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  • 71Sellor — This interesting surname with variant spellings Seller, Sellar, Sellor, Sellars, Sellers, Sellors, etc. firstly may be a metonymic occupational name for someone employed in the cellars of a great house or monastery, deriving from the Anglo Norman …

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  • 72Sellors — This interesting surname with variant spellings Sellars, Sellers, Sellors, etc. firstly may be a metonymic occupational name for someone employed in the cellars of a great house or monastery, deriving from the Anglo Norman French celler meaning… …

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  • 73Sells — This interesting surname has two distinct possible sources, each with its own history and derivation. Firstly, Sells may be of early medieval Germanic origin, deriving from the Middle High German geselle , journeyman, companion, cognate with… …

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  • 74Zeale — This interesting surname with variant spellings Seal, Seale, Seel, Zeal, Zeale, etc., is a metonymic occupational name either for a maker of seals or signet rings, deriving from the Middle English, Old French seal meaning seal , or a maker of… …

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  • 75BARAITA, BARAITOT — (Aram. בָּרַיְתָא, pl. בָּרַיְתוֹת), Aramaic for the Hebrew word ḥiẓonah ( external ) and an abbreviated form of the phrase matnita baraita – external mishnah, i.e., a tannaitic tradition which is not included in the Mishnah of Rabbi judah ha… …

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  • 76BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …

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  • 77GENESIS, BOOK OF — GENESIS, BOOK OF, the first book of the Pentateuch. The English title refers to the opening theme of the book and is derived, via the Latin transliteration, from the tradition of the Alexandrian Jews as reflected in the Septuagint Greek: genesis …

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  • 78ḤASIDISM — ḤASIDISM, a popular religious movement giving rise to a pattern of communal life and leadership as well as a particular social outlook which emerged in Judaism and Jewry in the second half of the 18th century. Ecstasy, mass enthusiasm, close knit …

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  • 79INTERPRETATION — This article is arranged according to the following outline: definition of terms bible exegesis substance of bible exegesis in jewish creative interpretation and integrative interpretation …

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  • 80CULTURAL LIFE — Introduction The movement for the return to Zion which emerged as a force at the end of the 19th century was based on a variety of motivations, including the political – the demand for an independent homeland where the Jews could forge their own… …

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