Witness (disambiguation)

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The word witness can mean:

Contents 1 Legal 2 Religion and spirituality 3 Music 4 Film 5 Writings 6 Culture 7 Other

[edit] Legal

• Witness in a legal court
• A person who views a legal execution at a prison.

[edit] Religion and spirituality

• To publicly affirm religious faith (similar but not identical to evangelising).
• A forensic witness in the Old Testament and the New Testament.
• From the time of persecution in the Roman Empire a martyr for the Christian faith.
• A member of Jehovah's Witnesses.
• A common term for the Observing Self, Presence, or Awareness, in mystical and nondual world-views.
• The Two Witnesses described in the Book of Revelation

[edit] Music

• A Witness an English alternative rock band.
• Witness (UK_band), a Wigan alternative rock rock band.
• Witness (Rapper), an underground hip hop artist.
• A 2006 studio album by Show of Hands: Witness.
• The sixth track from Sarah McLachlan's 1997 album, Surfacing.
• The eleventh track from Tori Amos' album The Beekeeper is named Witness.
• Witness (song) a 2007 single by Bo Bice.
• Witness (gospel quartet), a gospel singing quartet out of Detroit, Michigan produced by Michael Brooks of Commissioned.

[edit] Film

• Witness, a 1985 film starring Harrison Ford.
• The Witness (1969 film).
• The Witness a 1969 Hungarian film originally called A tanú.
• Witness Again its sequel, released in 1995, originally called Megint tanú.
• Witness (TV series)
• The Witness (short film) a short film, starring Elijah Wood and Gary Sinise.

[edit] Writings

• Witness, an autobiographical book by Whittaker Chambers.
• The Witness (South African newspaper).
• The Witness, a weekly Edinburgh newspaper of the Victorian age.
• Witness, a literary journal published by Oakland Community College. [1][2]
• Witness (comics).

[edit] Culture

• Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke, a series of plays in the BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play strand.
• A number that plays a role in a Primality test.
• The Witness (computer game).

[edit] Other

• Witness, a non-profit organization started by Peter Gabriel.
• A Nike ad campaign referring to Lebron James.
• A physical source for a text (see Textual criticism).