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71Nancy J. Duff — (b. May 2, 1951) is an American professor of theology. Duff is the Stephen Colwell Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Princeton Theological Seminary, where she has taught since 1990. Duff is also a Presbyterian minister in the PCUSA… …
72ABULAFIA, ABRAHAM BEN SAMUEL — (1240–after 1291), founder of the prophetic Kabbalah. Born in Saragossa, Spain, Abulafia moved to Tudela in his childhood and studied with his father until the latter s death in 1258. In 1260 he left Spain for the Land of Israel in search for the …
73EDELS, SAMUEL ELIEZER BEN JUDAH HA-LEVI — (known as MaHaRShA – Morenu Ha Rav Shemu el Adels; 1555–1631), one of the foremost Talmud commentators. Born in Cracow, he moved to Posen in his youth, where he married the daughter of Moses Ashkenazi Heilpern. His mother inlaw, Edel, by whose… …
74ELIEZER OF BEAUGENCY — (fl. 12th century), biblical commentator from N. France. Nutt was of the opinion that Eliezer was a student of samuel b. meir but there is no clear cut evidence in support of this view. Few biographical details are known of him. He had a… …
75FISHBANE, MICHAEL — (1943– ), U.S. scholar of Bible and Midrash. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after early studies in philosophy and Jewish thought in America and Israel he became a student of nahum m. sarna and nahum n. glatzer and earned his M.A. and Ph.D.… …
76GREENBERG, MOSHE — (1928– ), biblical scholar. Greenberg was born in Philadelphia, where after studying Bible and Assyriology with E.A. Speiser , he obtained his Ph.D. in Oriental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 1954. The dissertation was published… …
77HELLER, YOM TOV LIPMANN BEN NATHAN HA-LEVI — (1579–1654), Moravian rabbi, commentator on the Mishnah. Heller was born in Wallerstein, Bavaria. He received his education in the home of his grandfather, Moses Wallerstein, as well as, among others, from judah loew b. bezalel (the Maharal) of… …
78KIMḤI, DAVID — (known as Radak from the acronym of Rabbi David Kimḥi; Maistre Petit; 1160?–1235?), grammarian and exegete of Narbonne, Provence. The son of Joseph Kimḥi and brother and pupil of , David was a teacher in his native town and was active in public… …
79KIMḤI, JOSEPH — (also known as Maistre Petit; Rikam, from the acronym of Rabbi Joseph Kimḥi; c. 1105–c. 1170), grammarian, exegete, translator, and polemist. Kimḥi migrated from Spain in the wake of the Almohad persecutions and settled permanently in Narbonne.… …
80KOHEN, RAPHAEL BEN JEKUTHIEL SUESSKIND — (1722–1803), rabbi and author. Raphael was born in Livonia and in his youth studied in Minsk at the yeshivah of his relative, aryeh b. asher gunzberg , author of the Sha agat Aryeh. In 1742 Raphael was appointed head of the yeshivah, and between… …
