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Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir

(Encyclopedia)Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir mâr [key], c.1089–1164, Jewish grammarian, commentator, poet, philosopher, and astronomer, b. Tudela, Spain. He traveled widely and wrote a number of ethical treatises, p...

Beame, Abraham David

(Encyclopedia)Beame, Abraham David, 1906–2001, American politician, mayor of New York City (1974–77), b. London. Beame, who grew up on New York's Lower East Side, was city budget director (1952–61). A Democra...

Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra

(Encyclopedia)Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra: see Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir. ...

Jackson, Abraham Valentine Williams

(Encyclopedia)Jackson, Abraham Valentine Williams, 1862–1937, American Orientalist, b. New York City. Teaching at Columbia (1895–1935), he was a great authority on ancient Persian religion, language, and litera...

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, 117 acres (47 hectares), central Ky., near Hodgenville; est. 1916. Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in this area on Feb. 12, 1809. The exact...

Einhorn, David

(Encyclopedia)Einhorn, David īnˈhôrn [key], 1809–79, Jewish theological writer and leader of the Reform movement in Judaism in the United States. Born in Bavaria, he studied philosophy at Munich and was influe...

Abram

(Encyclopedia)Abram: see Abraham.

Nahor

(Encyclopedia)Nahor nāˈhôr [key], in the Bible. 1 Abraham's grandfather. 2 Abraham's brother. ...

Pali

(Encyclopedia)Pali päˈlē [key], language belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. Some scholars classify it as a Prakrit, or vernacular dialect of clas...

Huz

(Encyclopedia)Huz, in the Bible, nephew of Abraham.