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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.
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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...
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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–...
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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).
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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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