Joseph of Persia

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• Persia — • The history, religion, and civilization of Persia are offshoots from those of Media. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Persia     Persia      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• PERSIA — (Heb. פָּרָס, Paras), empire whose home coincided roughly with that of the province of Fars in modern Iran. Its inhabitants, calling themselves Persians, are first mentioned in Assyrian records of approximately 640 B.C.E. According to these… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Joseph Cochran — Joseph Plumb Cochran, M.D. (January 14, 1855, Urmia, Iran mdash; August 18, 1905, Urmia, Iran), was an American Presbyterian missionary. He is credited as the founding father of Iran’s first modern Medical School. [This short biography relies… …   Wikipedia

• Joseph Cochran — Joseph Plumb Cochran Joseph Plumb Cochran M.D. (* 14. Januar 1855 in Urmia, Iran; † 18. August 1905 in Urmia, Iran) war ein US amerikanischer presbyterianischer Missionar und Mediziner. Er gilt als der Gründungsvater der ersten modernen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Joseph Emin — (Lang hy|Հովսեփ էմին, Hovsep Emin) (1726 August 2, 1809, Calcutta), was a prominent figure of the Armenian national liberation movement who travelled to various European countries and Russia in order to secure support for the liberation of… …   Wikipedia

• Joseph Wolff — (1795 May 2, 1862), Jewish Christian missionary, was born at Weilersbach, near Bamberg, Germany.His father became rabbi at Württemberg in 1806, and sent his son to the Protestant lyceum at Stuttgart. He was converted to Christianity through… …   Wikipedia

• Joseph Priestley and education — Joseph Priestley (OldStyleDate|March 24|1733|March 13 ndash; February 8 1804) was a British natural philosopher, Dissenting clergyman, political theorist, and theologian. While his achievements in all of these areas are renowned, he was also… …   Wikipedia

• Joseph ben Abraham — (Heb. Yosef ben Avraham ha Kohen, also known as Yusuf al Basir [ [http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ip/rep/J052.htm Karaism ] ] ) was a Karaite philosopher and theologian who flourished in Babylonia or Persia in the first half of the eleventh… …   Wikipedia

• JOSEPH JOSKE BEN JUDAH JUDEL OF LUBLIN — (1659?–1706), talmudist and kabbalist. Joseph studied with his father, who was rabbi at Lemberg and later at Kowel. He was appointed rabbi, first of Minsk, and in 1698, of Dubnow where he lived until his death …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Joseph, Baron von Hammer-Purgstall —     Joseph, Baron von Hammer Purgstall     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Joseph, Baron von Hammer Purgstall     A distinguished Austrian Orientalist; b. at Graz, 9 June, 1774; d. at Vienna, 23 November, 1856. He studied at Graz and Vienna, entering… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Joseph Justus Scaliger — Joseph Justus Scaliger. Joseph Justus Scaliger (5 de agosto de 1540 21 de enero de 1609) fue un erudito francés, conocido por la ampliación de la noción clásica de la historia griega y la historia antigua de Roma con la inclusión de la historia… …   Wikipedia Español