, or anyone perceived as aggressively pushing their religious beliefs upon those who do not share them. As an insult, its target domain is broad and can often extend to anyone engaged in a public show of religiosity, fundamentalist or not.
Bible translations The Bible has been translated into many languages. The Jewish Tanakh (similar to the Protestant Old Testament) was originally written in Hebrew, with the exception of some passages of Daniel, Ezra, and Jeremiah which are in Aramaic.
Bible version debate There is an ongoing Bible version debate which has been raging for years (at least since the late '60s when modern translations started appearing) about which translation is 'best'. This covers issues such as how literal the translation should be (and whether the Bible even should be translated into less-literal versions), as well as the versions used.
Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ The Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ World-Wide, Inc. is an organization of African-American Pentecostal churches stared in 1957 in Washington, DC and later reorganized into two organizations in 1997 with headquarters in Brooklyn, NY and Danville, VA.
Bible-Pattern Church Fellowship The Bible-Pattern Church Fellowship was founded in 1939 by George Jeffreys (1889–1972), a Welsh minister who, together with his brother Stephen Jeffreys, in 1915 had founded the Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance, one of the first Pentecostal organisations in Britain.
Bibleman: PowerSource Bibleman: PowerSource is a sequel to the Christian video series "Bibleman: Genesis" (the series was called "The Bibleman Adventures" until the partnership with Tommy Nelson). The series continues the adventures of the Bibleman Adventure Team and series will release two episodes each year.
Bibles for America Bibles for America is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the spread and understanding of the Bible. The Bibles for America mission is to distribute complimentary copies of the New Testament Recovery Version study Bible and related Christian literature to individuals in the United States.
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia The Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, or BHS, is an edition of the Hebrew Bible published by the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft (German Bible Society) in Stuttgart. It is widely regarded by both Jews and Christians as a reliable edition of the Hebrew and Aramaic scriptures (i.
Biblical and Pentecostal College of Puerto Rico The Biblical and Pentecostal College of Puerto Rico is a private, Christian, Evangelical, Pentecostal, and coeducational university in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico that offers undergraduate and graduate studies in pastoral studies, biblical interpretation, Christian education, and theology. The university is accredited by the Caribbean Evangelical Theological Association (CETA) and The Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE).
BiaĹ‚owieĹĽa Forest BiaĹ‚owieĹĽa Primaeval Forest, known as Belaveskaya Pushcha (БелавеŃкая ĐżŃŃча) or Belovezhskaya Pushcha in Belarus and Puszcza BiaĹ‚owieska in Poland, is an ancient virginal forest straddling the border between Belarus and Poland, located 70 km north of Brest. It is the only remaining part of the immense forest which once spread across the European Plain "Earth Without People" by Alan Weisman 2005..
Białystok Ghetto Uprising Białystok Ghetto Uprising was an insurrection in Poland's Białystok Ghetto against Germany during World War II. It was organised and led by Antyfaszystowska Organizacja Bojowa (Polish for Anti-fascist Military Organisation).
Białystok Institute of Cosmetology Białystok Institute of Cosmetology and Healthcare (Polish: Wyższa Szkoła Kosmetologii i Ochrony Zdrowia w Białymstoku) is a private trade school in Białystok, Poland. It offers a three-year course of study in the following specialities: cosmetology, nursing, public health (health and beauty promotion; paramedic studies) and physical therapy.
Biamax BIAMAX has perhaps been the best known Greek vehicle manufacturer, being, at the same time one of the biggest Greek companies at its time with three factories (in Athens, where its headquarters, Thessaloniki and Larissa, employing more than 2000) and several other auxiliary facilities throughout the country. Except for a large Greek company, BIAMAX became a leading industry in that country, in areas including Quality Assurance, technical training, process documentation and Research&Development.
Bian Lian Bian Lian (ĺŹč„¸-Chinese simplified) ("Face-Changing") is an ancient Chinese dramatic art that is part of the more general Sichuan opera. Performers wear brightly colored costumes and move to quick, dramatic music.
Bianca Balti Bianca Balti (born in 1984 in Lodi, near Milan, Italy) is an Italian supermodel. She appeared in the 2005 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show and in the catologues and is rumored to become the new VS angel, while Gisele Bundchen will be retiring in 2007.
Bianca Castafiore Bianca Castafiore, the Milanese Nightingale, was a recurring character in The Adventures of Tintin: the opera diva first appeared in the album King Ottokar's Sceptre. Her name is Italian for "white flower".
Bianca Collins Bianca Collins (born on August 17, 1988 in San Diego, California) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her recurring role as Patti Perez in the Nickelodeon series Unfabulous has guest starred in many television shows as well as had parts in Broadway shows.
Bianca Lamblin Bianca Lamblin (also known as Bianca Bienenfeld) is a French writer who was romantically involved with both Jean-Paul Sartre and his lifelong companion Simone de Beauvoir, for a number of years. Her book, Mémoires d'une Jeune Fille Dérangée (published in English under the title, "A Disgraceful Affair"), is a bitter and controversial account of her long-lasting involvement with two of the most prominent French thinkers of this century.
Bianca Maria Sforza Bianca Maria Sforza (Milan, April 5, 1472 – December 31, 1510 in Innsbruck) was the daughter of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Milan. In 1493, she married Emperor Maximilian I, who had been a widower since the death of his first wife Mary of Burgundy in 1482.
Bianca Montgomery Bianca Montgomery is a fictional character on the American soap opera, All My Children. She is played by actress Eden Riegel; others who have played this role include Lacey Chabert; Nathalie Paulding; Gina Gallagher; Caroline Wilde and as a baby by Jessica Leigh Falborn.
Bianca Sanchez Bianca Sanchez is a beautiful stage, screen and voice over actress of Honduran and Colombian descent. Her recent works include the North Hollywood stage production of Woman with Pocketbook, the Court TV series LA Forensics where she played the part of Detective Olivia Spindola, and the children's documentary San Diego Zoo Animal Explorer], which she hosted and narrated in English and Spanish.
Biancabella and the Snake Biancabella and the Snake is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in The Facetious Nights of Straparola.Giovanni Francesco Straparola, The Facetious Nights of Straparola, "Biancabella and the Snake"
Bianchi classification In mathematics, the Bianchi classification, named for Luigi Bianchi, is a classification of the 3-dimensional real Lie algebras into 11 classes, 9 of which are single groups and two of which have a continuum of isomorphism classes. (Sometimes two of the groups are included in the infinite families, giving 9 instead of 11 classes.
Bianchi International Bianchi International of Temecula, California is a worldwide producer of leather goods for the law enforcement industry. Since the 1970s they have produced items from gun holsters to duty belts and everything related in between.
Bianchina The Bianchina was an automobile produced by Italian automaker Autobianchi, based on the Fiat 500 mechanicals. It was available in various configurations, Berlina (saloon), Cabriolet (roadster), Trasformabile (convertible), Panoramica (station wagon), and Furgoncino (van).
Bianchini (lunar crater) Bianchini is a lunar crater that lies besides the northern Jura Mountains that ring the Sinus Iridum, in the northwestern part of the Moon. The impact of this crater near the edge of the Jura Mountains pushed some material into the Sinus Iridium floor.
Bianchini e Lusiardi associati Bianchini e Lusiardi associati is an Italian architecture firm, mostly known as the winner of international architectural competitions, such as the New Cleopatra's Kiosk competition in London (Royal Institute of British Architects, 2003) and the DBEW competition in Seoul, South Korea (2002).
Bianka Panova Bianka Panova () (born May 27, 1970 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She was the first rhythmic gymnast to get a clean sweep of all 5 (All-Around, Ribbon, Clubs, Hoop, Rope) gold medals at the 1987 world championships in Varna with the perfect score of 40.
Bianrifi Tarmidi Bianrifi Tarmidi was the Prime Minister of The Comoros from 2 December 1999 until 29 November 2000. He was appointed Prime Minister under Colonel and President Azali Assoumani after he seized power in a April 1999 coup.
Biantitropical distribution Biantitropical (or amphitropical) distribution refers to the pattern of species that exist at comparable latitudes across the equator but not in the tropics. For example, a species may be found north of the Tropic of Cancer and south of the Tropic of Capricorn, but not in between.
Biarmosuchia The Biarmosuchia, also known as the Eotitanosuchia and the Phthinosuchia are an assemblage of primitive Permian Therapsida that represent either a paraphyletic stem group or a very early off-shoot of the main Therapsid tree.
Bias A bias is a prejudice in a general or specific sense, usually in the sense for having a preference to one particular point of view or ideological perspective. However, one is generally only said to be biased if one's powers of judgment are influenced by the biases one holds, to the extent that one's views could not be taken as being neutral or objective, but instead as subjective.
Bias (book) Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News is a book by Bernard Goldberg, a 28-year veteran CBS news reporter and producer, giving detailed examples to support the claim of liberal bias in television news reporting. It was published in 2001 by Regnery Publishing.
Bias (textile) The bias (US) or cross-grain (UK) direction of a piece of woven fabric, usually referred to simply as "the bias" or "the cross-grain", is at 45 degrees to its warp and weft threads. Every piece of woven fabric has two biases, perpendicular to each other.
Bias disorder Bias disorder, also known as extreme bias disorder, is a mental condition not yet fully accepted by the mental health/science community. However, it is currently being considered to be added to the official list of actual mental disorders: the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Bias knitting Bias knitting is a method by which the grain of a knitted fabric is skewed from the vertical, by decreasing on one side and increasing on the other. The term "bias" serives from sewing, where bias refers to the diagonal between the weft and warp threads, where the elasticity of wovens is greatest.
Bias of an estimator In statistics, the difference between an estimator's expected value and the true value of the parameter being estimated is called the bias. An estimator or decision rule having nonzero bias is said to be biased.
Bias point In electronics, a bias point, also known a quiescent point or a operating point, is a dc voltage which, when applied to a device, causes it to operate in a certain desired fashion. The term is normally used in connection with devices such as transistors and diodes which are used in amplification or rectification.
Bias tape Bias tape or bias binding is a narrow strip of fabric, cut on the bias (UK cross-grain). The strip's fibers, being at 45 degrees to the length of the strip, makes it stretchier as well as more fluid and more drapeable compared to a strip that is cut on grain.
Bias tee A bias tee is a kind of multiplexer which has 3 ports arranged in the shape of a T and where frequencies from 1 MHz to 10 GHz pass horizontally through the T and lower frequencies take a 90° turn used to bias transistors and diodes. It is a simple composition of one capacitor and one coil with attention paid to the details.
Bias Vineyards Bias Vineyards is a small, limited-production vineyard located in Berger, Missouri operated by Kirk and Carol Grass. With its onsite microbrewery, it is one of the few combination vineyard-microbreweries in the United States.
Biased graph In mathematics, a biased graph is a graph with a list of distinguished circles (edge sets of simple cycles), such that if two circles in the list are contained in a theta graph, then so is the third circle of the theta graph. A biased graph is a generalization of the combinatorial essentials of a gain graph and in particular of a signed graph.
Biased random walk (biochemistry) In cell biology, a biased random walk enables bacteria to search for food and flee from harm. Bacteria propel themselves with the aid of flagella in a process called chemotaxis, and a typical bacteria trajectory has many charactistics of a random walk.
Biasing (electronics) Biasing in electronics is the method of establishing predetermined voltages and/or currents at various points of a circuit to set the appropriate quiescent point. Linear circuits involving transistors typically require a specific junction voltage to operate correctly, this is done with biasing.
Biastophilia Biastophilia (from Greek biastes, "rape" + -philia) is a paraphilia in which sexual arousal is dependent on, or is responsive to, the act of sexually assaulting an unconsenting person, especially a stranger. Biastophilia is a common trait in serial killers.
Biathlon Biathlon (not to be confused with duathlon) is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. Biathlon, however, usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.
Biathlon at the 1996 Winter Asian Games Biathlon at the 1996 Winter Asian Games took place in the city of Harbin, People's Republic of China with six events contested — three for men and three for women. The women's biathlon events were introduced in this edition of the Winter Asiad.
Biathlon World Cup The Biathlon World Cup (BWC) has been held since the winter seasons of 1977/78 and 1982/83, for men and women, respectively (for women, the seasons through 1986/87 were called the European Cup, although participation was not restricted to Europeans).
Biaugmented pentagonal prism In geometry, the biaugmented pentagonal prism is one of the Johnson solids (J53). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by doubly augmenting a pentagonal prism by attaching square pyramids (J1) to two of its nonadjacent equatorial faces.
Biaugmented triangular prism In geometry, the biaugmented triangular prism is one of the Johnson solids (J50). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by augmenting a triangular prism by attaching square pyramids (J1) to two of its equatorial faces.
Biawak Busuk Biawak Busuk is a location not existed in modern days, it was in the history of Malacca, a place where Parameswara encountered lizards in large quantity. However the location is most possibly nearby or at today's Pagoh or Johor state.
Biaxial nematic A biaxial nematic is a spatially homogeneous liquid crystal with three distinct optical axes. This is to be contrasted to a simple nematic, which has a single preferred axis, around which the system is rotationally symmetric.
Biñan, Laguna Biñán is a first class urban municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. Accessible from Metro Manila via the South Luzon Expressway, Biñan has become both a suburban residential community of Metro Manila and a location for some of the Philippines' largest industrial estates and export processing zones.
Biba Integrity Model The Biba Integrity Model was developed to circumvent a weakness in the Bell-LaPadula computer operating system protection model which did not include the possibility of implicit deletion of security objects by writing to them.
Bibb County, Alabama Bibb County, Alabama is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of William W. Bibb, a Governor of Alabama. As of 2000 the population is 20,826. Its county seat is Centreville and it's a "prohibition" or dry county.
Bibb Falk Bibb August Falk (January 27 1899 - June 8 1989), nicknamed "Jockey", was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox (1920-28) and Cleveland Indians (1929-31).
Bibbe Hansen Bibbe Hansen is the daughter of the Fluxus artist Al Hansen (a Norwegian American), one of the key figures in the Andy Warhol Factory, and the Bohemian poet Audrey Ostlin Hansen (who was half Swedish and half Jewish). She also is the mother of the eclectic musical virtuoso Beck Hansen and artist Channing Hansen.
Bibbo Bibbowski "Bibbo" Bibbowski is a supporting character in Superman comics. He first appeared in Adventures of Superman #428, by Marv Wolfman and Jerry Ordway, when Superman was looking for information in a Suicide Slum bar called the Ace O' Clubs.
Bibcock A bibcock, also called a sillcock, is commonly used to provide hose connections outside of buildings, for use in gardening, watering lawns, washing cars, Cleaning carpet, and so on. Certain bibcocks are colloquially known as frost-frees because they are immune to all but the worst freezing conditions.
Bibek Debroy Bibek Debroy was the Secretary General of the PHDPHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Northern India and a columnist with the Indian Express, the Business Standard and the Financial Express. He is now a Contributing Editor with the Indian Express.
Bibek Maitra Bibek Biman Maitra was Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) General Secretary Pramod Mahajan's secretary. The media used to pronounce Bibek Maitra's name as Vivek Moitra On his Boss' secret service: Rediff He always insisted that his name be pronounced as Bibek.
Biber salçası Biber salçasi (literally "pepper paste"; also called kırmızı biber salçası, literally "red pepper paste") is a thick, deep red paste made from red chili peppers and salt. It is a part of Turkish cuisine but is also enjoyed in nearby nations.
Biberach (district) Biberach is a district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Ravensburg, Sigmaringen, Reutlingen and Alb-Donau, and the Bavarian districts Neu-Ulm, Unterallgäu and the district-free city Memmingen.
Biberach an der RiĂź Biberach is a town in the south of Germany, capital of the district Biberach in Baden-WĂĽrttemberg. To distinguish it from the other Biberachs it is called Biberach an der RiĂź after the small river RiĂź which flows through the city (the Riss/RiĂź also gave its name to the Riss glaciation period).
Bibhuti bhushan banerjee Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay (Banerjee) is one of the finest novelists and short story writers of post Tagore era. His celebrated novel Pather Panchali reveals an intriguing and mesmerising picture of everyday life of rural Bengal, a saga of joys and sorrows of the villagers, a human story of struggle, stagnancy, migration, death, destiny and destination.
Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay ( Bibhutibhushon BĂ´ndopaddhae) was a Bengali novelist and writer. He is most well known for the epic Pather Panchali (The story of the road), made into the memorable film trilogy by Satyajit Ray.
Bibi de Vries Bibi de Vries (born march 15, 1963 in Egmond aan Zee) was a member of the Dutch liberal VVD (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie] party ("fraction") in the Lower House of the Dutch Parliament, the Tweede Kamer ("Second Chamber"). She was a member of Parliament from 1994 till 2006.
Bibi et Geneviève Bibi et Geneviève was a French language children's show made in Québec in the early 1990s. It chronicled the adventures of the green-haired extraterrestrial Bibi Z99944X (a puppet) and his friend Geneviève (a live actress).
Bibi Gaytán Bibi Gaytán (Silvia Gaytán Barragán) was born January 27, 1972 in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. Three of her four brothers are in show business: musician Chacho Gaytán, actor Alejandro Gaytan, and singer Mano Gaytan.
Bibi Ka Maqbara Bibi Ka Maqbara was built by Prince Azam Shah, son of Emperor Aurangzeb, in the late 17th century as a loving tribute to his mother, Dilras Bano Begam. The monument's name translates literally to 'Tomb of the Lady', but has earned the nickname 'poor man’s Taj' because of its resemblance to the Taj Mahal.
Bibi Khem Kaur Dhillon Bibi Khem Kaur Dhillon (Punjabi ਬਿਬਿ ਖੇਮ ੱਕੌਰ ਧਿੱਲੋਨ) was a Sikh woman who was married in 1816 to to Prince Kharak Singh, the oldest son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. She was the daughter of Jodh Singh Kalalvala and grand daughter of Sahib Singh Dhillon.
Bibi Russell Bibi Russell (Bangla: বিবি রাসেল) is a fashion designer and former international model from Bangladesh. Born in Chittagong, Bangladesh, she studied in London College of Fashion, earning a graduate degree in 1975.
Bibinje Bibinje is a village in southern Croatia, situated southeast from Zadar, between the Adriatic tourist road and the sea, having a four kilometer coastline with beaches and pathways. It has 3,923 residents (census 2001), 97% which are Croats.
Bibit Bibit Global Payment Services is a Payment Service Provider offering various European payment methods, in addition to credit cards, such as payment methods based on online banking (example: iDEAL in The Netherlands). By using one technical connection to Bibit, merchants can accept most of these payment methods in various countries and currencies.
Bible (writing) A bible in writing, sometimes more prosaically referred to as the writers' guide or story bible, is the standard reference used by writers for information on that story's characters, settings and other elements. They are commonly used in mediums with multiple writers, such as comic books and television series, where new writers and freelancers are often referred to it when writing scripts for the show to ensure continuity with previous episodes, but are also used by individual writers for books and movies, to keep track of details.
Bible and reincarnation Belief in reincarnation is held by many Hindus, Buddhists, and Taoists but such beliefs are held by relatively few Christians and Muslims. No mainstream Christian denomination includes reincarnation among their doctrines.
Bible and Spade Bible and Spade is a quarterly archaeological journal published by Associates for Bible research and written for the public at large and written from a conservative Christian Bible scholarship viewpoint. The association is explicitly committed to the use of archaeology to demonstrate the historical veracity of the Old and New Testaments.
Bible Adventures Bible Adventures is an unlicensed Nintendo cartridge, released in 1991 by Wisdom Tree, and in 1995 for the Sega Mega Drive. It contains three different games: Noah's Ark, Baby Moses, and David and Goliath, all of which are based rather loosely on stories from the Hebrew Bible.
Bible believer Bible believer (also Bible-believer, Bible-believing Christian, Bible-believing Church) is a self-description by conservative Christians to differentiate their teachings from those who see tradition as a source of authority. The Methodist 'Bible Christian Church' is an example of such an organisation.
Bible Baptist Bible Baptist is a descriptive title used most commonly by churches of the World Baptist Fellowship, Baptist Bible Fellowship International, or unaffiliated Independent Baptists. The use of the term Bible Baptist seems to be primarily an outgrowth of fundamentalism, and is intended to designate Baptists that believe the Bible and in the inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible, as opposed to Liberal Christianity, which they see as a rejection of the Bible.
Bible Belt A Bible Belt is an area in which socially conservative Christian Evangelical Protestantism is a pervasive or dominant part of the culture. The term "Bible Belt" was coined by the American journalist and social commentator, H.
Bible Belt (Netherlands) The Bible Belt ("De Bijbelgordel" in Dutch) is the name given (after the Bible Belt in the USA) to a strip of land in the Netherlands, which is specifically inhabited by conservative Protestants. The Bijbelgordel stretches from Zeeland, through the Betuwe and Veluwe, to the northern parts of the province Overijssel.
Bible Broadcasting Network Bible Broadcasting Network is a listener-supported global radio network staffed mostly by evangelical Christians, headquartered in Charlotte, NC. The network was founded in 1968 by Lowell Davey, who also serves as the organization's current president, and broadcasts daily prayer times, children's programs, Bible teaching, teen programs, and family guidance programs.
Bible code Bible codes, also known as Torah codes, are words, phrases and clusters of words and phrases that some people believe are meaningful and exist intentionally in coded form in the text of the Bible. These codes were made famous by the book The Bible Code, which claims that these codes can predict the future.
Bible conspiracy theory A Bible conspiracy theory is any conspiracy theory that posits that much of what is known about the Bible is a deception created to suppress some secret, ancient truth. Some of these theories claim that Jesus really had a wife and children, or that Freemasons have secret information about the true descendants of Jesus; some claim that there was a secret movement to censor books that truly belonged in the Bible, etc.
Bible Groups (card game) Bible Groups and John and Judas are two card games in a single set of cards manufactured by the Review and Herald Publishing Association. The same card set is used to play both games and is contained in the single box.
Bible Christian Church The Bible Christian Church was a Methodist church. It was founded by William O’Bryan, a Wesleyan Methodist local preacher, on 1815-10-18 in North Cornwall, with the first society, just 22 members, meeting at Lake Farm in Shebbear, Devon.
Bible Christians The Bible Christians were a religious sect formed in Cornwall in the early 19th century as an offshoot of the Methodists. They were later incorporated into the United Methodist Church and subsequently, in 1932, the Methodist Church.
Bible Institute of South Africa The Bible Institute of South Africa is an evangelical Bible college located in Kalk Bay, a suburb of Cape Town on the False Bay coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. The school is non-denominational and has students from all over Africa, as well as a few from Europe, Asia and North America.
Bible John Bible John is the nickname of an unidentified serial killer who is thought to have operated in Glasgow, Scotland, in the late 1960s. Three murders were attributed to him, but it is not clear that they were the work of the same person and officially the police still have an open mind on this.
Bible of Kralice The Bible of Kralice (Czech: Bible kralická) was the first complete translation of the Bible from the original languages into the Czech language. Translated by the Unity of the Brethren and printed in the town of Kralice, the first edition had six volumes and was published between the years 1579 and 1593.
Bible scientific foreknowledge Bible scientific foreknowledge (BSF) is a belief of Christian apologetics that certain Bible passages show a more advanced awareness of the natural world than could have been discovered by the technology and science known to humans in Biblical times. Certain Orthodox Jews maintain similar beliefs, though only about the Hebrew Bible (Tanach).
Bible society A Bible society is a non-profit organization (usually ecumenical in makeup) devoted to translating, publishing and distributing the Bible at affordable costs. Traditionally Bible Society editions contain Scripture, without any notes or commentary; but in recent decades this principle has been relaxed somewhat, and such editions typically have at least some notes on alternate translations of words, or variations in the different available manuscripts.
Bible story Bible stories, Judeo-Christian parables retelling some portions of the Bible, have long had a place in family religious worship, spiritual instruction, literature, and the cultural underpinnings of many Christian and Jewish societies. In many Christian churches, they are regular ingredients of Sunday School curricula.
Bible study (Christian) Bible study, devotion, or devotional is any of several related activities within Christian churches. This article is intended to describe the study of the Bible in Christianity as a religious or spiritual practice, and not formal methods of theological, exegetical, or other such study which independent of personal spiritual attachment.
Bible School for the Nations Bible School for the Nations (BSN) is a 24 week training program of the University of The Nations within the international, interdenominational missions movement called Youth With A Mission (see YWAM Int'l). The purpose of BSN is to train Bible-trainers, equiping them for the work of discipling nations.
Bible Society of India The Bible Society of India (BSI) is a body that is authorized to translate, produce, distribute and market the Holy Bible. The Central Office of the BSI is located in Bangalore city in the state of Karnataka in South India.
Bible Student movement The Bible Student movement is a religious movement with premillennialist expectations, that sprang from the teachings and ministry of Pastor Charles Taze Russell in the 1870s, whose followers generally call themselves "Bible Students". Following a schism after Russell’s death in 1916, several offshoot groups formed, some of which have today moved away from the doctrines of Pastor Russell.
Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) is an international Christian interdenominational or parachurch fellowship of lay people offering a system of structured bible study. It was begun in 1959 by Audrey Wetherell Johnson, a British evangelist to China.
Bible thumper Bible thumper (also Bible basher, or Bible Beater) is a derisive term used to describe Christian fundamentalists, or anyone perceived as aggressively pushing their religious beliefs upon those who do not share them. As an insult, its target domain is broad and can often extend to anyone engaged in a public show of religiosity, fundamentalist or not.
Bible translations The Bible has been translated into many languages. The Jewish Tanakh (similar to the Protestant Old Testament) was originally written in Hebrew, with the exception of some passages of Daniel, Ezra, and Jeremiah which are in Aramaic.
Bible version debate There is an ongoing Bible version debate which has been raging for years (at least since the late '60s when modern translations started appearing) about which translation is 'best'. This covers issues such as how literal the translation should be (and whether the Bible even should be translated into less-literal versions), as well as the versions used.
Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ The Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ World-Wide, Inc. is an organization of African-American Pentecostal churches stared in 1957 in Washington, DC and later reorganized into two organizations in 1997 with headquarters in Brooklyn, NY and Danville, VA.
Bible-Pattern Church Fellowship The Bible-Pattern Church Fellowship was founded in 1939 by George Jeffreys (1889–1972), a Welsh minister who, together with his brother Stephen Jeffreys, in 1915 had founded the Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance, one of the first Pentecostal organisations in Britain.
Bibleman: PowerSource Bibleman: PowerSource is a sequel to the Christian video series "Bibleman: Genesis" (the series was called "The Bibleman Adventures" until the partnership with Tommy Nelson). The series continues the adventures of the Bibleman Adventure Team and series will release two episodes each year.
Bibles for America Bibles for America is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the spread and understanding of the Bible. The Bibles for America mission is to distribute complimentary copies of the New Testament Recovery Version study Bible and related Christian literature to individuals in the United States.
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia The Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, or BHS, is an edition of the Hebrew Bible published by the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft (German Bible Society) in Stuttgart. It is widely regarded by both Jews and Christians as a reliable edition of the Hebrew and Aramaic scriptures (i.
Biblical and Pentecostal College of Puerto Rico The Biblical and Pentecostal College of Puerto Rico is a private, Christian, Evangelical, Pentecostal, and coeducational university in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico that offers undergraduate and graduate studies in pastoral studies, biblical interpretation, Christian education, and theology. The university is accredited by the Caribbean Evangelical Theological Association (CETA) and The Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE).
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