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Karo, Joseph ben Ephraim
(Encyclopedia)Karo, Joseph ben Ephraim: see Caro, Joseph ben Ephraim. ...Loria, Isaac ben Solomon
(Encyclopedia)Loria, Isaac ben Solomon: see Luria, Isaac ben Solomon. ...Rabbi Ben Ezra
(Encyclopedia)Rabbi Ben Ezra: see Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir. ...Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra
(Encyclopedia)Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra: see Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir. ...Berachya ben Natronai ha-Nakdan
(Encyclopedia)Berachya ben Natronai ha-Nakdan: see Berekhiah ben Natronai ha-Nakdan. ...Ben-hail
(Encyclopedia)Ben-hail bēn-hāˈĭl [key], in the Bible, one of Jehoshaphat's princes. ...Ben-ammi
(Encyclopedia)Ben-ammi bĕn-ămˈī [key], in the Bible, son of Lot by his younger daughter; eponym of the Ammonites. ...Ben Ali, Zine el-Abidine
(Encyclopedia)Ben Ali, Zine el-Abidine zēˈnĕl abĭdēn bĕn älēˈ [key], 1936–2019, president of Tunisia (1987–2011). Educated in France and the United States, he entered the army and became ambassador to ...Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir
(Encyclopedia)Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir mâr [key], c.1089–1164, Jewish grammarian, commentator, poet, philosopher, and astronomer, b. Tudela, Spain. He traveled widely and wrote a number of ethical treatises, p...epitaph
(Encyclopedia)epitaph, strictly, an inscription on a tomb; by extension, a statement, usually in verse, commemorating the dead. The earliest such inscriptions are those found on Egyptian sarcophagi. In England epit...Browse by Subject
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