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  • Ascribing to the Lutheran and Anglican churches the power of the ancient Sumerian priest-kings!

    Matthew Yglesias » George Orwell Was a Socialist 2010

  • In old Egypt the priest-kings were blamed for crop failure.

    Donna Henes: April Showers: How To Make Rain Donna Henes 2011

  • The first book of Maccabees not only praises the religious zealotry of the Maccabees against the other Jews, their intolerance of a more assimilated Judaism, but in fact legitimizes their role as priest-kings and subsequent dynasty because of the extent of their religious zealotry, their willingness to fight for what they believe to be the greater good, and to impose that on everyone in their path.

    Shawna Dolansky: The Truth(s) About Hanukkah Shawna Dolansky 2011

  • In old Egypt the priest-kings were blamed for crop failure.

    Donna Henes: April Showers: How To Make Rain Donna Henes 2011

  • The date of this meeting had been carefully calculated by the astrologers within the Order, who were known as the Magi in honor of the three priest-kings who foresaw the birth of Jesus.

    The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

  • So, in addition to mythological priest-kings and failed forgers, you will likely be reading a lot about the factual end of my Pre-Raphaelite work.

    Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate. 2007

  • So, in addition to mythological priest-kings and failed forgers, you will likely be reading a lot about the factual end of my Pre-Raphaelite work.

    Archive 2007-08-01 2007

  • They are little more than lists of priest-kings and kings and tribes and contributions.

    The Shape of Things to Come Herbert George 2006

  • Synarchy is therefore a form oftheocracy, rule by priests or priest-kings.

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • He held the knowledge of the priest-kings of Lusace from whom he was descended, as well as, in his maternal line, Cabalists from the Baltic lands.

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

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