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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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...it.The biblical book of Leviticus offered a daunting array of...covenant with God. Much later commentary on the lists of forbidden foods...these enigmatic documents. Leviticus itself suggests an answer...because I the Lord am holy’(Leviticus 20: 24–6).If ... |
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Leviticus: A Commentary
Leviticus: A Commentary, by Erhard S. Gerstenberger. Old...challenge of writing a commentary on Leviticus. He combines a zeal for details with...to theology. He demonstrates that Leviticus is a book consumed with making the... |
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Leviticus, a Commentary.
...00 (cloth). Recent commentaries on Leviticus (Levine...He seeks to understand Leviticus in the liturgical context...that eventually produced Leviticus grew out of and addressed...Rather than understanding Leviticus as an instruction ... |
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Leviticus 23-27: A New Translation and Introduction and Commentary
Leviticus 23-27: A New Translation and Introduction and Commentary by Jacob Milgrom Anchor...385-50035-1. LEVITICUS 23-27 COMPLETES the...Milgrom's three-volume commentary on Leviticus. [Author Affiliation... |
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Divine Presence and Community: A Commentary on the Book of Leviticus.(Book...
...PRESENCE AND COMMUNITY: A COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS. By Frank H. Gorman...commentary to the Book of Leviticus. The author's interest...enlightening (p. 85). This commentary on Leviticus is particularly insightful... |
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Rashbam's Commentary on Leviticus and Numbers: An Annotated Translation.(Book...
Rashbam's Commentary on Leviticus and Numbers: An Annotated Translation...Rabbi Shemuel Ben Me'ir, 1080-1160) commentary to the Pentateuch. The first two are Rashbam's commentary to Genesis (Lewiston, 1989) and to Exodus... |
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Divine Presence and Community: A Commentary on the Book of Leviticus
Divine Presence and Community: A Commentary on the Book of Leviticus, by Frank H. Gorman, Jr. International...WELL QUALIFIED to interpret the book of Leviticus, no easy task since Leviticus is probably the least read and appreciated... |
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Leviticus 23-27: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary.(Book...
LEVITICUS 23-27: A NEW...INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTARY. By Jacob Milgrom...magnum opus on Leviticus. The scope of...be added to the Leviticus passage, obscuring...very nature of commentary. In Milgrom... |
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The Five Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy: A...
...Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy...Translation with Introductions, Commentary, and Notes. By Everett Fox...books are presented. The commentary, although not extensive...readily available. Having the commentary on facing pages can be ... |
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Leviticus: Holy God, Holy People
...ancient text is perhaps felt more with Leviticus than with any other book of Scripture. Leviticus is rarely preached on or even read in...School, has written an expositional commentary on Leviticus that consistently approaches the third... |
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Leviticus: A Book of Ritual and Ethics
Leviticus: A Book of Ritual...A Continental Commentary. Minneapolis...Continental Commentary on Leviticus is a condensed...throughout the commentary to the rabbinic...H), found in Leviticus 17-27. This... |
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