Modern-day Nazareth is nestled in a natural bowl which reaches from 1, 050 feet ( 320 m ) above sea level to the crest of the hills about 1, 600 feet ( 490 m ).

Modern-day New Jersey police officers inherit their authority from the constable.

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Modern-day Kingston is believed to be the site of several bloody battles during King Philip's War from 1675-1676.

Modern-day military musicians often perform a variety of other styles of music in different ensembles, from chamber music to rock and roll.

Modern-day Rabbinic tradition descends from the law that Hillel recorded.

Modern-day productions are traditionally derived from the revivals staged by Marius Petipa for the Imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg in the late 19th century.

Modern-day immigrants from India ( mostly Sindhi merchants ) are to be found on Saint-Martin / Sint Maarten, St. Thomas, Curaçao and other islands with duty-free commercial capabilities, where they are active in business.

Modern-day Tubas was founded in the late 19th century during Ottoman rule in Palestine, when groups of Arabs belonging to the Daraghmeh clan — mostly shepherds and farmers who lived in the Jordan Valley — migrated northward to the site because of its fertile ground, proximity to several springs, and its high elevation compared to the Jordan Valley and Wadi al-Far ' a plain ; Mount Gerizim was visible from the area.

Modern-day Garhwal was likewise unified under the rule of Parmars who, along with many Brahmins and Rajputs, also arrived from the plains.

Modern-day Carloforte's principal sources of revenue are fishing, tourism, and remittances from the many merchant mariners around the world who hail from Carloforte.

Modern-day Czech Silesia derives primarily from a small part of Silesia that remained within the Bohemian Crown and the Habsburg Monarchy at the end of the First Silesian War in 1742, when the rest of Silesia was ceded to Prussia.

Modern-day Dhubri district was created on 1 July 1983 when it was split from Goalpara district.

Modern-day combines can be adjusted to work with any grain crop, and many unusual seed crops.

Modern-day commentators and Neopagans sometimes identify Boann with the goddess Brigid, or believe Boann to be Brigid's mother ; however there are no Celtic sources that describe her as such.

Modern-day possession of guns operates as follows: everything that isn't prohibited under section 5 of the Firearms Act 1968 must be held on a section 1 firearms certificate, unless it is a section 2 shotgun and can thus go on a Shot Gun Certificate.

Modern-day hei-tiki however, may be divided into two types.

Modern-day white teas can be traced to the Qing Dynasty in 1796.

Modern-day Mutualist Anarchism's Kevin Carson, considers anarchist mutualism to be " free market socialism.

Modern-day convention in Armenia dictates that it should be consumed during the month that has an ' r ' in its name, thus excluding May, June, July, and August ( month names in Armenian are derivatives of the Latin names ).

Modern-day studies have revealed traces of Taíno DNA in individuals throughout Cuba, although the population was largely destroyed as a culture and civilization after 1550.

Modern-day Exxon, Mobil, Atlantic Richfield, Chevron, Sohio, Amoco and Continental Oil all trace their ancestry to various parts of Standard Oil.

Modern-day Interstate 80 closely follows the path of the railroad, with one exception.

Modern-day enthusiasts of King Richard III thereby accuse Morton of inventing the account whereby Richard murdered Edward V and his brother Richard, Duke of York and committed other crimes attributed to him.

Modern-day Trento is a cosmopolitan city, with highly-developed and organized modern social services.

Modern-day genetic studies of the Y-chromosome suggest a close ethnic kinship between the Hutu and other neighboring Bantu peoples, particularly the Tutsi.

Modern-day Pottstown is established on land originally deeded to William Penn.

Modern-day Hidalgo was first settled by Spanish colonists led by José de Escandón in about 1749.

Modern-day Britwell, which has the well-defined geographic boundaries of Farnham Lane ( in the north ), Lower Britwell Road and Haymill Road ( to the west ), Whittaker Road and Northborough Road ( south ) and Long Readings Lane ( east ), was created as a large overspill housing estate for bombed-out Londoners at the end of the Second World War.

Modern-day historians believe that he had a direct hand in its organization because of his role in the Propaganda Movement and his eminent position in Philippine Masonry ; most of the Katipunan's founders were freemasons.

Modern-day Vehicle Identification Number systems are based on two related standards, originally issued by the International Organization for Standardization ( ISO ) in 1979 and 1980 ; ISO 3779 and ISO 3780, respectively.

Honored in several Halls of Fame, Bascom is now known as the " Father of the Modern-day Bareback Rigging.

Modern-day Latakia Governorate and Tartus Governorate roughly encompass what was the Alawite State, both governorates having majority Alawite populations ; however, parts of modern-day Al-Suqaylabiyah District, Masyaf District, Talkalakh District and Jisr ash-Shugur District ( now in neighbouring governorates ) also belonged to it.

Modern-day statute law is made by the bicameral National Parliament — more commonly know by its Irish name, the Oireachtas.

Modern-day descendants of those original refugees often employ the term " United Empire Loyalist ", sometimes using " U. E.

Modern-day archaeologists have found several ceremonial stone constructions here, which appear to represent sacrificial altar stones, slate hollows or cavities.

Modern-day Construction involves creating awesome structures that can show the beauty and creativity of the human intellect.

Cuban S.S.R.: Whatever may have been the setbacks resulting from the unsuccessful attempt of the Cuban rebels to establish a beachhead on the Castro-held mainland last week, there was at least one positive benefit, and that was the clear-cut revelation to the whole world of the complete conversion of Cuba into a Russian-dominated military base.

In Montpellier, where he lived from 1303 to 1306, he was much distressed by the prevalence of Aristotelian rationalism, which in his opinion, through the medium of the works of Maimonides, threatened the authority of the Old Testament, obedience to the law, and the belief in miracles and revelation.

Levenson, however, suggests that she " senses the drift of history " from intelligence rather than from special revelation.

When the others go in to dinner Nora stays behind for a few minutes and contemplates suicide to save her husband from the shame of the revelation of her crime and ( more importantly ) to pre-empt any gallant gesture on his part to save her reputation.

Written in Koine Greek, its title is derived from the first word of the text, apokalypsis, meaning " unveiling " or " revelation ".

However, a title came into usage from the first word of the book in Koine Greek: apokalypsis, meaning " unveiling " or " revelation ".

While all Catholics must therefore hold that " the infliction of capital punishment is not contrary to the teaching of the Catholic Church, and the power of the State to visit upon culprits the penalty of death derives much authority from revelation and from the writings of theologians ", the matter of " the advisability of exercising that power is, of course, an affair to be determined upon other and various considerations.

Individual members believe that they can also receive personal revelation from God in conducting their lives.

Under the LDS Church's doctrine of continuing revelation, Latter-day Saints believe literally in the principle of revelation from God to his children.

Divine revelation for the direction of the entire church comes from God to the President of the Church, who is viewed by Latter-day Saints as a prophet in the same sense as Noah, Abraham, Moses, Peter, and other biblical leaders.

President of the Church Harold B. Lee taught " The only one authorized to bring forth any new doctrine is the President of the Church, who, when he does, will declare it as revelation from God, and it will be so accepted by the Council of the Twelve and sustained by the body of the Church.

As examples of this theme, Stookey includes the revelation of the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai, Christ's ascent of a mountain to deliver his Sermon on the Mount, and Christ's ascension into Heaven from the Mount of Olives.

Because deism asserts God without accepting claims of divine revelation, it appeals to people from both ends of the religious spectrum.

Biblical scholars describe the Bible's theologically-motivated history writing as " salvation history ", meaning a history of God's saving actions that give identity to Israel-the promise of offspring and land to the ancestors, the exodus from Egypt ( in which God saves Israel from slavery ), the wilderness wandering, the revelation at Sinai, and the hope for the future life in the promised land.

In the case of the former two religions, their leadership each claims direct, special, ongoing revelation from God to establish accepted beliefs.

Jesus acts as the organ or instrument of God, the creator of life, the principle of every revelation of God, who in his absoluteness and transcendence is enthroned above and isolated from all the world.

## Paul addresses the issue regarding challenges to his apostleship and defends the issue by claiming that it was given to him through a revelation from Christ.

While some limit speaking in tongues to speech addressed to God-" prayer or praise ", others claim that speech in tongues is revelation from God to the church, and when interpreted into human language by those embued with the gift of interpretation of tongues for the benefit of others present, may be considered equivalent to prophecy.

The Doctor's revelation that he is from Gallifrey elicits terror from the Empress of the Racnoss.

Christianity traditionally places a high value on the four canonical gospels, which it considers to be a revelation from God and central to its belief system.