(Encyclopedia) Cash, Johnny, 1932–2003, American singer and songwriter, b. Kingsland, Ark. Born to a farm family, he went to Memphis in 1955 and recorded such hits as “I Walk the Line” (1956) and “…
(Encyclopedia) Melchizedek or MelchisedecMelchisedecboth: mĕlkĭzˈədĕk [key] [Heb.,=king of righteousness], in the Bible, king of Salem and “priest of the most high God.” He blessed Abraham after the…
(Encyclopedia) Hermas, Shepherd ofHermas, Shepherd ofherˈməs [key], Christian apocalyptic work, composed in Rome c.a.d. 139–a.d. 155. It is a collection of revelations given to Hermas, a devout…
(Encyclopedia) Monro, Harold, 1879–1932, English poet, b. Belgium. In 1911 he founded the Poetry Review and the following year established the Poetry Bookshop, which became a refuge and intellectual…
(Encyclopedia) Zacharias [Gr. from Heb. Zechariah] or Zachary [Eng. from Heb.]. 1 Priest to whom an angel appeared and foretold the birth of his son, John the Baptist. Luke 1.5–80. He and Elizabeth,…
(Encyclopedia) Emory UniversityEmory Universityĕmˈərē [key], near Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; United Methodist; chartered as Emory College 1836, opened 1837 at Oxford. It became Emory Univ. in 1915…