Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
GINSBERG, HAROLD LOUIS — (1903–1990) U.S. Bible scholar and Semitist. Born in Montreal (Canada), Ginsberg, at the urging of his parents, spent two years in medical school. With their premature deaths, he decided to move to mandatory Palestine in the early 1920s, where he … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Allen Ginsberg — Infobox Writer name = Allen Ginsberg caption = Allen Ginsberg in 1978 birthname = Irwin Allen Ginsberg birthdate = birth date|1926|6|3|mf=y birthplace = Newark, New Jersey, United States deathdate = death date and age|1997|4|5|1926|6|3|mf=y… … Wikipedia
Allen Ginsberg — (links) mit Lebensgefährte Peter Orlowski … Deutsch Wikipedia
Sir Stephen Harold Spender — (* 28. Februar 1909 in London; † 16. Juli 1995) war ein englischer Dichter, Autor und Hochschullehrer, der sich in seinen Werken auf soziale Ungerechtigkeiten und den Klassenkampf konzentrierte. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Kindheit, Jugend und junger… … Deutsch Wikipedia
JOB, BOOK OF — (named for its hero (Heb. אִיּוֹב), ancient South Arabian and Thamudic yʾb; Old Babylonian Ayyābum, Tell el Amarna tablet, no. 256, line 6, A ia ab; either from yʾb, to bear ill will or compounded of ay where? and ʾab (divine) father ), one of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HOSEA, BOOK OF — HOSEA, BOOK OF, the first of the 12 books that make up the minor prophets . Everything points to this book s having been produced in the kingdom of israel and redacted, after the fall of that state, in Judah; and this makes it a valuable source… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
IMMANUEL — (Heb. עִמָּנוּ אֵל – this spelling, everywhere in two words, of which the first has everywhere a musical accent of its own: merekha in Isa. 7:14, ṭifhaʾ in Isa. 8:8 and 8:10, is that of the manuscripts and of most early prints, With us is God ),… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
PEACE — (Heb. שָׁלוֹם, shalom). In the Bible The verb shalem (so both the perfect, Gen. 15:16, and the participle, Gen. 33:18) in the qal means to be whole, complete, or sound. PEACE. The range of nuances is rather wide. That the iniquity of the Amorites … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ECCLESIASTES — (Heb. קּוֹהֶלֶת ,הַקּוֹהֶלֶת), one of the group of minor writings of the Hagiographa known as the Five Scrolls (Megillot). The name Ecclesiastes is Greek and probably means member of the assembly. It renders the Hebrew word kohelet (qohelet, or… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ISAIAH — (Heb. יְשַׁעְיָה ,יְשַׁעְיָהוּ Salvation of YHWH ), one of the eight books (as the Rabbis and the Masorah count them) of the Nevi im, or Prophets, the second division of the Hebrew canon (see bible , Canon). INTRODUCTION Outside the Book of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
