The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1104 page)
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Ishmael ben Elisha
(early 2nd cent. CE).
Jewish sage. The son of a
priest
, Rabbi Ishmael was one of the chief spokesmen of the sages of
Jabneh
. According to legend, he was one of the
martyrs
who was killed in the persecutions following the
Bar
Kokhba rebellion, but this is doubtful.
Jewish sage. The son of a
priest
, Rabbi Ishmael was one of the chief spokesmen of the sages of
Jabneh
. According to legend, he was one of the
martyrs
who was killed in the persecutions following the
Bar
Kokhba rebellion, but this is doubtful.
Ishraqi
or Ishr
qiy(y)a
(illuminationist school)
:
or Ishr
qiy(y)a(illuminationist school)
:
, SHIHIshvara
(God)
:
(God)
:
VARAIsidore, St
(
c.
560–636).
Archbishop of Seville. He is known mainly for his encyclopaedic writings, which were freely used by innumerable medieval authors. The most important of them is the
Etymologiae
. He was made a
Doctor of the Church
in 1722.
c.
560–636).
Archbishop of Seville. He is known mainly for his encyclopaedic writings, which were freely used by innumerable medieval authors. The most important of them is the
Etymologiae
. He was made a
Doctor of the Church
in 1722.
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