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In the News (Sat 2 Jun 12)

  
  Sidon
Sidon was always an important center for trade, particularly in a later period when it was known for its purple dyes and for glassware (glass blowing is said to have begun at Sidon).
Sidon has been excavated, and the sarcophagus of Eshmunzar that was found preserves an inscription of 22 lines mentioning various deities such as Baal and Ashtoreth.
The Greek prototypes of the city names Sidon and Tyre: evidence for phonemically distinct initials in Proto-Semitic or for the history......
www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0845147.html   (290 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Israel
Tyre and Sidon, and other cities of the coast, were going their way, increasing their wealth and commercial connections by peaceful means, and were averse to entangling foreign complications.
The Amorrhites east of the Jordan were the most formidable remnant of their decaying race, and they had been rendered powerless; while the Philistines, themselves a strange people, had not yet grown into power " (McCurdy).
Aser, Nephtali with the coastline between Acre and Joppe; on the east of the Jordan, Ruben, Gad, and one-half of Manasses.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/08193a.htm   (6971 words)

  
 News Archive 08 in ERBzine
The musical was written by well known humorist and playwright Ephraim Sidon, and directed by Hanoch Rosenne, both of whom had already collaborated on a hugely successful and prize-winning adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book.”
Part of the plot, which original “Tarzan of the Apes” author Edgar Rice Burroughs probably would not have recognized was having Jane defeat the two criminals by herself and save Tarzan.
However, playwright Sidon says that a Burroughs family representative who looked closely at the story and the musical in development enjoyed it.
www.erbzine.com /news/news08.html   (6999 words)

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