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121This Be The Verse — is a short lyric poem by the English poet Philip Larkin (1922 ndash;1985). It was written around April 1971, first published in the August 1971 issue of New Humanist, and appeared in the 1974 collection High Windows . This Be The Verse is perhaps …
122Isaac Alfasi — Rabbi Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi (1013 1103) also Isaac Hakohen, Alfasi or the Rif (רי ף) was a Talmudist and posek (decisor in matters of halakha Jewish law). He is best known for his work of halakha , the legal code Sefer Ha halachot , considered… …
123Arabic poetry — (Arabic, الِشعر العربي ash shi ru l arabiy ) is the earliest form of Arabic literature. Our present knowledge of poetry in Arabic dates from the 6th century, but oral poetry is believed to predate that. Arabic poetry is categorized into two main… …
124Ignatius Press — was founded in 1978 by Father Joseph Fessio SJ, a Jesuit priest and former pupil of Pope Benedict XVI.cite news | url=http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=37857 | title=The Man Who Would Be Pope | publisher=Catholic World News |date=… …
125Biblical hermeneutics — refers to methods of interpreting the Bible. It is part of the broader hermeneutical question, relating to the problem of how one is to understand religious texts. By definition, this is a theological act, i.e., part of the discourse of a faith… …
126Isaiah Horowitz — (Hebrew: ישעיה הלוי הורוביץ; c. 1565 March 24, 1630 / 11 Nissan 5390 on the Hebrew calendar), was a well known rabbi and mystic. He is also known as Shelah HaKadosh the Holy Shelah (של ה) from the title of his best known work.BiographyThe Shelah… …
127Adolf Jellinek — (Hebrew: אהרן ילינק Aharon Jelinek, June 26, 1821, Drslavice, nearby Uherské Hradiště, Moravia (now Czech Republic) December 28, 1893, Vienna) was an Austrian rabbi and scholar. After filling clerical posts in Leipzig (1845–1856), he became a …
128John Bromyard — (d. c. 1352) was an influential English Dominican friar and prolific compiler of preaching aids. LifeLittle is known of his life. Two dates can be cited: in 1326, he was granted a license to hear confessions in the diocese of Hereford, and in… …
