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• elephantine — /el euh fan teen, tuyn, tin, el euh feuhn teen , tuyn /, adj. 1. pertaining to or resembling an elephant. 2. huge, ponderous, or clumsy: elephantine movements; elephantine humor. [1620 30; < L elephantinus < Gk elephántinos. See ELEPHANT, INE1] * …   Universalium

• elephantine — adj. 1 of elephants. 2 a huge. b clumsy, unwieldy (elephantine movements; elephantine humour). Etymology: L elephantinus f. Gk elephantinos (as ELEPHANT) …   Useful english dictionary

• elephantine — adjective formal slow, heavy, and awkward, like an elephant: She climbed the steps with heavy elephantine movements …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …   Universalium

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• 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

• ECONOMIC HISTORY — This article is arranged according to the following outline: first temple period exile and restoration second temple period talmudic era muslim middle ages medieval christendom economic doctrines early modern period sephardim and ashkenazim… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• WOMAN — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the historical perspective biblical period marriage and children women in household life economic roles educational and managerial roles religious roles women outside the household… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

• biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …   Universalium

• EDUCATION, JEWISH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline. Bibliography at the end of a section is indicated by (†). in the biblical period the nature of the sources historical survey the patriarchal period and the settlement the kingdom the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism