a man of outstanding personality
11BANKING AND BANKERS — Antiquity There is little likelihood that financial transactions played a prominent role in the pre Exilic epoch in Ereẓ Israel; according to the ethos of Jewish society, then founded on a pronounced agrarian structure, lending was part of the… …
12Austria — Austrian, adj., n. /aw stree euh/, n. a republic in central Europe. 8,054,078; 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Cap.: Vienna. German, Österreich. * * * Austria Introduction Austria Background: Once the center of power for the large Austro… …
13BIOGRAPHIES AND AUTOBIOGRAPHIES — Apart from the Book of nehemiah , which may well be considered an autobiography, josephus apologetic Vita, and hagiographic works, autobiographies and biographies are completely unknown among Jews in ancient times. The first biography known is… …
14Sebastian Coe — Infobox Politician honorific prefix = The Right Honourable name = The Lord Coe honorific suffix = KBE imagesize = 170px caption = birth date = Birth date and age|1956|09|29|df=y birth place = death date = death place = nationality = British party …
15Jacob's Awards — Infobox award name = Jacob s Award imagesize = 165px caption = Jacob s Television Award description = Outstanding contributions to Irish TV and radio presenter = National newspaper TV and radio critics country = flagicon|Ireland Ireland year =… …
16Abraham Lincoln — This article is about the American president. For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). Abraham Lincoln …
17Barry Levinson — Infobox actor name = Barry Levinson birthdate = birth date and age|1942|4|6 birthplace = Baltimore, Maryland spouse = Valerie Curtin (1977 1982) Diana Rhodes academyawards = Best Director 1988 Rain Man emmyawards = Outstanding Writing in a Comedy …
18Roman Catholicism — the faith, practice, and system of government of the Roman Catholic Church. [1815 25] * * * Largest single Christian denomination in the world, with some one billion members, or about 18% of the world s population. The Roman Catholic church has… …
19SOUTH AFRICAN LITERATURE — Biblical Influences The Afrikaans speaking people of South Africa are mainly descended from Dutch Calvinist and French Huguenot immigrants of the 17th century. The Bible has been an important factor in their life and thinking. The Afrikaans… …
20Hamiduddin Farahi — (1863 1930) was a celebrated Islamic scholar of Indian subcontinent. Early life Farahi was born in Phreha (hence the name Farahi ), a village in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. He was a maternal cousin of the famous theologian… …
