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Forerunner Commentary
Forerunner may refer to: Religion * A holy person announcing the approaching appearance of a prophet, see precursor (religion). ** As a title, used in particular for John the Baptist within Christianity, and especially within the Eastern Orthodox tradition. Other *Forerunner (album), ''Forerunner'' (album), by Canadian band The Cottars * The Forerunner (book), ''The Forerunner'' (book) by Kahlil Gibran *Forerunner (stamp), in philately, a postage stamp used before a region can produce its own stamps *Forerunner (Halo), Forerunner (''Halo''), an ancient race in the ''Halo'' videogame series *Forerunner (Dungeons & Dragons), Forerunner (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a race of humans in the role-playing game *Forerunner (robot), a humanoid robot developed by China *Forerunner (magazine), ''Forerunner'' (magazine), an American magazine of the early 20th century *''The Forerunner'', an internationally distributed Christian campus newspaper from 1981 to 1994 *Garmin Forerunner, a global ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Precursor (religion)
In religion, a precursor, also known as forerunner, predecessor, harbinger or herald, is a holy person who announced the approaching appearance of a central figure of the religion or who identified a central figure of the religion during the latter’s childhood. List of precursors *Asita in BuddhismKohn, Sherab Chodzin (2009). A Life of the Buddha'. Shambhala Publications. . pp. 5-6. *John the Baptist in Christianity *Bahira or Sergius in IslamAbel, A.Baḥīrā. '' Encyclopaedia of Islam''. Brill. Brill Online, 2007 *Shaykh Ahmad, forerunner of Bábism (in the Bábí-Bahá'í view) * Sayyid Kazim Rashti, forerunner of Bábism (in the Bábí-Bahá'í view) *Báb, forerunner and herald of the Bahá'í Faith (in the Bahá'í view) See also * List of founders of religious traditions These are historical figures credited with founding religions or religious philosophies, or who codified older known religious traditions. The list includes those who have founded a specific major d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John The Baptist
John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Baptista; cop, ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲡⲓⲡⲣⲟⲇⲣⲟⲙⲟⲥ or ; ar, يوحنا المعمدان; myz, ࡉࡅࡄࡀࡍࡀ ࡌࡀࡑࡁࡀࡍࡀ, Iuhana Maṣbana. The name "John" is the Anglicized form, via French, Latin and then Greek, of the Hebrew, "Yochanan", which means "YHWH is gracious"., group="note" ( – ) was a mission preacher active in the area of Jordan River in the early 1st century AD. He is also known as John the Forerunner in Christianity, John the Immerser in some Baptist Christian traditions, and Prophet Yahya in Islam. He is sometimes alternatively referred to as John the Baptiser. John is mentioned by the Roman Jewish historian Josephus and he is revered as a major religious figure Funk, Robert W. & the Jes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forerunner (album)
Forerunner is the third album by the Eastern-Canadian Celtic band The Cottars. Track listing # Waterlily ''(Karine Polwart/Bay Songs Ltd., ASCAP)'' – 4:29 # Miss Casey Medley – 1:59 #* Miss Casey's Jig ''(trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)'' #* The Humours of Ballinafauna ''(trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)'' # Byker Hill ''(trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)'' – 2:48 # Atlantic Blue '' Ron Hynes/Blue Murder/Sold For A Song, SOCAN)'' – 4:14 # Some Polkas – 3:14 #* Johnny Mickey's Polka ''(trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)'' #* Ballydesmond Polka ''(trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)'' #* The Magic Slipper Polka ''(trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)'' # Pat Works On The Railway ''(trad., arr. Allister MacGillivray/Cabot Trail Music, SOCAN)'' – 4:25 # Georgia Lee ''(Tom Waits-Kathleen Brennan/Jalma Music)'' – 4:34 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Forerunner (book)
''The Forerunner'' is a print publication (1981-1994) and website (1996-present) that emphasizes reformation of society and biblical worldview. Contributing editors and correspondents from Russia, Ukraine, China, Latin America, South Africa and many other countries have contributed many of the articles. Students are encouraged to reprint the articles in student newspapers with the online version functioning as a "model publication." In 1993, The Forerunner International was founded by Jay Rogers and versions of ''The Forerunner'' were published in nations such as South Africa, Russia, Ukraine, China and America. The Forerunner exists today as a grass-roots organization which is dedicated to the training of student interns to produce media. The stated goal to help fulfill the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18–20) through the arts. History ''The Forerunner'' was founded by Bob Weiner and Rose Weiner and Maranatha Campus Ministries in 1981. It was conceived as a publication which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahlil Gibran
Gibran Khalil Gibran ( ar, جُبْرَان خَلِيل جُبْرَان, , , or , ; January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran (pronounced ), was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist, also considered a philosopher although he himself rejected the title. He is best known as the author of '' The Prophet'', which was first published in the United States in 1923 and has since become one of the best-selling books of all time, having been translated into more than 100 languages. Born in a village of the Ottoman-ruled Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate to a Maronite family, the young Gibran immigrated with his mother and siblings to the United States in 1895. As his mother worked as a seamstress, he was enrolled at a school in Boston, where his creative abilities were quickly noticed by a teacher who presented him to photographer and publisher F. Holland Day. Gibran was sent back to his native land by his family at the age of fif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forerunner (stamp)
In philately, a forerunner is a postage stamp used before a region or territory issued stamps of its own. The term also includes stamps of the political predecessors of a country. For instance stamps of the state of Western Australia are forerunners of Australia today and stamps of the British Mandate for Palestine are forerunners of modern Israel.Sutton, R.J. & K.W. Anthony. ''The Stamp Collector's Encyclopaedia''. 6th edition. London: Stanley Paul, 1966, p.116. British colonies Many British colonies used British stamps overprinted with the name of the colony, for instance Bechuanaland Protectorate or Cyprus, before those territories had their own stamps and those overprinted stamps are forerunners. Stamps of Britain used abroad but not marked for the specific use in a colony may also be regarded as forerunners if their use in a colony can be identified by the postmark, for example an A25 postmark shows that a stamp was used in Malta. Propaganda stamps Although the term 'for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forerunner (Halo)
The ''Halo'' video game and media franchise takes place in a fictional science fiction universe. In the distant past, a race known as the Forerunners fought the parasitic Flood. The Forerunners ultimately activate weapons of mass destruction, the Halo Array, in order to starve the Flood and stop the threat. By the 26th century, humanity, led by the United Nations Space Command (UNSC), is caught in a war with an alien coalition known as the Covenant. The Covenant worship the Forerunners as deities, mistakenly believing that the Halos are a tool of salvation, not destruction. The Flood, meanwhile, escape the confines of Halo and threaten to spread across the galaxy again. A large portion of the series' success lies in the creation of a believable world, and Bungie reinforced the fictional factions the player interacts with via a lengthy design process with the release of each game. The overall design of each faction was slowly developed before the release of the first game in the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forerunner (Dungeons & Dragons)
''Pharagos: The Battleground'' was a proposed campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game, written by James Wyatt. Though the setting was never expanded and published into a fully detailed setting, it did make an appearance as a three-part feature in '' Dragon'', ''Dungeon'', and ''Polyhedron'' magazines. Forerunners In the ''Incursion'' d20 minigame, "forerunner" is the term used to refer to the human ancestors from which the githyanki and the githzerai are descended, before their race was enslaved and altered by the illithid In the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game, illithids (commonly known as mind flayers) are monstrous humanoid ''aberrations'' with psionic powers. In a typical ''Dungeons & Dragons'' campaign setting, they live in the moist caver ...s. In ages past on the planet Pharagos, they had an advanced and peaceful civilization, but the invasion of the illithids led to the enslavement of the entire race. Only a few indescr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forerunner (robot)
Xianxingzhe () is the first bipedal humanoid robot in China, created in 2000 by the Chinese National University of Defense Technology in Changsha, Hunan. The robot, standing 140 cm tall and weighing 20 kg, walks at a pace of two steps per second. It was satirized in Japan, where, known as , it became an internet phenomenon; one article described the protruding joints near the robot's crotch as a "cannon", resulting in internet games based on the concept. Development China's robotics research began during the 1980s, and their resources at the time were primitive compared to other countries'. Nonetheless, the National University of Defense Technology was determined to make a robot for China, after seeing Japan's and America's robots in the Expo '85 world fair in Tsukuba, Japan. On 31 December 1987, the Chinese robot's legs were successfully programmed. By 1989, the team moved onto the robot's synchronization of the hands, nervous system, and visual sensors, thus steering the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forerunner (magazine)
''The Forerunner'' was a monthly magazine produced by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (best known as the writer of "The Yellow Wallpaper"), from 1909 through 1916. During that time, she wrote all of every issue — editorials, critical articles, book reviews, essays, poems, stories, and six serialized novels. Gilman's drive for social change was the inspiration for ''Forerunner'' and its controversial articles. She succeeded in administering progressive ideas for change to the magazine's readers, growing support for her desires during the women's suffrage movement. The magazine was based in New York City. History and profile The first issue of ''The Forerunner'' appeared in November 1909. Among the most notable pieces published in ''The Forerunner'' are the three novels of Gilman's feminist utopian trilogy, '' Moving the Mountain'' (1911), '' Herland'' (1915), and '' With Her in Ourland'' (1916). ''Herland'', the most famous of these books, presents an all-women society in which women rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Forerunner
''The Forerunner'' is a print publication (1981-1994) and website (1996-present) that emphasizes reformation of society and biblical worldview. Contributing editors and correspondents from Russia, Ukraine, China, Latin America, South Africa and many other countries have contributed many of the articles. Students are encouraged to reprint the articles in student newspapers with the online version functioning as a "model publication." In 1993, The Forerunner International was founded by Jay Rogers and versions of ''The Forerunner'' were published in nations such as South Africa, Russia, Ukraine, China and America. The Forerunner exists today as a grass-roots organization which is dedicated to the training of student interns to produce media. The stated goal to help fulfill the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18–20) through the arts. History ''The Forerunner'' was founded by Bob Weiner and Rose Weiner and Maranatha Campus Ministries in 1981. It was conceived as a publication which wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garmin Forerunner
The Garmin Forerunner series is a selection of sports watches produced by Garmin. Most models use the Global Positioning System (GPS), and are targeted at road runners and triathletes. Forerunner series watches are designed to accurately measure distance, speed, heart rate (optional), time, altitude, and pace, all of which can be important to athletes in training. Models The Forerunner series consists of the 101, 201, 301, 205, 305, 50, 405, 60, 405CX, 310XT, 110, 210, 410, 610, 910XT, 70, 10, 220, 620, 15, 920XT, 225, 25, 230, 235, 630, 735XT, 35, 935, 30, 645, 645 Music, 45, 45S, 245, 245 Music, 945, 745, 55, 945 LTE, 255, 255 Music, 955, 955 Solar (listed in chronological order by release date). All models except the 101 include a way to upload training data to a personal computer and training software. Garmin registered the name "Forerunner" with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in August 2001 but released the first watches — the 101, 201, and 301&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
