Robert Alter

male
bible, University of California, Berkeley, The Five Books of Moses, pentateuch, biblical, comparative literature…hebrew, Professor of Hebrew
Robert Alter is a Biblical scholar and professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has...
Azmi Bishara

Azmi Bishara

male, 53 years old
Former Member of the Knesset, Palestinian Christian, balad, Party Leader, intellectual, West Bank…hebrew
Azmi Bishara is a Palestinian Christian who was a Member of the Israeli Knesset and leader of the Balad party from 1996 until resigning in April...
Yehuda Amichai

Yehuda Amichai

male, deceased (2000)
colloquial, Nobel Prize, hebrew, poet, World War II, The New York Times…Hebrew University
Yehuda Amichai was an Israeli poet. Amichai is considered by many to be the greatest modern Israeli poet, and was one of the first to write in...

John Taylor

male, deceased (1761)
Congregationalist, Unitarian, hebrew, Theologian, original sin, calvinism…Hebrew Concordance
John Taylor (1694-1761) was an English dissenting preacher, Hebrew scholar, and theologian. He studied in Whitehaven before becoming a preacher in...
Isaac Luria

Isaac Luria

male, deceased (1572)
Hayim Vital, Shabbetai Tzvi, Hasidic Judaism, From Jerusalem, hasidism, Safed…hebrew
Rabbi Isaac Luria was a Jewish mystic in Safed. His name today is attached to all of the mystic thought in Safed: while his literary contribution...
Moses

Moses

male
exodus, Religious leader, ancient egypt, Jewish, Red Sea, Old Testament saint…Prophet of the Hebrew Bible, hebrew, hebrew bible
Moses (Arabic: موسىٰ, "; Ge'ez: ሙሴ "Musse) was an early Biblical Hebrew religious leader, lawgiver, prophet, military leader and historian...
Matisyahu

Matisyahu

male, 30 years old
hip hop musician, Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidim, American, Chabad-Lubavitch, Matthew Paul Miller, Reggae musician…hebrew
Matisyahu is the Hebrew and stage name of Matthew Paul Miller (born June 30 1979, West Chester, Pennsylvania), an American Jewish reggae musician....
Adin Steinsaltz

Adin Steinsaltz

male, 72 years old (Jerusalem, Israel)
Jewish, Jewish person, From Jerusalem, Translator, Translators to French, Translators to Spanish…hebrew
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz (Hebrew: עדין שטיינזלץ) or Adin Even Yisrael (born 1937) is most commonly known for his popular commentary and translation...
Eliphas Levi

Eliphas Levi

male, deceased (1875)
Alphonse Louis Constant, Occultist, Eliphas Lévi, Occult writer, occult, magic…hebrew
Eliphas Lévi, born Alphonse Louis Constant was a French occult author and magician. "Eliphas Lévi," the name under which he published his books, wa...
Abraham

Abraham

male
haran, Abiram, Terah, quran, father, charismatic religious leader…Prophet of the Hebrew Bible, Ashkenazi Hebrew, hebrew
Abraham (<small>Ashkenazi</small> "Avrohom" or "Avruhom" ;, "IbrahimGe'ez:, ') is a figure in the Torah, Bible, and Quran whom Jewish, Christian...