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Abraham
Abraham [according to the Book of Genesis, Heb.,=father of many nations] or Abram [Heb.,=exalted father], in the Bible, progenitor of the Hebrews; in the Qur'an, ancestor of the Arabs. As the founder of Judaism , he is said to have instituted the rite of circumcision as a sign of the covenant ... Read more
Plains of Abraham
Plains of Abraham fairly level field adjoining the upper part of the city of Quebec, Canada. There, in 1759, the English under Gen. James Wolfe defeated the French under Gen. Louis Montcalm. The battle decided the last of the French and Indian Wars and led to British supremacy in Canada. Part of ... Read more
Abraham Calovius
Abraham Calovius , 1612-86, German Lutheran theologian, whose original name was Kalan or Calan. He was (1637-43) a professor of theology at Königsberg, then pastor at Danzig, and after 1650 teacher, general superintendent, and finally dean of the theological faculty at Wittenberg. In his many t... Read more
Abraham Kuyper
Abraham Kuyper , 1837-1920, Dutch political figure and Calvinist theologian. After holding important pastorates, he became interested in politics and engaged in political and theological controversies. In 1886 he founded the Free Reformed Church. He edited an encyclopedia of sacred theology. Kuyper ... Read more
Abraham Tucker
Abraham Tucker 1705-74, English philosopher, b. London. He studied law at Merton College, Oxford, and later devoted himself to independent study. He advanced the ethical view that each man seeks his own interests and that the will of God blends these into a public good. This position is similar to ... Read more
Abraham Bosse
Abraham Bosse , 1602-76, French engraver and painter. He studied art in Paris and became a teacher of perspective in the Académie royale. A prolific and skillful worker, he engraved more than 1,400 pieces. He is best known for his faithful representation of French civil life and costumes duri... Read more
Abraham Duquesne
Abraham Duquesne , 1610-88, French naval officer. In the Fronde outbreaks, he suppressed a revolt at Bordeaux (1650). As commander of the new French fleet, he distinguished himself in the third of the Dutch Wars, engaging Admiral De Ruyter in the Lipari Islands, and sharing in the victory of Paler... Read more
Abraham Goldfaden
Abraham Goldfaden , 1840-1908, Hebrew and Yiddish playwright, b. Starokonstantinov, Russia. He was the first important Yiddish playwright and a leading figure in Yiddish theater. In 1876 he combined some of his songs and poems to form his first plays, which were initially performed in Jassy, Romania... Read more
Abraham Cahan
Abraham Cahan , 1860-1951, Russian-American journalist, Socialist leader, and author, b. Vilnius, Lithuania. He emigrated to New York City in 1882, entered journalism, and helped found the Jewish Daily Forward (1897); as editor in chief after 1902, he made it the most influential Jewish daily in A... Read more
Abraham Flexner
Abraham Flexner 1866-1959, American educator, b. Louisville, Ky., grad. Johns Hopkins Univ., 1886. After 19 years as a secondary school teacher and principal, he took graduate work at Harvard and at the Univ. of Berlin. In 1908 he joined the research staff of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advance... Read more

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Abraham the Jew (ca. 1362-ca. 1460)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Abraham the Jew (ca. 1362-ca. 1460) Little...either inaccurate or conspicuously absent. Abraham was probably a native of Mayence, and...later under another teacher, Moses, whom Abraham describes as "indeed a good man, but...
Abraham
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Abraham [according to the Book of Genesis, Heb.,=father of many nations...between God and the Jews, who are descended from Isaac , son of Abraham's old age. Abraham also received the promise of Canaan for his people. In response...
Abraham Lincoln
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Abraham Lincoln Sixteenth president of the United States and president during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was immortalized...and two outstanding inaugural addresses. Abraham Lincoln was born on Feb. 12, 1809, in...
Lincoln, Abraham
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography Abraham Lincoln Born: February 12, 1809 Hodgenville...the Civil War (1861 – 1865), Abraham Lincoln will forever be remembered by his...politician. Starting life in a log cabin Abraham Lincoln was born to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln...
Abraham and Mary Putnam Jacobi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Abraham and Mary Putnam Jacobi Abraham (1830-1919) and Mary Putnam (1834-1906) Jacobi, husband...humanitarians who greatly improved medical care in the United States. Abraham Jacobi was born into a poverty-stricken family in Westphalia...
In Abraham's Bosom
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature In Abraham's Bosom, play by Paul Green , produced in 1926 and published...earlier one‐act plays Your Fiery Furnace (1923) and In Abraham's Bosom (1924). Abraham McCranie is the son of a black woman by her white master, Colonel...
Abraham Darby
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Abraham Darby Abraham Darby (1677-1717) developed the coke burning blast furnace that...and contributed to the development of the iron and steel industries. Abraham Darby was born near Dudley, Worcestershire, England in 1677. The...
Abraham Cowley
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Abraham Cowley The English writer Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) was among the first to use the Pindaric...familiar essay in English. The posthumous son of a merchant, Abraham Cowley was born in London and educated at Westminster and Trinity...
Abraham Ortelius
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Abraham Ortelius The Flemish map maker and map seller Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) is known for his "Theatrum orbis...movement away from Ptolemaic geographical conceptions. Abraham Ortelius was born Abraham Ortels of German parents in...
Abraham Cahan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Abraham Cahan The Jewish author and journalist Abraham Cahan (1860-1951) was a prominent Socialist leader and union organizer among Jewish immigrants in the United States. Abraham Cahan was born in Podberezhie, near Vilna, Lithuania...

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Abraham, Max
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Abraham, Max ( b . Danzig, Germany, 26 March...Germany, 16 November 1922) physics. Abraham was born to a wealthy Jewish merchant family...of Privadozent at G ö ttingen. Abraham ’ s lifework amounted to the...
Abraham, Karl (1877-1925)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ABRAHAM, KARL (1877-1925) Karl Abraham, a German psychoanalyst and doctor, was born May 3, 1877, and died December 25, 1925, in Berlin. The son of Nathan Abraham, a businessman, and Ida Oppenheim, he was the youngest of...
Abraham
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible Abraham Also known as Abram; first of the patriarchs...that of about 2000 to 1500 BCE, but the Abraham of the stories is an individual merchant...into Palestine. So also, the account of Abraham's agreement with Lot (Gen. 13: 8...
Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ABRAHAM LINCOLN BRIGADE ABRAHAM LINCOLN BRIGADE. Americans comprised about 2,800 of the approximately...after national heroes. The Americans chose to call their units the Abraham Lincoln and George Washington Battalions of the Fifteenth Brigade...
Abraham, Nicolas (1919-1975)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ABRAHAM, NICOLAS (1919-1975) Nicolas Abraham, a psychoanalyst and philosopher, was born on May 23, 1919...Maria Torok, who continued their research activity after Abraham's death. Between 1959 and 1975 Abraham's work contributed...
Polonsky, Abraham
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers POLONSKY, Abraham Nationality: American. Born: New York...Tear: A Diary of the Warsaw Ghettos, with Abraham Lewin, Malden, 1988. To Illuminate Our Time: The Blacklisted Teleplays of Abraham Polonsky, Los Angeles, 1993. Force of...
Ibn Ezra, Abraham Ben Meir
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Ibn Ezra, Abraham Ben Meir also known as Ab ū Ish...Poland, 1874); D. Kahana, Rabi Abraham ibn Ezra , II (Warsaw, 1894), 107...Raphael Levy, The Astrological Works of Abraham ibn Ezea. A Literary and Linguistic Study...
Brill, Abraham Arden (1874-1948)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis BRILL, ABRAHAM ARDEN (1874-1948) The American psychiatrist Abraham Brill was born on October 12, 1874, in Kanczugv...Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud was published in 1938. Abraham Arden Brill's importance to psychoanalysis was also...
Abraham Bar Ḥiyya Ha-Nasi
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Abraham Bar Ḥ iyya Ha-Nasi also known...name of Savasorda. He was also known as Abraham Judaeus. Savasorda ’ s most...apparent in the arithmetical works of either Abraham ibn Ezra or Levi ben Gerson, although...
Abraham, Plains of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ABRAHAM, PLAINS OF ABRAHAM, PLAINS OF, on the west side of the city of Quebec, were named after Abraham Martin, a Quebec pilot, who once owned part of the land. They were the scene, in 1759, of the battle for the heavily fortressed and...

Thesaurus entries related to "Abraham,"

thin
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...describe people who are naturally thin, although spare suggests a more muscular leanness (a tall, spare man who looked like Abraham Lincoln). Gaunt , on the other hand, means so thin that the angularity of the bones can be seen beneath the skin (looking...
issue
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...issuance, publication, circulation, distribution, supplying, supply, dissemination, sending out, delivery.   5. Abraham and his issue synonyms : offspring, progeny, children; heirs, scions, descendants; inf. brood.   6. the issue...
seed
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...root, starting point, germ, beginnings, potential (for); cause, reason, motivation, motive, grounds.   3. Abraham and his seed synonyms : descendants, heirs, successors, scions; offspring, children, sons and daughters, progeny, family...
dunce
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus dunce • noun  Uncle Abraham was a bit of a dunce, but most people got along with him synonyms : fool, idiot, stupid person, simpleton, ignoramus, dullard...

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Abraham the Hebrew; (Part I).(Gentle Breeze)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 3/4/2007; 700+ words ; ...Favis Villafuerte IN biblical history, Abraham is remembered as the founder of the Hebrew...Jewish' nation. From biblical account, Abraham the son of Terah at age 75, left Ur of...Chaldees and went to the land of Canaan. Abraham responded to the following call of the...
Abraham et ses hotes: Le patriarche et les croyants au Dieu unique
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; JEAN-LOUIS SKA, S.J., Abraham et ses hotes: Le patriarche et les...fact that each faith harks back to Abraham as its spiritual forebear/ancestor...each of these traditions think of Abraham and have thought of Abraham, historically...
ABRAHAM MAY SUE HOSPITAL EX-CEO CLAIMS HE WAS WRONGFULLY FIRED.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 8/29/2003; 700+ words ; ...termination claim filed by its former CEO, Mathew Abraham, clearing the way for Abraham to sue the hospital in civil court. The hospital...the District Attorney's Office to investigate Abraham, but prosecutors with the Public Integrity Division...
Abraham Resigns as Head of DOE.(Spencer Abraham, Department of Energy)
Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily; 11/16/2004; ; 700+ words ; US Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham will not serve in President George...matters in the Energy Department. Abraham's tenure was marked by extremely...confirmation Monday came as little surprise as Abraham's resignation was widely expected...
Abraham's Binding Contract
Newspaper article from: The Jerusalem Report; 11/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Ocotber 30) Attempts to understand Abraham's blind willingness to sacrifice Isaac...of the pass/fail variety, and that Abraham either passed, misunderstood or, in...test at all. What if, at the end of Abraham's life, on the eve of passing on his...
Abraham deals with adversity
Newspaper article from: Deerfield Review (IL); 1/18/2001; ; 688 words ; STAFF WRITER Phil Abraham can't wait to experience the first...times, it was the worst of times." Abraham, a senior at Deerfield High School...had a calcium deposit in my thigh," Abraham related. "That kept me out for the...
ABRAHAM'S FAITH LIVES IN MANY RELIGIONS.(RELIGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/19/1995; 700+ words ; ...religion is ``We are all children of Abraham.'' It comes trippingly off the tongues...different by ``we are all children of Abraham.'' There is a rich tradition in Jewish and Islamic thought about Abraham, the towering person of faith, the...
Abraham on Trial: Biblical Fad Tests Interfaith Dialogue
Newspaper article from: Forward; 11/22/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...sacrifice of his son. The mock trial of Abraham will take place November 24 at the University...many years. But it comes at a time when Abraham is increasingly being looked to as an...its ancestor. Time magazine featured Abraham on its cover in September, and he is...
ABRAHAM, OUR FATHER.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Catholic Insight; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; Abraham is the patriarch of Judaism. But he is...means "father of many", is fitting. Abraham is the earliest (around 1700 BC) biblical...have a fragmentary or episodic biography. Abraham may have been a merchant or a farmer...
Abraham: Trials of Family and Faith.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Biblical Theology Bulletin; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; Abraham: Trials of Family and Faith. By Terrence...In this volume, Fretheim focuses on Abraham and his family in the Genesis texts and...volume fully realizing the pivotal role Abraham has come to play in recent dialogue between...