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Abraham: Encyclopedia - Abraham

Abraham (אַבְרָהָם "Father/Leader of many", (circa 1700 BCE) Standard Hebrew Avraham, Tiberian Hebrew ʾAḇrāhām; Arabic ابراهيم Ibrāhīm; Geez አብርሃም ʾAbrəham) is regarded as a patriarch of Israelite religion, recognized by Judaism and later Christianity, and a very important prophet in Islam. Traditions regarding his life are given ...

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Abraham - Arab connection

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Abraham: Encyclopedia - Abraham ben Abraham The history of Abraham ben Abraham, also known as Count Valentine (Valentin, Walentyn) Potocki (Pototzki or Pototski) is a controversial subject. According to traditional Jews of the time and since then, he is regarded as someone known even to the revered Jewish Talmudic sage known as the Vilna Gaon (Rabbi Elijah (Eliyahu) Ben Solomon Kremer (1720-1797)). On the other hand, secular historians have questioned its factual accuracy because they claim that no other corroborating evidence of Potocki's existence has yet been discover ...

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Abraham ben Abraham - Response to criticism

Abraham ben Abraham - Historical background

Abraham: Encyclopedia II - Abraham - Abraham in Islam

Abraham (called Ibrahim) is very important in Islam, both in his own right as prophet and as the father of the prophet Ismail (Ishmael), his firstborn son, who is considered the Father of the Arabs. Abraham is considered one of the first and most important prophets of Islam, and is commonly termed Khalil Ullah, Friend of God. (Islam regards most of the Old Testament "patriarchs ...

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Abraham: Encyclopedia - Abrahamic religion

All the Abrahamic religions are derived to some extent from Judaism as practiced in ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah prior to the Babylonian Exile, at the beginning of the 1st millennium BCE. Many believe that Judaism in Biblical Israel was renovated and reformed to some extent in the 6th century BCE by Ezra and other priests returning to Israel from the exile. Samaritanism separated from Judaism in the next few centuries. Christianity originated in Judea, at the end of the 1st century, as a radically reformed branch of Judaism; i ...

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Abraham: Encyclopedia - Book of Abraham

The Book of Abraham is a text originally published by Joseph Smith, Jr., purporting to be a translation of the writings of Abraham. Some Latter Day Saint denominations, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, accept the book as scripture. Other denominations, such as the Community of Christ, and many individuals, consider it to be a work of inspired (or even non-inspired) fiction. Book of Abraham - Origin. The work is based on a set of Egyptian papyri that Joseph Smith obtained in ...

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Abraham: Encyclopedia - Abrahamic mythology

Abrahamic mythology is a term used in comparative mythology to refer to those aspects of religious belief and tradition common to the Abrahamic religions, as distinct from those of the "Pagan religions" from which most mainstream research in this field suggests they developed. Abrahamic mythology - Controversy of terminology. Some Abrahamic religionists reject the categorisation of their beliefs as mythology, arguing that the term connotes untruth and has more commonly been used to refer to beliefs t ...

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Abraham: Encyclopedia - Abraham's bosom

Abraham's bosom (Luke 16:22,23) refers to the custom of reclining on couches at the dining table, which was prevalent among the Jews, an arrangement which brought the head of one person almost into the bosom of the one who sat or reclined above him. To "be in Abraham's bosom" thus meant to enjoy happiness and rest (Matthew 8:11; Luke 16:23) at the banquet in Paradise. See also: banquet, meals This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.< ...

Abraham: Encyclopedia - Abraham Trembley

Abraham Trembley (September 3, 1710 – May 12, 1784) was a Swiss naturalist. He came from Geneva and was tutor in a noble household in the Netherlands. He is best known for his studies of freshwater polyp or hydra. His discovery of what he thought was a new species was anticipated by that of Leeuwenhoek, who had published in 1702. Some attribute Trembley as being the first to study stem cells, although he obviously did not refer to them as such. Trembley did however make note of their incredible regenerative capa ...

Abraham: Encyclopedia - Abraham in the Catholic Liturgy

The figure of Abraham plays a prominent part of the Catholic Liturgy. Three Old Testament figures are given particular prominence in the Roman Catholic liturgy - Abel, Melchisedech and Abraham. This is through their association with the idea of sacrifice which means that they are invoked during the most solemn part of the Canon of the Mass in the Roman rite. In the Tridentine liturgy, Abraham was used in the Martyrology of 9th October: "Eodem die memoria ...

Abraham: Encyclopedia - Abraham Pais

Abraham Pais (May 19, 1918 - August 4, 2000) was a Dutch-born physicist. In 1946, Pais served as a personal assistant to Niels Bohr at the Bohr's country home in Tisvilde. In 1956, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. His autobiography A Tale of Two Continents (Princeton, 1997) refers to the 'esemplastic power of the imagination'. Pais was perhaps best known for his biography of Albert Einstein, Subtle is the Lord (Oxford, ...

Abraham: Encyclopedia - Abraham Zacuto

Abraham Zacuto (אברהם זכות) (portuguese: Abraão ben Samuel Zacuto) was a Jewish astronomer, mathematician and historian who served as Royal Astronomer in the 15th Century to King John II of Portugal. Abraham Zacuto - Life. Zacuto was born in Salamanca, Spain circa 1450. He studied astronomy at the University of Salamanca and taught there as well. He later was for a time teacher of astronomy at the universities of Zaragoza and then Cartagena. He was versed in Jewish Law, and was rabb ...

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Abraham: Encyclopedia - Abraham Kuyper

Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) was born in the town of Maassluis and was a Dutch Calvinist theologian, scholar, and statesman. He was a professor of theology and also a major force behind the start of the Vrije Universiteit (Free University) in Amsterdam. He was the founder of two newspapers, De Standaard (The Standard) and De Heraut (The Herald). He served as editor for De Standaard and wrote often for De Heraut. He was also the founder of the Anti-Revolutionaire Partij (Anti-Revolutionary Party) and served as prime mi ...

Abraham: Encyclopedia - Abraham Foxman

Abraham H. Foxman (b. 1940) is the current National Director and chairman of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith and strong supporter of Israel. Foxman has worked for the Anti-Defamation League since 1965, and was promoted to National Director in 1987. Born in Poland, Foxman was saved from the Holocaust by his Polish Catholic nanny who had him baptized into the Roman Catholic church and raised him as a Catholic until the end of the Holocaust. Most of his family was not as fortunate as h ...

Abraham: Encyclopedia - Abraham Sinkov

Dr. Abraham Sinkov (1907-1998) was a US cryptanalyst. Sinkov, the son of immigrants from Russia, was born in Philadelphia, but grew up in Brooklyn. After graduating from Boys High School -- what today would be called a "magnet school" -- he took his B.S. in mathematics from City College of New York. (By coincidence, one of his close friends at Boys High and CCNY was Solomon Kullback). Mr. Sinkov taught in New York City schools but was unhappy with the working conditions and anxiou ...

Abraham: Encyclopedia - Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. Lincoln staunchly opposed the expansion of slavery into federal territories, and his victory in the 1860 presidential election further polarized an already divided nation. Before his inauguration in March of 1861, seven southern slave st ...

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Abraham Lincoln - Supreme Court

Abraham: Encyclopedia - Abraham Robinson

Abraham Robinson (October 6, 1918 - April 11, 1974) was a mathematician who is most widely known for development of nonstandard analysis, a mathematically rigorous system whereby infinitesimal and infinite numbers were incorporated into mathematics. He was born to a Jewish family with strong Zionist beliefs, in Waldenburg, Germany, which is now Walbrzych, in Poland, and he died in New Haven, Connecticut in the United States. Abraham Robinson - External link. Biography at the MacTutor ar ...

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Abraham: Encyclopedia - Abraham Kovoor

Abraham Thomas Kovoor (April 10, 1898 - September 18, 1978) was a Sri Lankan professor and Rationalist who gained prominence after retirement for his campaign to expose as frauds various Indian "god-men" and so-called paranormal phenomena. His direct, trenchant criticism of spiritual frauds and organized religions were enthusiastically received by audiences, initiating a new dynamism in the Rationalist movement, especially in India. Born at Thiruvalla in Kerala, Kovoor was the son of Rev. Kovoor Eipe Thomma Katthanar, Vi ...