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Nebo, Mount
(Encyclopedia)Nebo, Mount, 2,625 ft (800 m) high, N Jordan. In the Bible, Moses viewed the Promised Land from there before his death.Ten Commandments
(Encyclopedia)Ten Commandments or Decalogue [Gr.,=ten words], in the Bible, the summary of divine law given by God to Moses on Mt. Sinai. They have a paramount place in the ethical systems of Judaism, Christianity,...Remah
(Encyclopedia)Remah: see Isserles, Moses ben Israel. ...Gaster, Theodor Herzl
(Encyclopedia)Gaster, Theodor Herzl: see under Gaster, Moses. ...Maimonides
(Encyclopedia)Maimonides mīˈmən [key], 1135–1204, Jewish scholar, physician, and philosopher, the most influential Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages, b. Córdoba, Spain, d. Cairo. He is sometimes called Rambam...Soyer
(Encyclopedia)Soyer, three brothers, American painters, emigrated with their family from Russia in 1912. Two were twins, Raphael Soyer, 1899–1987, and Moses Soyer, 1899–1974, b. Borisoglebsk. They settled in Ne...Rehabiah
(Encyclopedia)Rehabiah rēˌhəbīˈə [key], in the Bible, Moses' grandson. ...Jochebed
(Encyclopedia)Jochebed jŏkˈēbĕd [key], in the Bible, mother of Moses. ...Gaddi, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia)Gaddi gădˈī [key], in the Bible, Manassite sent by Moses into Canaan. ...Marah
(Encyclopedia)Marah mârˈə [key] [Heb.,=bitter], in the Bible, bitter spring that Moses sweetened. ...Browse by Subject
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