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(Encyclopedia)Remah: see Isserles, Moses ben Israel. ...Avicebron
(Encyclopedia)Avicebron: see Ibn Gabirol, Solomon ben Judah. ...Gaon of Vilna
(Encyclopedia)Gaon of Vilna: see Elijah ben Solomon. ...Gabirol
(Encyclopedia)Gabirol: see Ibn Gabirol, Solomon ben Judah. ...Ben Day process
(Encyclopedia)Ben Day, or Benday, process: see printing. ...Maimonides
(Encyclopedia)Maimonides mīˈmən [key], 1135–1204, Jewish scholar, physician, and philosopher, the most influential Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages, b. Córdoba, Spain, d. Cairo. He is sometimes called Rambam...Aben Ezra
(Encyclopedia)Aben Ezra: see Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir. ...Delmedigo, Elijah ben Moses Abba
(Encyclopedia)Delmedigo, Elijah ben Moses Abba dālmĕˈdēgō [key], c.1460–1497, Jewish philosopher and Talmudist, b. Crete, known also as Elijah Cretensis. He emigrated to Italy as a young man. He studied the ...Ben-Gurion, David
(Encyclopedia)Ben-Gurion, David bĕn-go͞oˈrēŏn [key], 1886–1973, Israeli statesman, b. Plońsk, Poland, as David Grün. He settled in Palestine in 1906, but lived for periods of time in Istanbul, London, and ...Akiba ben Joseph
(Encyclopedia)Akiba ben Joseph əkēˈbə [key], c.a.d. 50–c.a.d. 135, Jewish Palestinian religious leader, one of the founders of rabbinic Judaism. Although the facts of his life are obscured by legend, he is sa...Browse by Subject
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