(Encyclopedia) TalmudTalmudtălˈməd [key] [Aramaic from Heb.,=learning], in Judaism, vast compilation of the Oral Law with rabbinical elucidations, elaborations, and commentaries, in contradistinction…
Sandals originated in warm climates where the soles of the feet needed protection but the top of the foot needed to be cool.4,000 years ago the first shoes were made of a single piece of rawhide…
(Encyclopedia) typographytypographytīpŏgˈrəfē [key], the art of printing from movable type. The term typographer is today virtually synonymous with a master printer skilled in the techniques of type…
(Encyclopedia) MidrashMidrashmĭdˈräsh [key] [Heb.,=to examine, to investigate], verse by verse interpretation of Hebrew Scriptures, consisting of homily and exegesis, by Jewish teachers since about…
(Encyclopedia) ModenaModenamôˈdānä [key], city (1991 pop. 176,990), capital of Modena prov., Emilia-Romagna, N central Italy, on the Panaro River. It is an agricultural, commercial, and major…
(Encyclopedia) cloth of gold, fabric woven wholly or partly of gold threads. From remote times gold has been used as material for weaving either alone or with other fibers. In India tapestries were…
