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Abraham's bosom

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Abraham’s bosom

reward for the righteous. [N.T.: Luke 16:23]
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Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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"It forms most of the northern part of the bay known as Abraham's Bosom and which has been designated as Heritage Coastline and is within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
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This rugged part of the coastline on South Stack, which forms most of the northern part of the bay known as Abraham's Bosom, has earned various titles acknowledging both its beauty and importance, being designated a Heritage Coastline and within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a Site of Special Scienti?c interest.
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Another influence from Demotic and Coptic in the name-lists is the "split" genitive construction of the type koun=f n-Abraham "Abraham's bosom" (p.
Die Toponymen- und Kultnamenlisten zur Tempelanlage von Dendera nach den hieroglyphischen Inschriften von Edfu und Dendera
(8) "Arthur's bosom" is Quickly's malapropism for "Abraham's bosom," meaning "the abode of the blessed dead" ("Bosom" I.
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