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Concise Dictionary of Religion

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IAMBLICUS (250-330):

IBN al-'ARABI (1165-1240):

IBN AZM (993-1064):

IBN ISHQ (704-768):

IBN MJA, Muhammad (824-886):

IBN MAS'D (died 652/3):

IBN TMART, Muhammad (died 1130):

ICONOCLASTIC CONTROVERSY:

IGNATIUS (356-107):

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION:

INCARNATION OF CHRIST:

INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION:

INGE, William Ralph, "Dean" (1860-1954):

INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE:

IQBAL, Muhammad (1873-1938):

IRANIAN RELIGION:

IRENAEUS (130-200):

IRVING, Edward (1792-1834):

ISAIAH (8th century):

ISHO'DAD OF MERV (9th century):

ISIDORE (560-636):

ISRAEL ben Eliezer Ba'al Shem Tov (1700-1760):

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INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION:

an ancient urban civilization which flourished in the Indus valley of India from the third millennia B.C. to around 1500 B.C. when it suddenly declined. We know very little about the civilization except that it was highly organized and left behind artifacts which appear similar to later HINDU DEITIES. Some archaeologists speculate that it was a society organized by PRIESTS but this is uncertain.