Illustrated Bible History
Ancient Bible Customs - Religious Men
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Greek Priest |
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| Illustration of a Greek priest wearing a black cloth. | |
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Armenian Bishop |
| An Armenian bishop wearing hood. | |
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Whirling Dervish |
| Illustration of a whirling Dervish. | |
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Begging Dervish |
| Illustration of a begging Dervish. A Dervish is someone treading a Sufi Muslim ascetic path and is known for their extreme poverty. | |
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Whirling Dervishes |
| Performance of whirling dervishes. The whirling is a physical method used by the Dervishes to try to reach a religious ecstasy. | |
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Self Torture |
| Illustration of the heathen method of self-torture that a religious man does. | |
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Muslim Devotee Cutting Himself |
| Illustration of a Muslim devotee cutting himself like the prophets of Baal. | |
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Egyptian Prophet |
| Egyptian prophet from monument at Thebes. |