Second+book+of+Moses
91Historicity of the Book of Mormon — The question of whether the Book of Mormon is an actual historical work or a work of fiction has long been a source of contention between members of the Latter Day Saint movement and non LDS. For many Mormons, Book of Mormon historicity is a… …
92ISSERLES, MOSES BEN ISRAEL — (1525 or 1530–1572), Polish rabbi and codifier, one of the great halakhic authorities. His full family name, Isserel Lazarus was shortened to Isserles, but he is usually referred to as the Rema (acronym of Rabbi Moses Isserles). Isserles was born …
93ZACUTO, MOSES BEN MORDECAI — (c. 1620–1697), kabbalist and poet. Zacuto, who was born into a Portuguese Marrano family in Amsterdam, studied Jewish subjects under saul levi morteira (an elegy on the latter s death by Zacuto was published by D. Kaufmann in REJ, 37 (1898),… …
94American Book Award — The American Book Award was established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation. It seeks to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre. It was… …
95National Book Award for Fiction — The National Book Award for Fiction has been given since 1950, as part of the National Book Awards, which are given annually by the National Book Foundation. Of all the awards given, the Fiction award is the only one that has been given… …
96PROVENÇAL, MOSES BEN ABRAHAM — (1503–1575), rabbi. He is sometimes referred to as Moses da Rosa from the town near Vicenza in which he was apparently born. Brother of David Provençal , Moses was considered one of the greatest talmudists and one of the most illustrious scholars …
97List of Book of Mormon people — Part of a series on The Book of Mormon …
98Job, Book of — A great diversity of opinion exists as to the authorship of this book. From internal evidence, such as the similarity of sentiment and language to those in the Psalms and Proverbs (see Ps. 88 and 89), the prevalence of the idea of wisdom, and… …
99AZIKRI, ELEAZAR BEN MOSES — (sometimes mispronounced Azkari; 1533–1600), kabbalist, talmudist, preacher, and poet. He was born in Ereẓ Israel and studied under Joseph Sagis and moses cordovero in Safed. In 1596 he was ordained by jacob berab II. His mystical diary, which… …
100MARCUSE, MOSES — (late 18th century), physician and Yiddish writer who grew up in Germany. In his book Sefer Refu ot ( Book of Medicines, 1790) he claims to have studied medicine at the University of Koenigsberg, but his name does not appear in the University s… …
