Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua , Nigerian politician, president of Nigeria (2007-). Born into a family active in Nigerian political and military affairs, he was trained as a chemist at Ahmadu Bello Univ., Zello (B.Sc, 1975; M.Sc. 1980). He then taught chemistry and later managed (1983-89) the large family farm. Yar'Adua entered political life in the late 1970s as a member of the leftist People's Redemption party and later joined the Social Democratic party. As a member of the People's Democratic party (PDP), he was elected governor of the state of Katsina in 1999 and reelected in 2003. During his tenure, the state saw economic gains as well as improvements in its medical system, agriculture, and electrification. It also adopted (2000) Islamic law (sharia). Yar'Adua, who had not previously been prominent in national Nigerian politics, became the PDP's presidential candidate in 2006 when President Olusegun Obasanjo engineered his selection. He won the presidency in 2007 after an election that was almost universally condemned as fraudulent. Despite that, his administration appeared, at least initially, to be marked by a greater respect for the law than his predecessor's.
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Saint Jerome and some library lions.
Magazine article from: Information Outlook; 11/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...discover recently that the patron saint of librarians is Saint Jerome.(1) Patron saints are believed to be particularly sympathetic...a formal process of designation. Saint Jerome was a fourth century scholar of the church and is the translator...
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Jerome.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Church and State; 6/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...controversial career of Jerome. Scholars traditionally have painted Jerome as both saint and sinner. Venerated...sampling useful for both scholars and students: Jerome as "'Novelist...Biographer," "Biblical scholar," "Literary historian...
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At the Galleries
Magazine article from: The Hudson Review; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Paul Getty Museum, the Met's fierce Saint Jerome as Scholar, and the National Gallery's Saint Martin and the Beggar-in which we glimpse...time through the legs of the armor-clad saint's elegant, foreshortened white horse...
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Reading Jerome in the Renaissance: Erasmus' reception of the Adversus Jovinianum *.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 6/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...and Rice's acclaimed Saint Jerome in the Renaissance...Jerome. (8) While scholars readily acknowledge...goal." To restore Jerome "was synonymous with...theology itself." Jerome served as "the model...into the biography of Jerome is of "a Christian scholar attractively ...
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Discovering the Origin And Meaning of Apocrypha.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 9/29/2003; 700+ words
; ...the 5th Century biblical scholar, Saint Jerome, for the biblical books...Jewish writings that all scholars consider extra-canonical...what others, notably St. Jerome, the 4th Century biblical scholar, had known , that the...
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A Clue to Jesus? An ancient stone box may offer historical proof of his existence--and his family ties.
Magazine article from: Newsweek; 11/4/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Christ. Other scholars, however...originating with Saint Jerome, the greatest Biblical scholar of his age...Protestant scholars have generally...agreement." Scholars also disagree...says Father Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, a scholar at the Ecole...
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The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.
Magazine article from: Sarasota Magazine; 10/1/2004; 700+ words
; ...OMITTED] OF LIONS AND RED HATS Saint Jerome at The John and Mable Ringling...Albrecht of Brandenburg as Saint Jerome by Lucas Cranach, to an...is rich in images of Saint Jerome, the patron saint of students and scholars. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED...
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The Broken Staff: Judaism Through Christian Eyes.
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 1/15/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...fifth century that Saint Jerome, the great biblical scholar, translated the...contemporary Christian scholars. This new book by...the most erudite scholars who not only knew...Jewish sources these scholars and the generations...
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Erasmus, Man of Letters: The Construction of Charisma in Print.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 3/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...marked tendency for scholars to challenge long...association of Erasmus with Saint Jerome. Jardine's chapter on Jerome shows Erasmus, as editor of Jerome's work, representing...presents Jerome the scholar, whose texts are the...
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A PAST MASTER'S PRESENCE ART
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...both majestic and humane - the image of a hero- scholar, surrounded by those who loved him, in the dark...the profile pose traditionally associated with scholar- saints such as St Jerome. The thinker's eyes are half-closed, his...
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Saint Jerome
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saint Jerome , c.347-420?, Christian scholar, Father of the Church, Doctor...Gregory Nazianzen. In 382, Jerome returned to Rome with Gregory...settle some Eastern problems; Jerome remained as papal secretary. He...
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Jerome, Saint
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Jerome, Saint (347–420) Scholar and translator of the Bible into...Rome. Pope Damasus I commissioned Jerome to prepare a standard text of the...Latin text of the Bible. In 384, Jerome left Rome and set up a monastic...
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St. Jerome
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...that eminent biblical scholar much admired by Jerome. For 3 years from 382 Jerome was at Rome, serving...Damasus in 384 led to Jerome's departure from Rome...ed., A Monument to Saint Jerome (1952), a...essays by a number of scholars on various aspects of...
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Wisdom
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary
...St . (354 – 430) patron saint of scholars; voluminous theological author. [Christian...x201D; in Ben é t, 466] Jerome , St. Latin doctor of Church; preeminent biblical scholar. [Christian Hagiog.: Attwater, 185...
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Erasmus, Desiderius (ca. 1466–1536)
Book article from: The Renaissance
...x2013; 1536) A scholar, theologian, and...His ability as a scholar and linguist spread...with hundreds of scholars, humanists, and...fathers, including Saint Augustine, Origen, and Saint Jerome. In his translations...
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