The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2003 page)
Read The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Online
Authors: John Bowker
BOOK: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
4.22Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
v
n.
n.
Rif
(acronym):
(acronym):
Righteous gentiles
(Heb.,
asidei ’um
t ha‘ol
m
). Gentiles who keep the
Noachide laws
. They will have a share in the world to come (‘Olam ha-Ba) when the
messiah
comes. More specifically, the term is used of those gentiles who risked their lives to save Jews during the
Holocaust
. There is an Avenue of the Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust Memorial, Yad Vashem, in
Jerusalem
.
asidei ’umt ha‘olm). Gentiles who keep the
Noachide laws
. They will have a share in the world to come (‘Olam ha-Ba) when the
messiah
comes. More specifically, the term is used of those gentiles who risked their lives to save Jews during the
Holocaust
. There is an Avenue of the Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust Memorial, Yad Vashem, in
Jerusalem
.
Right-hand tantrism:
INOther books
Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King by Antonia Fraser
Araminta Station by Vance, Jack
Ready by Lucy Monroe
The Highwayman's Daughter by Henriette Gyland
Woe in Kabukicho by Ellis, Madelynne
I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti by Giulia Melucci
More Than Kisses by Renee Ericson
The Library Paradox by Catherine Shaw
Caged in Darkness by J. D. Stroube
Everlasting Kiss by Amanda Ashley
