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- The Book of Ruth (Hebrew: מגילת רות, Megilat Rut, "the ... Ruth is one of the shortest books in both Jewish and Christian scripture ...10 KB (1,594 words) - 00:40, 19 November 2023
- quot;) is a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month ... In the Hebrew Bible, Shavuot is also called the Feast of Weeks, the ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 13:22, 27 January 2023
- TaNaK (Hebrew: תנ״ך), or Tanakh, is an acronym for the Hebrew ... quot; or "Law." Also called the Chumash חומש meaning: ...11 KB (1,531 words) - 02:04, 27 February 2023
- player whose consistently high level of play over a career of 23 seasons ... Aaron also holds the career marks for runs batted in (2,297), extra ...21 KB (3,165 words) - 21:13, 17 January 2024
- 21, 1919 – April 4, 2000) was a leading educator of the deaf. Stokoe served as chairman of the English department at Gallaudet University ...13 KB (1,991 words) - 10:52, 12 May 2023
- He was best known for his years as a member of the New York Yankees, where ... father was a Croatian immigrant working for the Great Northern Railroad who ...20 KB (3,166 words) - 19:46, 27 April 2024
- second baseman and manager. Nicknamed "The Rajah," he spent most ... Hornsby ranks second on the list for highest career batting average ...9 KB (1,520 words) - 02:42, 16 December 2022
- 6, 1919 – February 22, 1943) was a student of medicine at the University ... time to die neared, he requested baptism in the Catholic faith. He was the ...9 KB (1,303 words) - 21:41, 10 December 2023
- The Rinzai school (臨済宗; Japanese: Rinzai-shū, Chinese: Linji ... The Rinzai school is known for its emphasis on sudden enlightenment ...8 KB (1,186 words) - 01:40, 15 December 2022
- Tamar (תָּמָר, Hebrew meaning "Date Palm") was the ... sources, Tamar played an important role in the lineage of Jesus. Her story ...15 KB (2,478 words) - 03:57, 27 February 2023
- 1955), nicknamed "Honus" and "The Flying Dutchman," is ... expert fielder. Many analysts consider him the most accomplished, versatile ...10 KB (1,520 words) - 13:38, 2 February 2024
- and a women's rights activist, and the first woman in the United ... Blackwell was born in Bristol, England, the third of nine children ...7 KB (1,033 words) - 16:15, 13 February 2024
- Midrash (מדרש; plural midrashim) is a Hebrew word referring to ... The two basic types of midrash are known as Midrash Aggadah, regarding ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 17:34, 9 November 2022
- 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was a ... Cobb also received the most votes of any player on the 1936 inaugural ...28 KB (4,394 words) - 20:36, 4 January 2024
- an American baseball player who played in the American League of Major League ... he received acclaim for his performance on the field as well as his ability ...17 KB (2,698 words) - 20:02, 21 April 2023
- John of Patmos is the name given to the author of the Book of Revelation ... John of Patmos is traditionally identified with John the Apostle and ...13 KB (2,046 words) - 17:05, 4 May 2024
- American cultural anthropologist, a pioneer of the feminist movement in America ... her Anglican Christianity and an emphasis on the importance of early childhood ...26 KB (3,818 words) - 03:56, 6 November 2022
- The Book of Judges (Hebrew: Sefer Shofetim ספר שופטים) refers ... The book revolves around the legends of these five major judges and ...19 KB (3,100 words) - 00:20, 19 November 2023
- Rabbi Joshua was a leading rabbinical sage of the first half-century following ... A disciple of Johanan ben Zakkai, he was an opponent of asceticism ...15 KB (2,290 words) - 05:05, 7 May 2024
- The Book of Proverbs is one of the books of the "Writings" ... specifically attributed to Solomon in the text were truly written by ...13 KB (2,047 words) - 00:28, 19 November 2023
- Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher, Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) (February ... Contrary to the popular conception of an either-or dichotomy between ...23 KB (3,500 words) - 21:28, 15 August 2022
- In Judaism, the name of God represents the Jewish conception of the ... In the biblical text, the most frequent name used for God is "YHWH ...18 KB (2,791 words) - 01:12, 11 November 2022
- known as Jerubbaal, was a judge appearing in the biblical Book of Judges. He ... Gideon was one of the more significant judges whose story is recorded ...9 KB (1,479 words) - 22:57, 28 August 2021
- quot;), also referred to as King David, was the second and most famous king ... The successor to King Saul, who was the first official king of the ...25 KB (4,033 words) - 22:26, 25 January 2024
- 2002), known as Ted Williams and nicknamed The Kid, the Splendid Splinter ... Most Valuable Player (MVP) winner, led the league in batting six times ...17 KB (2,672 words) - 21:15, 28 October 2022
- December 29, 1926) is generally considered the German language's greatest ... was perhaps drawing unconsciously on the same dissatisfaction with ...14 KB (2,076 words) - 00:08, 8 December 2022
- Founded in 1971, by Michael S. Hart, it is the oldest digital library. Most ... are independent organizations which share the same ideals, and have been ...19 KB (2,741 words) - 01:18, 12 April 2023
- * 3x AL TSN Pitcher of the Year (1955, 1961, 1963) * 1961 Babe Ruth Award * New York Yankees #16 retired |hofdate=1974 ...20 KB (3,113 words) - 18:40, 4 May 2023
- A Gentile is a non-Jew, the term being a common English translation ... In ancient biblical times, the Israelites were strictly warned to ...20 KB (3,103 words) - 06:50, 18 April 2024
- leading influence in analytic philosophy in the middle of the twentieth century ... Cambridge where he developed an interest in the philosophy of mathematics ...9 KB (1,265 words) - 00:54, 9 November 2022
- [[Image:Beit Sur1.jpg|thumb|320px|Beth-Zur, one of the sites in the ... archaeologist, known as a key figure of the twentieth century biblical ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 15:59, 7 May 2023
- 28, 1839 – February 17, 1898) was one of the most prominent social reformers ... Mary Thompson Hill Willard. She spent most of her childhood on a farm in ...7 KB (1,021 words) - 06:43, 1 April 2024
- The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical ... The Old Testament consists of many distinct books by various authors ...62 KB (8,829 words) - 16:26, 30 January 2024
- Shmuel ben Meir (c. 1085 - c. 1158). He was the grandson and student of the ... Rashbam's commentary on the Torah is characterized by an emphasis ...12 KB (1,807 words) - 00:39, 8 December 2022
- was an American anthropologist and pioneer of African-American studies. He ... 10, 1895, in Bellefontaine, Ohio, into the family of Herman Herskovits ...10 KB (1,410 words) - 04:27, 9 November 2022
- an American educator and editor. A critic of pragmatism and progressive ... on March 15, 1874, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of William Chase and Ruth ...11 KB (1,638 words) - 15:55, 7 May 2023
- was an influential and important figure in the development of sports journalism. In 1922 Rice became the first play-by-play announcer carried live ...14 KB (2,078 words) - 14:51, 31 December 2022
- Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg (/ˈbeɪdər ˈɡɪnzbɜːrɡ/ BAY-dər GHINZ ... Ginsburg spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender ...79 KB (11,056 words) - 20:35, 17 April 2023
- right|thumb|Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of To-morrow.]] prominent British urban planner. He founded the English Garden City Movement ...10 KB (1,579 words) - 17:59, 12 February 2024
- The White Rose ( die Weiße Rose ) was a non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany, consisting of ...22 KB (3,366 words) - 17:23, 4 May 2023
- newspaper publisher, and former owner of The New York Times. Under his ... and Bertha Levy Ochs, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The family moved south to Knoxville ...10 KB (1,585 words) - 06:04, 15 June 2023
- inspired novels and plays reveal his views of the universal truths in human ... He won the three Pulitzer Prizes (both fiction and drama), numerous ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 23:01, 30 April 2023
- "Rapunzel" is a German fairy tale in the collection assembled ... Grimm's fairy tales, as they have come to be known, are among ...12 KB (1,844 words) - 00:39, 8 December 2022
- activist. Rising to national prominence in the 1970s, she became one of the ... She is the founder and original publisher of Ms. magazine, the founder ...20 KB (2,905 words) - 05:30, 17 December 2022
- by many philosophers and observers of philosophy to have been one ... is that there exists an infinite number of concrete and causally isolated ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 19:54, 23 August 2020
- Nathanael West (October 17, 1903 – December 22, 1940) was the pen ... West saw the American dream as having been betrayed, both spiritually ...8 KB (1,339 words) - 01:32, 11 November 2022
- The Septuagint (or simply "LXX") is the name commonly given ... The LXX was held with great respect in ancient times; Philo and Josephus ...32 KB (4,408 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- The Book of Joshua (Hebrew: Sefer Y'hoshua—ספר יהושע ... In Jewish tradition, the Book of Joshua is the first of the books ...26 KB (4,240 words) - 00:19, 19 November 2023
- novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. She is perhaps ... 93 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, which was then on the outskirts of London. Gaskell ...15 KB (2,205 words) - 16:19, 13 February 2024
- The Sokal affair, also called the Sokal hoax, refers to an article ... In 2008, Sokal published Beyond the Hoax, which revisited the history ...26 KB (3,718 words) - 13:50, 2 February 2023
- Japanese 公案) is a story, dialog, question, or statement from the ... Each koan represents both a communication of some aspect of Zen teaching ...33 KB (5,103 words) - 03:57, 4 March 2023
- Rabbinic literature, in the broadest sense, can mean the entire spectrum ... literature in both senses. It begins with the classic rabbinic literature ...11 KB (1,477 words) - 16:16, 7 December 2022
- The Fulbright Program including the Fulbright-Hays Program is a program ... Fulbright alumni around the world recognize the importance of continued ...11 KB (1,431 words) - 07:18, 15 April 2024
- C.E.) was a Norse explorer thought to be the first European to have landed ... Born around 970 C.E. in Iceland, Ericson was the son of Erik the Red ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 19:05, 25 October 2022
- definition for codependency within the mental health community, which ... a focus on others' needs, suppression of their own emotions, and attempts ...25 KB (3,378 words) - 22:22, 7 January 2024
- Gabriela Mistral (April 7, 1889 – January 11, 1957) was the pseudonym ... Mistral published over 30 collections of poetry in her lifetime. Some ...12 KB (1,797 words) - 07:38, 15 April 2024
- Sports journalism is a form of journalism that reports on sports topics ... While the sports department within some newspapers has been mockingly ...19 KB (2,940 words) - 21:42, 7 February 2023
- on July 24, 1897 (missing in flight as of July 2, 1937), daughter of ... Daughter of a railroad attorney, she grew up as a tomboy in the American ...24 KB (3,751 words) - 02:50, 24 July 2023
- prose. His books, written during the Great Depression show an almost ... In his personal life, the author was known by friends as an enthusiastic ...16 KB (2,496 words) - 22:56, 30 April 2023
- 1873) was an American educator who created the McGuffey Readers, one of America ... County, Pennsylvania on September 23, 1800. The McGuffey family had immigrated ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 18:23, 17 April 2023
- they had graduated. He spoke not only to the academic ivory tower intellectuals ... Together with White Collar: The American Middle Classes (1951), written ...17 KB (2,453 words) - 08:08, 28 January 2024
- The Vatican Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana) is the ... The library was created based on Pope Nicholas V's vision of ...18 KB (2,595 words) - 14:42, 3 May 2023
- American sociologist. His writings addressed the responsibilities of intellectuals ... Even though he recognized that there is an inter-relationship between ...13 KB (1,826 words) - 21:17, 24 November 2023
- The Song of Solomon (Hebrew title שיר השירים, Shir ha-Shirim ... the Tanakh (and Christian Old Testament), which celebrates and interprets ...30 KB (4,683 words) - 01:14, 4 February 2023
- Baseball who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services ... Berg was a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School ...35 KB (5,251 words) - 19:35, 27 April 2024
- colonial roots in his writing. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature ... Walcott was born and raised in Castries, Saint Lucia, in the West ...47 KB (6,423 words) - 09:51, 29 January 2024
- cartoonist, screenwriter, and author of children's books. 1984, for Best Children’s Album for Where the Sidewalk Ends. His book, A ...18 KB (2,704 words) - 19:56, 21 April 2023
- Pinyin: Huìnéng) (638 – 713) was one of the most important figures ... Huineng is regarded as the founder of the "Sudden Enlightenment ...20 KB (3,245 words) - 16:34, 21 January 2024
- , was an Austrian novelist, pacifist and the first woman to win the Nobel ... At the London Peace Congress of 1907 she spoke about how European ...26 KB (4,056 words) - 17:15, 29 September 2023
- : This article is about Dr. William Ellery Channing, the Unitarian ... Dr. William Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842) was ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 15:59, 7 May 2023
- are commensurable if both can be measured in the same unit of measurement. ... In the philosophy of science, two theories are said to be incommensurable ...17 KB (2,394 words) - 00:08, 8 January 2024
- novelist, and dramatist during the time of the Harlem Renaissance ... Hurston's uniquely autobiographical style of relaying her anthropological ...15 KB (2,285 words) - 06:10, 13 June 2023
- poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature ... better known internationally after receiving the Nobel Prize. Her work has ...21 KB (2,870 words) - 22:34, 27 July 2023
- broadcasting executive who served as the president of Columbia Broadcasting ... Stanton was decisive and passionate in his pursuit of the development ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 05:09, 9 April 2024
- (May 6, 1758 – July 28, 1794) was one of the primary leaders of the ... Politically, Robespierre was a disciple of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, ...30 KB (4,512 words) - 09:20, 10 March 2023
- 1888 – December 8, 1958), nicknamed "the Gray Eagle," was an American ... After playing in the minor leagues in Texas and Arkansas, Speaker ...47 KB (6,717 words) - 20:17, 28 April 2024
- The term Biblical canon refers to a definitive list of inspired, authoritative ... These lists of authoritative scriptures emerged through a prolonged ...22 KB (3,254 words) - 03:43, 1 October 2023
- Philo (20 B.C.E. – 50 C.E.), known also as Philo of Alexandria and ... Philo wrote commentaries portraying the Hebrew Bible as an allegory ...29 KB (4,517 words) - 04:00, 24 November 2022
- and author. A prolific writer, he was among the most recognized monastic figures ... Merton was a leading voice of interfaith engagement. Drawing from ...21 KB (3,278 words) - 21:22, 30 April 2023
- 2023) was an American jurist who served as the first female Associate Justice ... moderate political views, O'Connor was the crucial swing vote of the ...45 KB (6,555 words) - 21:58, 19 December 2023
- missionary and Baptist minister, known as the "father of modern missions ... Among those who assisted in the task of Bible translation was Ram ...25 KB (3,845 words) - 15:53, 7 May 2023
- rabbi, Jewish philosopher, and exegete of the geonic period, known for ... Saadia was born in Dilaz, in upper Egypt in 882 c.e.. The name "Saadia ...22 KB (3,468 words) - 18:29, 22 December 2022
- [[Image:Ouroboros_1.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Engraving of Ouroboros ... The dragon is a mythical creature typically depicted as a large and ...20 KB (3,239 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
- Baptist minister. He is considered one of the most influential Christian ... work reached beyond a narrow understanding of Christianity, embracing people ...66 KB (9,276 words) - 17:37, 31 October 2023
- The Ballets Russes ( balɛ ʁys|lang and on tours to North and South America. The company never performed in ...49 KB (6,850 words) - 17:32, 30 August 2023
- The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( ... , "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice ...27 KB (3,956 words) - 16:58, 3 May 2023
- dancer and choreographer, is known as one of the foremost pioneers of modern ... Wright. Like other modernists she broke with the formalism of nineteenth century ...12 KB (1,810 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with illustrator ... The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written in 1900, and produced for stage ...23 KB (3,507 words) - 15:58, 26 September 2023
- PC) is a term used by proponents, usually on the political left, to describe ... Since the late 1980s, advocates of the term use it to describe a preference ...38 KB (4,999 words) - 19:46, 31 October 2022
- American sociologist, who spent most of his career teaching at Columbia ... Jewish immigrant family. Educated in the South Philadelphia High School ...30 KB (4,398 words) - 21:28, 16 April 2023
- Utopia is a term denoting a visionary or ideally perfect state of ... Utopianism refers to the various ways in which people think about ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 14:05, 3 May 2023
- She became known for her portraits of celebrities of her day, and ... in her life. Her work had a major impact on the development of modern photography ...15 KB (2,391 words) - 21:09, 4 October 2022
- The Yoeme or Yaqui are a border Native American people who originally ... Throughout their history, the Yaqui remained separate from the Aztec ...14 KB (2,202 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- to quantum mechanics, especially the Schrödinger equation, for ... and Georgine Emilia Brenda (daughter of Alexander Bauer, Professor ...17 KB (2,571 words) - 21:27, 20 March 2024
- 1918 – December 15, 2010), nicknamed "the Heater from Van Meter" ... minor leagues, Feller made his debut with the Indians at the age of 17. ...63 KB (9,617 words) - 22:10, 8 May 2024
- May 17, 2011), nicknamed "the Killer" and "Hammerin ... generated tremendous power and made him one of the most feared power hitters ...73 KB (10,430 words) - 23:18, 8 May 2024
- George Steiner] Contemporary Writers in the UK. accessdate 2008-03-26 ... He has written extensively about the relationship between language ...21 KB (2,963 words) - 08:15, 23 January 2023
- * University of Illinois #77 retired |HOF=78 |CollegeHOF=20071 ... football player. He is a charter member of both the College Football Hall ...15 KB (2,324 words) - 02:25, 8 December 2022
- celebrated on October 31, particularly in the United States where it has ... The day is often associated with the colors orange and black, and ...37 KB (5,487 words) - 23:07, 3 August 2023
- Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the ... ). From the High Middle Ages his Saints' Day has been associated ...35 KB (5,116 words) - 14:12, 3 May 2023
