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Jethro
Jethro , Midianite priest of the peninsula of Sinai who was the companion and father-in-law of Moses. He is also called Reuel, Raguel, and Hobab. ... Read more
Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull 1674-1741, English agriculturist and inventor. He studied methods of agriculture in England, France, and Italy and influenced British agriculture through his writings, which include The Horse-Hoeing Husbandry (1733). Tull advocated the use of manures, pulverizing the soil, planting wi... Read more
Midian
Midian or Midianites , in the Bible, a nomadic Bedouin people of N Arabia in what is S Jordan. They were associated with the Moabites and the Israelites. Moses took refuge with them and married the daughter of their priest Jethro. They were defeated by the Hebrews after they gave refuge to Balaa... Read more
Il Rosso
Il Rosso , 1495-1540, Italian painter, one of the founders of mannerism , b. Florence. His real name was Giovan Battista di Iacopo di Gasparre. Influences of Andrea del Sarto and Pontormo are evident in his first work, The Assumption (the Annunziata, Florence), a painting in which there is alread... Read more

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Jethro Tull
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Jethro Tull Jethro Tull (1674-1741) experimented with new farming techniques and invented...contributed greatly to the Agricultural Revolution. Tull was born to Jethro and Dorothy Tull, in Basildon, Berkshire, England, and baptized there...
Jethro Bass
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Jethro Bass, character in Coniston .
Jethro Wood
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Jethro Wood 1774-1834, American inventor, b. either in Dartmouth, Mass., or in Washington co., N.Y. In 1814, while a farmer...
Jethro
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Jethro , Midianite priest of the peninsula of Sinai who was the companion and father-in-law of Moses. He is also called Reuel, Raguel, and Hobab.
Tull, Jethro
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Tull, Jethro (1674–1741) English agriculturalist. He influenced agricultural methods through his invention (1701) of a mechanical seed drill. The drill sowed seeds in straight lines, reducing the labour involved in weeding.
Churchill, Winston
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...concerned with ethical conflicts in New England politics of the mid‐19th century, has for its central figure Jethro Bass, Churchill's most striking character. Mr. Crewe's Career (1908) tells of a railroad monopoly's attempt to dominate...
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Arminius, or the Rise of a National Symbol in Literature, from Hutten to Grabbe (1953). Recommended for background are Jethro Bithel, ed., Germany: A Companion to German Studies (1932; 5th ed. rev. 1955); Werner P. Friederich, An Outline...
Moses
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...killed the Egyptian. Fearing the Pharaoh's wrath and punishment, he fled into the desert of Midian, becoming a shepherd for Jethro, a Midianite priest whose daughter Zipporah he later married. While tending the flocks on Mt. Horeb far in the wilderness...
Il Rosso
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...and down ladders surround the twisted body of Christ, which has turned green in death. His Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro (ca. 1523) is even stronger. Great muscular nudes (derived from his studies of Michelangelo's cartoon for the Battle...
Druze
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...of certain holy men and women, such as al-Nabi Shuayb. There is also an annual pilgrimage to the alleged burial place of Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, near the Horns of Hittim in Galilee. 7 • RITES OF PASSAGE Unlike Muslims and Jews...

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Jethro
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible Jethro The father-in-law of Moses (Exod. 3: 1) and a Midianite. He gave Moses advice on the structure of legal administration (Exod. 18). Elsewhere (e.g. Exod. 2: 18) Moses' father-in-law is called Reuel and Hobab.
Tull, Jethro
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Tull, Jethro (1674–1741). Once considered a pioneer of the agricultural revolution through his invention of the seed drill c...
Sumner, Jethro
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Sumner, Jethro (1733–85) Revolutionary War army officer. A Virginian, Sumner served in the French and Indian War (1754–...
Zipporah
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible Zipporah Wife of Moses, daughter of Reuel ( Jethro ), priest of Midian (Exod. 2: 16–22). When Moses returned to Egypt to lead out the people of Israel in the Exodus, Zipporah and her sons stayed in Midian (Exod. 18: 2–5).
Dimwittedness
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...x2013; 1964) American comedienne who projected a scatterbrained image. [Radio, TV, Am. Cinema: Halliwell, 14] Bodine, Jethro oafish mental midget of millionaire hillbilly family. [TV: “ The Beverly Hillbillies ” in Terrace, I...
Hutton, James
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...forty miles southeast of Edinburgh. Hutton recorded that he became interested in farming some years previoulsly after reading Jethro Tull ’ s well-known book Horse-Hoeing Husbandry . The standard of farming in Scotland at that time was low and...
Duhamel Du Monceau, Henri-Louis
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...beginning of a technological renaissance in agriculture, chiefly in England, where it was notably celebrated in the writings of Jethro Tull, whose major work, Horse-Hoeing Husbandry , was published in 1733. As the work of the progressive English landed gentry...
Glover, Danny
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...uncredited]); Gone Fishin' (Cain) (as Gus Green) 1998 The Prince of Egypt (Chapman, Hickner, Wells) (as voice of Jethro); Beloved (Demme) (as Paul D); Antz (Darnell, Johnson, Guterman) (as voice of Barbatus); Lethal Weapon 4 (Donner...
Kenite
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Kenite. A nomadic Middle Eastern tribe. Some scholars have maintained that the theology of Moses was influenced by the Kenites through his father-in-law Jethro, and that this is the origin of the innovation of the god Yahweh ; this is the Kenite hypothesis.
Rosso Fiorentino
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...elegance of the Marriage of the Virgin (1523, S. Lorenzo, Florence) to the violent energy of Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro ( c. 1523, Uffizi, Florence) and to the disquieting intensity of the Deposition (1521, Pinacoteca Communale, Volterra...

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Jethro's Cornish capers
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 2/21/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...at least that's how Cornish comic Jethro refers to himself - and he might just...answer, it seems, is loads of people. Jethro's last video (his tenth!) Rule Britannia...The question now, however, is whether Jethro's appeal can spread as far as Scotland...
Jethro Proves He's No Fool During TV Land's 'The Beverly Hillbillies' Marathon on April 1.
PR Newswire; 3/24/2008; 700+ words ; ...NEW YORK, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Jethro establishes himself as quite a literary...TV Land's "The Beverly Hillbillies" Jethro's No Fool Night on Tuesday, April 1...episodes of "The Beverly Hillbillies" as Jethro decides that even a millionaire needs...
Break out the mandolin and let's strum a tune for Jethro, the master
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/10/1989; ; 700+ words ; ...My old music partner, Dave Williams, called to tell me that he heard Jethro died Saturday. Jethro Burns, ne Kenneth Burns, but always better known since age 12 as Jethro, the funny guy playing the "little guitar" ("or is that a ukulele...
Jethro Journalism Rejoined -- Look out, Yakima: Irreverent monthly publication returns after four-year hiatus -- Jethro Gazette
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 1/28/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...a fallen-down pig barn. Welcome to Jethro - population unknown. In fact, few people...know how many people say, "I know where Jethro is. I lived there,'" says Sexton...table. But they haven't, really. Jethro is a mythical town of malcontents and...
Disappointed Jethro fan has last laugh.
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England); 11/29/2001; 457 words ; ...who ended-up at a concert by rock band Jethro Tull thinking he would see West Country funnyman Jethro could soon get to watch his comic hero after...saucy comedian after seeing a poster for Jethro Tull, assuming it was advertising a Jethro...
Kenneth Burns, `Jethro' of comedy team
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/6/1989; ; 700+ words ; ...throne. Musician-humorist Kenneth "Jethro" Burns, who died Saturday night at 68...mandolin-playing half of the Homer & Jethro comedy team that produced 35 albums and...at age 51 in 1971. Last fall, Homer & Jethro were nominated for open category induction...
Jethro Tull.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 11/2/2005; 700+ words ; Byline: By ROBIN TURNER Western Mail Jethro Tull, led by the quirky voiced, medieval...Led uniquely by flautist Anderson, Jethro Tull has played more than 2,500 concerts...bassist with rock supergroup Black Sabbath) Jethro Tull appeared on the essential 1960s rock...
Disappointed Jethro fan has last laugh
Newspaper article from: Evening Mail; 11/29/2001; ; 442 words ; ...who ended-up at a concert by rock band Jethro Tull thinking he would see West Country funnyman Jethro could soon get to watch his comic hero after...saucy comedian after seeing a poster for Jethro Tull, assuming it was advertising a Jethro...
He's finally found a slot for the Jethro character
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 12/2/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...0000 He's finally found a slot for the Jethro character By ADAM GOLDMAN, THE ASSOCIATED...One Star B Biographical: MAX BAER JR. Jethro Bodine intends to prove he's no fool...cable broadcasts, most everyone knows how Jethro's uncle, Jed Clampett, went shootin...
Cheeky jethro set to turn the air blue
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK); 9/14/2007; 676 words ; ...Cornish accent and unmistakable delivery, Jethro has become something of a legend during...uniquely irreverent style of delivery, Jethro is one of the cheekiest comedians around...adult material. But this time around, Jethro's show promises more tear-jerking...