Jacob Riis: Jacob Riis (1849-1914) was an American journalist, photographer, and advocate for the Social Gospel. Although associated with the "muckraker" brand of journalism, Riis devoted a good deal of his life to chronicling the lives of those less fortunate, especially ... [100%] 2023-02-27 [Photographers]
Jacob Riis: Jacob August Riis (May 3, 1849 – May 26, 1914), was a Danish-born American muckraker journalist, photographer, and social reformer. He is known for his dedication to using his photojournalistic talents to help the less fortunate in New York City ... [100%] 2023-02-04
Jacob Jacobs (artist): Jacobus Albertus Michael Jacobs, known as Jacob Jacobs (19 May 1812, Antwerp – 9 December 1879, Antwerp) was a Belgian landscape and seascape painter in the Romantic style, with a preference for northern and "oriental" scenes. On his mother's side ... (Artist) [80%] 2024-12-08 [1812 births] [1879 deaths]...
Jacob van Rijs: Cet article est une ébauche concernant un architecte. Vous pouvez partager vos connaissances en l’améliorant (comment ?) selon les recommandations des projets correspondants. [70%] 2023-12-30
Jaco Jacobs: Jaco Jacobs (born 1980) is a South African children's author who writes in Afrikaans. Jacobs was born in the South African town of Carnarvon, Northern Cape. (South African children's book author (born 1980)) [69%] 2024-07-31 [1980 births] [Living people]...
Jacob Ba: Pour les articles homonymes, voir Ba (nom de famille). Cet article est une ébauche concernant un footballeur mauritanien et un footballeur sénégalais. [63%] 2025-04-09
Jacob: Jacob, son of Isaac and Rebekah in the Biblical narrative, and the father of the twelve tribes of Israel. Jacob and his twin brother Esau are the eponyms of the Israelites and Edomites. It was said of them that they ... [63%] 2022-09-02
Jacob: Tanna of the second century; probably identical with b. orshai (= "the Ḳorshaite," or "of Ḳorsha"), the contemporary of Simon b. Of his relations with this patriarch the Talmud has preserved the following incident: Nathan the Babylonian and Meïr had determined ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [63%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
Jacob (Aberle, Abril) Benedict (Benet): Rabbi at Alt-Ofen at the beginning of the nineteenth century; son of Mordecai b. Jacob was the author of "Toledot Mordekai Benet" (Alt-Ofen, 1832). The first part contains a biography, and the second various writings of his father ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [63%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
Jacob: Jacob (/ˈdʒeɪkəb/; Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, Modern: Yaʿaqōv, Tiberian: Yaʿăqōḇ; Arabic: يَعْقُوب, romanized: Yaʿqūb; Greek: Ἰακώβ, romanized: Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, and Islam. (Regarded Patriarch of the Israelites) [63%] 2024-01-13 [Jacob] [Angelic visionaries]...
Jacob: Jacob (Hebrew: יעקב, Yaʿăqōḇ; Arabic: يعقوب, Yaʿqūb; "holds the heel"), or Israel (Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל, Standard Yisraʾel Tiberian Yiśrāʾēl; Arabic: اسرائيل, Isrāʾīl; "struggled with God") (2168 AM–m. 2245 AM–2315 AM) (1836 BC–m. [63%] 2023-02-09 [Book of Genesis Persons] [Jewish People]...
Jacob: Biblical Data: Third patriarch; son of Isaac and Rebekah, and ancestor of the Israelites. Hewas born when his father was sixty years old and after his mother had been barren for twenty years. For the account of his birth and ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [63%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
Jacob: Jacob (Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב) is the third of the three patriarchs of the Jewish faith, "Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." Jacob, after encountering an angel of the Lord and wrestling with it, changes his name to Israel, "He that has struggled with god ... [63%] 2023-12-16 [Biblical figures] [Christian mythology]...
Jacob: Jacob or Ya'akov (Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב; Arabic: يعقوب, Yaʿqūb; "holds the heel"), also known as Israel ("Struggles with God"), was the third biblical patriarch and the father of the Israelites. His father was Isaac, and his grandfather was Abraham. According to the ... [63%] 2023-02-03
Jacob: "One who follows on another's heels; supplanter."1 The second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebecca. [63%] 2007-01-31
Jacob: Jacob (en hebreo: יַעֲקֹב Yaqōb, en griego, Iακώβ; en latín, Iacobus o Iacob) es un personaje bíblico descrito en el Libro del Génesis. Según la tradición, Jacob habría nacido con toda probabilidad en Beer Lahai-Roi, unos veinte años después del matrimonio ... [63%] 2024-05-07
Jacob (Book of Mormon prophet): In the Book of Mormon, Jacob (Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, romanized: Yaʿakov) is a younger brother of the prophet Nephi, the keeper of the small plates of Nephi after Nephi's death, and narrates the Book of Jacob, which in the frame narrative ... (Book of Mormon prophet) [63%] 2024-09-12 [Book of Mormon prophets]
Jacob: Jacob, later given the name Israel, is a patriarch regarded as the forefather of the Israelites, according to Abrahamic religions such as Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Jacob first appears in the Book of Genesis, originating from the Hebrew tradition in ... (Abrahamic forefather of the Israelites) [63%] 2025-01-17 [Jacob] [Angelic visionaries]...
Ribs (recordings): Ribs (рёбра, translit. ryobra), also known as music on ribs (Музыка на рёбрах), jazz on bones (Джаз на костях), bones or bone music (roentgenizdat), are improvised gramophone recordings made from X-ray films. (Recordings) [58%] 2023-12-13 [Audio storage] [Recorded music]...
Rais: Raʾīs (Arabic: رئيس), plural ruʾasāʾ, is an Arabic title meaning 'chief' or 'leader'. It comes from the word for head, raʾs. (Religion) [58%] 2023-08-26 [Positions of authority]
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