Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
PAPPUS AND JULIANUS — (Lulianus; second century C.E.), patriot brothers, perhaps from Laodicea. According to rabbinic tradition the two brothers, when the government ordered the Temple to be rebuilt, set up (exchange ?) tables from Acre to Antioch to provide for… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
DIASPORA – SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD — During the period of the Second Temple, Jewish history was mainly concentrated in Ereẓ Israel. Whatever may or may not have been the relative population figures inside and outside the country, the main currents which were subsequently to shape… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TRAJAN (Traianus), MARCUS ULPIUS° — (52/3–117), Roman emperor, ruled 98–117 C.E. In 114 C.E. Chosroes, king of Parthia, violated the arrangement between his country and Rome regarding Armenia. Trajan went to war immediately, conquered Armenia, and annexed it to his empire together… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Loeb Classical Library — The Loeb Classical Library is a series of books, today published by the Harvard University Press, which presents important works of ancient Greek and Latin Literature in a way designed to make the text accessible to the broadest possible audience … Wikipedia
Alabarch — The alabarch was the Greek title of an official who stood at the head of the Jewish population of Alexandria during the Hellenistic and early Roman periods. EtymologyThe etymology of the word ἀλαβάρχης (alabarches), and, therefore, the original… … Wikipedia
Hymnolŏgie — (v. gr.), 1) Lobgesang, Preis, s. Doxologie; 2) Lehre u. Kenntniß von den religiösen u. geistlichen Liedern u. deren Dichtern u. Sammlungen; daher Hymnolog, Dichter solcher Gesänge u. der sich mit einer Untersuchung derselben beschäftigt. Lieder… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
