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Boyer, Abel (1667–1729) Quick reference
A Dictionary of Writers and their Works (3 ed.)
..., Abel ( 1667–1729 ) English historian The Royal Dictionary ( 1699 ) Non-Fiction Achilles; or, Iphigenia in Aulis ( 1700 ) Drama The History of the Reign of Queen Anne ( 1703 ) Non-Fiction...
Boyer, Abel (1667–1729) Reference library
The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7 ed.)
..., Abel ( 1667–1729 ) French Huguenot publisher and translator , who settled in England in 1689 . He published a yearly register of political and other occurrences, and a periodical, The Political State of Great Britain ( 1711–29 ). He also brought out an English–French and a French–English dictionary, a History of William III (3 vols, 1702–3 ) and a History of the Life and Reign of Queen Ann ( 1722 ). He translated into English the memoirs of Gramont ( 1714 ) and Racine 's Iphigénie . See also Hamilton, Anthony ....
Abel Boyer
Stories of David and Solomon Reference library
Oxford Bible Atlas (4 ed.)
...dissension with the northern tribes, who revolted at the instigation of a Benjaminite named Sheba, who declared, ‘We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Everyone to your tents, O Israel!’ ( 2 Sam. 20: 1 ). The revolt was put down by Joab, who besieged Sheba in Abel‐beth‐maacah in the far north ( 2 Sam. 20: 14 ). Then when David was on his very deathbed, another of his sons, Adonijah, sought to take the kingship but was frustrated by the protagonists of Solomon who, according to the account in 1 Kings 1 , finally persuaded David to declare...
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An Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age
...of the rising middle classes and the spirit of the age—indeed deliberately so, for the veneration of older music was an unspoken metaphor for the continuation of traditional social values. In complete contrast, the annual concert series at the Hanover Square Rooms, the Bach-Abel, the Professional, and Salomon 's great ventures with Haydn in the 1790s, managed both to appeal to fashion and to carry a modern repertoire [ see *concerts and music societies ]. Yet even these were based upon exclusive subscriptions, without sale of single tickets. In this way...
Essay with Commentary on Post-Biblical Jewish Literature Reference library
Philip S. Alexander
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...went on to bear from Adam, her husband, his twin sister and Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a man tilling the earth. (3) And it came to pass at the end of days , on the fourteenth of Nisan, that Cain brought of the produce of the ground, of the seed of flax, as an offering of first-fruits before the Lord. (4) And Abel, for his part, also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat parts, and it was pleasing before the Lord, and the Lord showed favour to Abel and to his offering : (5) but to Cain and to his offering he...
1 & 2 Samuel Reference library
Gwilym H. Jones, Gwilym H. Jones, and Gwilym H. Jones
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...in his judgement convicts himself ( v. 13 ). Secondly, the tale about two brothers fighting and one killing the other is reminiscent of Cain and Abel in Gen 4 ( Blenkinsopp 1966 ), and especially the protection given to the murderer, in one case by divine promise ( Gen 4:15 ) and in the other by royal oath ( v. 11 ). Thirdly, there are several links with the account of Joab's interview with the wise woman of Abel of Beth-maacah ( 2 Sam 20, cf. Conroy 1978 ). Whatever the parallels proposed, the interview reported in this chapter has its own problems. The...
2 Maccabees Reference library
R. Doran and R. Doran
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...14:38 ), not the ‘Jewish faith’ as NRSV translates. The number 6,000 is repeated at 8:16 , although some are reported to have left at 8:13 . The group prayer employs traditional language, with the motif of blood crying out from the ground recalling the blood of the innocent Abel ( Gen 4:10; cf. Heb 12:24, and Deut 32:43 ). The mention of the levelling of the city looks forward to Antiochus' vow ( 9:13 ). God's aid renders Judas unbeatable, although he first used the tactic of suprise raids and ambushes. ( 8:8–11 ) The Reaction of the Seleucids While the...
1 Maccabees Reference library
U. Rappaport and U. Rappaport
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...be the first known historical occurrence of the burning of books. It also shows the centrality of the Torah in Jewish religion, which was well understood by the persecutors. v. 59 , ‘twenty-fifth day’, of the month of Chislev. Some commentators suggest that it was a special day ( Abel 1949 ; Dancy 1954 suggest the birthday of Antiochus), but this view has no basis here or in 2 Macc 6:7 , nor elsewhere. vv. 60–1 , this horrible event was chosen by the author as an example of the cruelty of the persecutors. It is mentioned also in 2 Macc 6:10 , where other...
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Eric Franklin and Eric Franklin
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...will bring to a climax their predecessors' harassment of God's servants by persecuting and killing Christian prophets and apostles. ‘The Wisdom of God said’ ( 11:64 ) is an unusual expression and, if it means more than ‘God in his wisdom’, reflects a saying of the early church. Abel was the first victim of jealousy ( Gen 4:8 ). Zechariah is usually identified with the priest who was stoned by the people ( 2 Chr 24:20–2 ). This passage, like that in Mt 23 , has caused considerable disquiet for interpreters of the NT because it serves as a basis for that...
Mémoires de la vie du comte de Gramont
Frederick Manfred
Johann Christian Bach
Anthony Hamilton
Great Expectations
Abelites Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (4 ed.)
...A small African sect which originated in the diocese of Hippo and is known only from Augustine (De Haer. 87). Admitting marriage and, indeed, holding it to be obligatory, its members lived in complete continence after the alleged example of Abel . They perpetuated their existence by each husband and wife adopting a boy and a girl. By Augustine’s time it had ceased to exist as a sect, the few surviving Abelite families having been received back into the...
Hamilton, Anthony (c.1646–1720) Quick reference
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (4 ed.)
...the Mémoires de la vie du comte de Gramont , published anonymously at Cologne in 1713 , which are an important and entertaining source for the social history of the period. They were edited (in French) by Horace Walpole and translated into English (with many errors) by Abel Boyer in 1714 ; this translation, revised and annotated by Walter Scott , was reissued in 1811 . The first part, dealing with Gramont's life on the Continent down to the time of his banishment from the French court, was probably dictated by Gramont to Hamilton. The second,...
Hamilton, Anthony (1646–1720) Reference library
The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7 ed.)
...of the Life of the Comte de Gramont ), published anonymously at Cologne in 1713 . These entertaining memoirs are an important source for the social history of the period. They were edited (in French) by Horace Walpole and translated into English (with many errors) by Abel Boyer in 1714 ; and this translation, revised and annotated by Walter Scott , was reissued in 1811 . A new translation was made in 1930 by Peter Quennell , with an introduction and commentary by C. H. Hartmann . The first part, dealing with Gramont's life on the Continent...
Manfred, Frederick (1912–94) Quick reference
The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature (2 ed.)
...Bowl (1944), about a conflict between two generations of Midwest farmers; Boy Almighty (1945), a semiautobiographical tale of a writer’s life as a patient in a Midwest tuberculosis sanitarium; This Is the Year (1947), portraying a willful Frisian farmer; The Chokecherry Tree (1948), depicting an aspiring boy in conflict with Midwest society; The Primitive (1949), The Brother (1950), and The Giant (1951), gathered in the trilogy Wanderlust (1962), about a farm boy who goes to New York; Lord Grizzly (1954), based on the life of the mountain...
Martin, Ricky (24 Dec 1971) Reference library
Abel Stewart
The Grove Dictionary of American Music (2 ed.)
...by a surrogate mother and in 2010 he publicly announced his homosexuality. Martin, who published an autobiography, Me, in 2010 , continues to perform internationally, and is engaged in various forms of humanitarian work through his organization, the Ricky Martin Foundation. Abel...
