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101MIDRASH — (Heb. מִדְרָשׁ), the designation of a particular genre of rabbinic literature containing anthologies and compilations of homilies, including both biblical exegesis (see hermeneutics ) and sermons delivered in public (see homiletics ) as well as… …
102Gospel of Mark — Books of the New Testament …
103Deuteronomy — /dooh teuh ron euh mee, dyooh /, n. the fifth book of the Pentateuch, containing a second statement of the Mosaic law. Abbr.: Deut. [ < LL Deuteronomium < Gk Deuteronómion (see DEUTERO , NOMY); earlier Deutronome, ME Deutronomie < LL] * * * ▪… …
104Benno Jacob — (1862 1945) was a Reform Rabbi and Bible scholar. Biography Jacob studied in the Rabbinical Seminary and University of his native Breslau. He served as a Rabbi between the years 1891 1929 until he retired to Hamburg to concentrate on his… …
105Deuteronomy — • This term occurs in Deut., xvii, 18 and Jos., viii, 32, and is the title of one of the five books of the Pentateuch Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Deuteronomy Deuteronomy …
106SHĀHIN — SHĀHIN, Judeo Persian poet. Though a few short fragments of Judeo Persian poems were found in the Cairo genizah , Shāhin is regarded the first and greatest Judeo Persian poet who flourished during the 14th century. Most probably Shāhin, meaning… …
107Exodus — (Greek: έξοδος, eksodos = departure ) is the second book of the Jewish Torah and of the Christian Old Testament. It tells how Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt and through the wilderness to the Mountain of God (Mount Sinai). There Yahweh,… …
108Sifra — (Aramaic: סִפְרָא) is the Halakic midrash to Leviticus. It is frequently quoted in the Talmud, and the study of it followed that of the Mishnah, as appears from Tanḥuma, quoted in Or Zarua , i. 7b. Like Leviticus itself, the midrash is… …
109Deuteronomy — 5th book of the Pentateuch, late 14c., from L.L. Deuteronomium, from Gk. Deuteronomion, lit. second law, from deuteros second + nomos law (see NUMISMATICS (Cf. numismatics)). A mistranslation of Hebrew mishneh hattorah hazzoth a copy of this law… …
110REUBEN HOESHKE BEN HOESHKE (Joshua) KATZ — (d. 1673), rabbi and kabbalist. Reuben lived in Prague and was the grandson of the famous preacher . He wrote a comprehensive compilation of Midrashim, mostly based on kabbalistic literature, in four parts, two of which have been published: (1)… …
