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Henle, Jacob

(Encyclopedia) Henle, Jacob (Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle)Henle, Jacobfrēˈdrĭkh g&oobreve;sˈtäf yäˈkôp hĕnˈlə [key], 1809–85, German anatomist and histologist. A pupil of J. P. Müller, he taught…

Jacobi, Carl Gustav Jacob

(Encyclopedia) Jacobi, Carl Gustav JacobJacobi, Carl Gustav Jacobkärl g&oobreve;sˈtäf yäˈkôp yäkôˈbē [key], 1804–51, German mathematician. He was an outstanding teacher and was professor of…

Al-Fasi, Isaac ben Jacob ha-Kohen

(Encyclopedia) Al-Fasi, Isaac ben Jacob ha-KohenAl-Fasi, Isaac ben Jacob ha-Kohenäl-fäˈsē [key], 1013–1103, prominent Jewish Talmudic scholar of the very late Gaonic period, b. near Fès, N Africa. He…

Isaac

(Encyclopedia) IsaacIsaacīˈzək [key] [Heb.,=laughter], according to the patriarchal narratives of the Book of Genesis, Isaac was the only son of Abraham and Sara. He married Rebecca, and their sons…

El-beth-el

(Encyclopedia) El-beth-el [Heb.,=God of the house of God], in the Bible, name given by Jacob to a place in Canaan where God appeared to him.