Orson
Orson ♂ From a Norman French nickname meaning ‘bear-cub’ (a diminutive of
ors ‘bear’, Latin
ursus). This was occasionally used as a given name in the Middle Ages, but in modern times it probably represents a transferred use of the surname derived from the medieval nickname. Its most famous bearer of the 20th century was the American actor and director Orson Welles (1915–85), who dropped his more prosaic first name, George, in favour of his middle name before embarking on a career in films.
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PA Will Prevent Jewish Prayer at Machpelah Tombs.
Newspaper article from: Israel Faxx; 6/24/1999; 360 words
; ...Deputy Mayor Kamal Dweik provided some insights into how the Machpelah Cave - one of Judaism's most ancient and holy sites - will...Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob, and Leah - are buried at the Machpelah Cave, which was bought "for the full price" by Abraham...
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Retelling Genesis.
Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...just the place in mind: the cave of Machpelah, at the end of a field belonging to...closes the deal on the spot. The field of Machpelah, the cave therein, and all the trees...historically and forever. The field of Machpelah lies across from the terebinths of Mamre...
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Hayei Sarah: Life, death & inheritance
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 11/1/2007; ; 640 words
; ...his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, facing Mamre, which is Hebron, in...Torah: the story of the purchase of the Machpelah cave. The Ramban explains that the repetition...of the plan to purchase the field of Machpelah and then be buried there. Abraham and...
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Peres: No Logic in Controlling Arabs in Hebron
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 5/6/1996; 605 words
; ...Jewish settlers living in the town. He also noted that the Machpelah Cave in Hebron, along with the two other most important holy...Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and their wives are all buried in the Machpelah Cave (Haram al-Khalil). There are some 400 Jewish settlers...
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Israel takes stock: in the wake of Hebron. (Hebron, Israel)
Magazine article from: The New Leader; 3/14/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...that began with the massacre of 29 Muslims at the Cave of Machpelah in Hebron last February 25 has cast a shadow over more than...Hebron events, it was evident that security at the Cave of Machpelah, a holy site for both Jews and Muslims, was notoriously...
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Scenes from A DIVIDED LAND: The Defiant Ones; From the zealous West
Newspaper article from: The Jewish Week; 5/26/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...walk down a sloping trail to attend sunrise services at the Machpelah. Each worshiper checks his gun at the entrance and passes...caged animals at a small petting zoo down the street from the Machpelah. "Jews live here with a lot less fear than in New York City...
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HEBRON'S CLASH OF EXTREMISTS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...so vivid. Friction is exacerbated in Hebron by the Cave of Machpelah, home to the tomb of biblical patriarchs, associated with...of 29 Palestinians as they knelt in prayer in the Cave of Machpelah. Some citizens of Kiryat Arba may have seen the 1994 blood...
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THE PORTION; Jacob's Finale
Newspaper article from: Forward; 1/13/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...fathers in (now specifying the exact location) the cave of Machpelah, in the field that Abraham had purchased as an inalienable...senior wife, the unloved one, whom he will lie beside in Machpelah. Addressing all his sons together, speaking publicly on...
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Uncovered coffin provides hands-on experience for U. Missouri students
News Wire article from: University Wire; 4/17/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...mysteriously historic in November 2006, when gravediggers at Machpelah Cemetery in Lexington, Mo., struck a metal coffin just...contacting the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., Machpelah Sexton Don Coen said the museum suggested taking the coffin...
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Israeli Foe Of Accord Wounds 6; Soldier Opens Fire On Arabs in Hebron
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/2/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...of the Patriarchs, a shrine known to Jews as the Cave of Machpelah and to Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque. Both faiths revere...Ibrahim in Islamic tradition. "Abraham bought the Cave of Machpelah for 400 shekels of silver," Friedman told Channel Two...
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Machpelah, Cave of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Machpelah, Cave of. Burial place of the Jewish patriarchs , Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob . The site of the Cave of Machpelah is identified with Haram el-Khalil in Hebron.
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Cave of Machpelah
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Cave of Machpelah (burial place, Jewish): see MACHPELAH, CAVE OF .
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Machpelah
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
Machpelah The place near Mamre where the patriarchs Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob and their wives were buried (Gen. 49: 29; 50: 12...
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Hebron
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...to both Judaism and Islam, because it is the site of the Machpelah burial cave of the Biblical and Qur ʾ anic figures...when Saul died, and it became his first capital. Above the Machpelah cave is a mosque complex known as the al-Haram al-Ibrahimi...
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Leah
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
Leah The elder daughter of Laban , who contrived by a ruse to make her Jacob's first wife; she bore six sons and a daughter (Gen. 29: 21 ff.) and was buried at Machpelah (Gen. 49: 31).
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