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Baruch, book of the Septuagint and of the Apocrypha
(Encyclopedia) Baruch, early Jewish book included in the Septuagint, but not included in the Hebrew Bible and placed in the Apocrypha in the Authorized Version. It is named for a Jewish prince Baruch…Judith
(Encyclopedia) Judith [Heb.,=Jewess], early Jewish book included in the Septuagint, but not included in the Hebrew Bible, and placed in the Apocrypha of Protestant Bibles. It recounts an attack on…Torah
(Encyclopedia) TorahTorahtôrˈə [key] [Heb.,=teachings or learning], Hebrew name for the five books of Moses—the Law of Moses or the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible. The Torah is…Septuagint
(Encyclopedia) SeptuagintSeptuagintsĕpˈty&oomacr;əjĭnt [key] [Lat.,=70], oldest extant Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible made by Hellenistic Jews, possibly from Alexandria, c.250 b.c. Legend…Jacobs, Joseph
(Encyclopedia) Jacobs, Joseph, 1854–1916, Jewish writer, historian, and folklorist, b. Australia. He lived in England until 1900, when he went to the United States to edit a revision of The Jewish…Wallenberg, Raoul
(Encyclopedia) Wallenberg, RaoulWallenberg, Raoulrä&oomacr;lˈ vălˈĕnbâr [key] 1912–47, Swedish diplomat and businessman. In 1944, he was assigned to Sweden's legation in Budapest, where he helped…Etham
(Encyclopedia) EthamEthamēˈthəm [key], in the Bible, encampment of the Jews.Yiddish language
(Encyclopedia) Yiddish languageYiddish languageyĭdˈĭsh [key], a member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages; German…Nodab
(Encyclopedia) NodabNodabnōˈdăb [key], in the Bible, name of a tribe at war with the Jews.Reba
(Encyclopedia) RebaRebarēˈbə [key], in the Bible, king of Midian killed by the Jews.Trending
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