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Harvard University. Occupation. Professor. Ephraim Isaac (born 29 May 1936) is an Ethiopian scholar of ancient Ethiopian Semitic languages and of African and Ethiopian civilizations. He is the director of the Institute of Semitic Studies based in Princeton, NJ. [1] and the chair of the board of the Ethiopian Peace and Development Center.
Isaac in Islam. The biblical patriarch Isaac ( Arabic: إِسْحَاق or إِسْحٰق [note] ʾIsḥāq) is recognized as a prophet of God by Muslims. [1] As in Judaism and Christianity, Islam maintains that Isaac was the son of the patriarch and prophet Abraham from his wife Sarah. Muslims hold Isaac in deep veneration because they believe ...
Isaac Asimov ( / ˈæzɪmɒv / AZ-ih-mov; [b] c. January 2, 1920 [a] – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. [2]
Battles and wars. Internal conflict in Bangladesh. Islamic State – Bengal Province ( IS-BP) is an administrative division of the Islamic State, a Salafi jihadist militant group and former unrecognised Quasi-state. The group was announced by ISIL as its province in 2016. [4]
Etymology. The anglicized name "Isaac" is a transliteration of the Hebrew name יִצְחָק ( Yīṣḥāq) which literally means "He laughs/will laugh". Ugaritic texts dating from the 13th century BCE refer to the benevolent smile of the Canaanite deity El. [3] The Genesis ascribes the laughter to Isaac's parents, Abraham and Sarah, instead.
Isaac (name) Isaac ( / ˈaɪzək / EYE-zək) transliterated from Yitzhak, Yitzchok ( Hebrew: יִצְחָק, Modern: Yīṣḥaq, Tiberian: Yīṣḥāq) was one of the three patriarchs in the Hebrew Bible, whose story is told in the book of Genesis . Isaac is a given name derived from Judaism and a given name among Jewish, Christian, and ...
Isaac Asimov bibliography (chronological) In a writing career spanning 53 years (1939–1992), science fiction and popular science author Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) wrote and published 40 novels, 383 short stories, over 280 non-fiction books, and edited about 147 others. In this article, Asimov's books are listed by year (in order of ...
The Binding of Isaac ( Hebrew: עֲקֵידַת יִצְחַק ʿAqēḏaṯ Yīṣḥaq ), or simply " The Binding " ( הָעֲקֵידָה hāʿAqēḏā ), is a story from Genesis 22 of the Hebrew Bible. In the biblical narrative, God orders Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac at Moriah. As Abraham begins to comply, having bound Isaac ...