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Macrobius
Macrobius , fl. c.430, Latin writer and philosopher. His Saturnalia, a dialogue in seven books chiefly concerned with a literary evaluation of Vergil, incorporates valuable quotations from other writers. He also wrote a commentary on Cicero's Dream of Scipio, which was popular in the Middle Ages... Read more |
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Basilides
Basilides , fl. 120-145, Gnostic teacher of Alexandria. He wrote Exegitica (his personal gospel with 24 books of commentary) and poems. He claimed to possess a secret tradition handed down from St. Peter and St. Matthias. The Basilidean sect of Gnosticism attracted many followers.... Read more |
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Edward Capell
Edward Capell , 1731-81, English Shakespearean scholar. His 10-volume edition of Shakespeare (1768) was the first to incorporate exact collations of all available old texts. He followed this with a commentary, Notes and Various Readings to Shakespeare (3 vol., 1783).... Read more |
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Leopold Dukes
Leopold Dukes 1810-91, Hungarian Hebrew scholar. He made a collection of rabbinical proverbs and wrote on the history of Jewish literature, notably of Hebrew poetry in the Middle Ages. He also translated into German Rashi's commentary on the Pentateuch.... Read more |
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Marsilius of Inghen
MARSILIUS OF INGHEN(1340–1396) Marsilius of Inghen was a scholastic theologian, writer on logical textbooks, and prolific commentator on Aristotle. He played an important role in the foundation of the University of Heidelberg. His significance rests not only on his commentaries on... Read more |
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Joseph ben Ephraim Caro
Joseph ben Ephraim Caro , 1488-1575, eminent Jewish codifier of law, b. Toledo, Spain. He left Spain as a child when the Jews were expelled (1492) and finally settled in Safed, Palestine. His literary works rank among the masterpieces of rabbinical literature. Chief among them are the Bet Yosef ... Read more |
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Juan Bautista Villalpando
VILLALPANDO, JUAN BAUTISTA(b. Córdoba, Spain 1552; d. Rome, Italy, 1608), architecture, mathematics, mechanics.Little is known about Villalpando’s life. After entering the Jesuit order in 1575, he studied under Father Jerome Prado, who was writing a commentary on the book of Ezekiel. Evidently... Read more |
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Niccolo Cabeo
CABEO, NICCOLò(b. Ferrara, Italy, 26 February 1586;d. Genoa, 30 June 1650), natural philosophy, magnetism, mechanics, methodology. For the original article on Cabeo see DSB, vol. 3.Cabeo, a Catholic priest who had entered the Jesuit religious order as a novice in 1602, is best known for his two... Read more |
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Frances Milton Trollope
AMERICA AS INTERPRETED BY FOREIGN OBSERVERS AMERICA AS INTERPRETED BY FOREIGN OBSERVERS. The United States has fascinated foreign travelers throughout its history. Influential commentaries left by foreign travelers generally have identified aspects of American politics, society, and culture that... Read more |
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Gilbert de la Porree
Gilbert de la Porrée , 1076-1154, French scholastic philosopher, b. Poitiers. He taught for 20 years at Chartres, where he was for some time chancellor. He later lectured at Paris. In 1142 he was made bishop of Poitiers. He was twice accused of heresy. Gilbert's works— De sex... Read more |
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Colenso, John William
...ethic to the problem of race relations in southern Africa. His commentary on St Paul's Epistle to the Romans (1861) aroused a storm...of everlasting punishment; The Pentateuch and the Book of Joshua Critically Examined (1862–79) challenged the traditional... |
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Moses ben Joshua of Narbonne
Moses ben Joshua of Narbonne (1300–62). French Jewish philosopher. Among other works, his commentary on Maimonides' Guide to the Perplexed was well known and was printed with the original text (ed. I. Euchel, 1791). |
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Colenso, John William
...of Natal from 1853. Storms of protest were aroused by his commentary on Romans (1861), with its denial of eternal punishment...sacramental theology, and by his papers on the Pentateuch and Joshua, which challenged the traditional authorship and the accuracy... |
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...cultivate painting, sculpture, and architecture in Britain. Sir Joshua Reynolds was its first president and he instituted a highly influential...saying attributed to the Greek mathematician Euclid in the Commentary on Euclid by the 5th-century Greek philosopher Proclus... |
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Joshua: A Commentary
...Soggin published his commentary on Joshua for the Old Testament...valuable addition to commentaries on Joshua at that...have taken place in Joshua studies and the Deuteronomistic...date English language commentary on a book ... |
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Joshua: A Commentary.(Review)
...xviii + 310. This learned commentary is remarkably thorough in scope...introduction covers issues such as Joshua and history, formation of...lies in Nelson's command of Joshua's textual witnesses. Nelson...literary aspects of the Book of Joshua. These ... |
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JOSHUA: A COMMENTARY.(Review)(Brief Article)
JOSHUA: A COMMENTARY. By Richard D. Nelson. Old Testament...s new and challenging commentary on Joshua enhances the excellent Old Testament...commentary on the Jericho conquest in Joshua 6 contrasts an earlier and shorter ... |
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The NIV Application Commentary: Joshua
...The NIV Application Commentary: Joshua. By Robert...applications embedded within Joshua. Hubbard masterfully works through Joshua, leaving no stone...represented by the commentaries in the NlY Application Commentary Series. ... |
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Joshua: An Introduction and Commentary
Joshua: An Introduction and Commentary. By Richard S. Hess. TOTC. Downers...and up-to-date commentary on Joshua written from an evangelical perspective...with the whole range of contemporary Joshua studies including its literary... |
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Joshua.(Apollos Old Testament Commentary 6: Joshua)(Brief article)(Book review)
Joshua Pekka M.A. Pitkanen InterVarsity Press...ivpress.com APOLLOS OLD TESTAMENT COMMENTARY 6: JOSHUA is a pick for any college-level collection...provides a close examination of the book of Joshua, with Pekka M.A. Pitkanen presenting... |
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A Guide to the Healing Psalms: New book by Rabbi Joshua Haberman acts as a...
...by CrossBooks), the new book by Rabbi Joshua Haberman, acts as an accompaniment to...book of all time. Healing Psalms is a commentary to the 150 psalms, and was created to...human condition. About the Author Rabbi Joshua Haberman is an author and lecturer, as... |
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Commentary: Joshua Sharfstein, Md. Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene
The federal government's loss was Maryland's gain as Gov. Martin O'Malley enticed Joshua Sharfstein to leave the Food and Drug Administration's No. 2 post and join O'Malley's cabinet as state secretary of health... |
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In Memoriam: Joshua Lederberg (1925-2008) (1).(COMMENTARY)(Obituary)
The world of emerging infections lost a valuable friend and inspiring leader earlier this year with the death of Joshua Lederberg. The globally recognized scientist, educator, national and Presidential scientific advisor, and Nobel Laureate died... |
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Why Joshua can't do math.(Commentary)(Editorials)
...school system headquarters to each child's home and back again. But finger-pointing won't help Sasha learn to read or Joshua to memorize his times-tables. Do D.C. principals and teachers just not get it? Do they really and truly not understand... |
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