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81Diogenes and Alexander — Alexander visits Diogenes in Corinth Diogenes asks him to stand out of his sun (engraving) The meeting of Diogenes of Sinope and Alexander the Great is one of the most well discussed anecdotes from philosophical histor …
82Domenico II Contarini — Domenico Contarini Domenico II Contarini (Venice, January 28, 1585 Venice, January 26, 1675) was the 104th Doge of Venice, reigning from his election on October 16, 1659 until his death. Background, 1585 1659 Domenico Contarini was the son of… …
83Napoleon — For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). Napoleon I …
84Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism —   Author(s) Abbé Augustin Barruel …
85MIDRESHEI HALAKHAH — (Heb. מִדְךְשׁי הֲלָכָה; Halakhic Midrashim ), the appellation given to a group of tannaitic expositions on four books of the Pentateuch. This body of tannaitic literature will be discussed below under the following headings: (1) Characteristics… …
86POLITICS — Introduction Jewish involvement in national politics in the various countries in which they settled dates from the period of Jewish emancipation at the end of the 18th and the first half of the 19th century. In fact, personalities such as joseph… …
87TRANSLATION AND TRANSLATORS — The earliest Jewish translations, apart from possible examples in the Bible, are the Greek version of the Pentateuch and, later, other books of the Bible, which were made to fill a need in the Greek speaking Jewish community of Alexandria and… …
88UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …
