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Costa, Isaäc da
(Encyclopedia) Costa, Isaäc daCosta, Isaäc daēˈsä-äk dä kôˈstä [key], 1798–1860, Dutch poet and historian, b. Amsterdam, of an aristocratic Sephardic Jewish family. Deeply influenced by Bilderdijk,…Tiglathpileser III
(Encyclopedia) Tiglathpileser III, d. 728 b.c., king of ancient Assyria. He seems to have usurped the throne in 745 b.c. He bore the alternative name of Pul, by which he was known in biblical history…Zechariah, book of the Bible
(Encyclopedia) ZechariahZechariahzĕkˌərīˈə [key], prophetic book of the Bible, which dates from 520 b.c.–518 b.c. at Jerusalem. The prophet was associated with Haggai in a movement to restore the…Torah
(Encyclopedia) TorahTorahtôrˈə [key] [Heb.,=teachings or learning], Hebrew name for the five books of Moses—the Law of Moses or the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible. The Torah is…Mahgoub, Muhammad Ahmad
(Encyclopedia) Mahgoub, Muhammad AhmadMahgoub, Muhammad Ahmadm&oomacr;hämˈmäd äkhmädˈ mäˈg&oomacr; [key], 1908–76, Sudanese political leader. After twice serving as Sudan's minister of…Netanya
(Encyclopedia) NetanyaNetanyanətänˈyə [key], city (1994 pop. 144,900), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea; also spelled Nathania. It is a beach resort and the trade center for agricultural…Arish, Al
(Encyclopedia) Arish, AlArish, Aläl ärēshˈ [key], town (1986 pop. 67,337), NE Egypt, in the Sinai peninsula, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is a fishing port and a military and administrative center;…lost tribes
(Encyclopedia) lost tribes, 10 Israelite tribes that, according to the Bible, were transported to Assyria by Tiglathpileser III or Shalmaneser after the conquest of Israel in 722 b.c. Numerous…Dan
(Encyclopedia) Dan. 1 In the Bible, son of Jacob and Bilhah and eponymous ancestor of one of the 12 tribes of Israel. Their allotment in SW Palestine was the least extensive. The hostility of the…Ciechanover, Aaron
(Encyclopedia) Ciechanover, Aaron, 1947–, Israeli biochemist, M.D. Hebrew Univ.–Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, 1974; D.Sc. Technion (Israel Institute of Technology), Haifa, 1982. He has been on…Trending
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