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Aristarchus of Samothrace

(Encyclopedia)Aristarchus of Samothrace sămˈəthrās [key], c.217–c.145 b.c., Greek scholar, successor to his teacher, Aristophanes of Byzantium, as librarian at Alexandria. He was an innovator of scientific sc...

Brome, Richard

(Encyclopedia)Brome, Richard bro͞om, brōm [key], c.1590–1652, English dramatist. He was the friend, servant, and disciple of Ben Jonson. Primarily a writer of realistic satiric comedy, picturing the life and ma...

Carew, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Carew, Thomas, 1595?–1639?, English author, one of the Cavalier poets. Educated at Merton College, Oxford, he had a short diplomatic career on the Continent, then returned to England and became a fa...

Ammi

(Encyclopedia)Ammi ămˈī [key], in the Bible, figurative name of Israel after reconciliation with God. See Loammi. ...

Holon

(Encyclopedia)Holon hōlônˈ [key], city, W central Israel. Manufactures include textiles, metal and leath...

Dor

(Encyclopedia)Dor or Dora, Canaanite seaport, ancient Palestine (modern Israel), N of Caesarea Palestinae. It was never a Jewish city but rather a Phoenician outpost. It was rebuilt by the Romans; still visible are...

Judas of Galilee

(Encyclopedia)Judas of Galilee, fl. a.d. 6, a leader of the Zealots, a radical revolutionary Jewish sect. He raised an insurrection against the taxation census of Cyrenius (a.d. 6) on the grounds that no one but Go...

Aholah and Aholibah

(Encyclopedia)Aholah əhōˈlə [key], in the Bible, the sisters in an allegory on Israel's idolatry. ...

Tibni

(Encyclopedia)Tibni tĭbˈnī [key], in the Bible, unsuccessful contender with Omri (1) for the throne of Israel after the death of Zimri. ...

Shamgar

(Encyclopedia)Shamgar shămˈgär [key], in Judges, deliverer and apparently a judge of Israel. He slew 600 Philistines with an ox goad. ...