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Izehar

(Encyclopedia)Izehar ĭzˈhär [key], in the Bible, grandson of Levi. ...

Shoshannim

(Encyclopedia)Shoshannim and Shoshannim-Eduth shōshănˈĭm-ēˈdəth [key]: see Aijeleth Shahar. ...

Sia

(Encyclopedia)Sia sīˈəhə [key], in the Bible, family returned from the Exile. ...

Aholah and Aholibah

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

Zephi

(Encyclopedia)Zephi –fō [key], in the Bible, duke of Edom. ...

Bilgah

(Encyclopedia)Bilgah –gī [key], in the Bible, priest in the return. ...

La Tour, Maurice Quentin de

(Encyclopedia)La Tour, Maurice Quentin de də lä to͞or [key], 1704–88, French portraitist working in pastel. From 1737 to 1773 he exhibited at the Salon portraits of considerable technical virtuosity and psych...

Lalemant, Jérôme

(Encyclopedia)Lalemant, Jérôme lälmäNˈ [key], 1593–1673, French Jesuit missionary in North America, brother of Charles Lalemant and uncle of Gabriel Lalemant. He was an active missionary among the Huron (16...

Morales, Luis de

(Encyclopedia)Morales, Luis de mōräˈlās [key], c.1520–1586, Spanish mannerist painter. He lived and worked in Badajoz. Morales executed vivid portrayals of saints suffering and refined devotional images of t...

Ludwig, Otto

(Encyclopedia)Ludwig, Otto lo͞otˈvĭkh [key], 1813–65, German writer. He was one of Germany's first modern realists; although his plots were melodramatic, he sketched accurate and detailed backgrounds. After H...