The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1549 page)

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Minjung theology
:
Minor Prophets
(Aram.,
terei asar
, ‘twelve’). The collection of twelve shorter
prophetic
books in the Hebrew scriptures. It includes the books of
Hosea
,
Joel
,
Amos
,
Obadiah
,
Jonah
,
Micah
,
Nahum
, Habbakuk,
Zephariah
,
Haggai
,
Zechariah
, and
Malachi
.
Minucius Felix
.
Christian
apologist
of the 3rd (or perhaps 2nd) cent. He is known as the author of the
Octavius
, a Latin treatise refuting the common pagan charges against Christianity, arguing for monotheism and providence, and attacking mythology.
Minyan
(Heb., ‘number’). Quorum necessary for public Jewish services. According to the Talmud, if ten men pray together, the divine presence is with them (
B. Ber
. 6a). Occasionally a ‘minyan man’ is paid to make up the quorum, and in the
Reform
movement, women as well as men are counted as part of the minyan.
Mi-p’nei
ata’einu
(‘on account of our sins’):
M
q
t
(times of Muslim worship):

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