Summary
This book is a 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica entry, not a work by Cyrus the Great. It contains a table of contents and copyright information indicating it is in the public domain in the United States. The passages cover various unrelated historical figures and topics, including a medical lecturer who taught that local diseases result from digestive disorders and should be treated by purging and diet, the Earl of Aberdeen's foreign policy of peace and non-intervention, and the caliphate contest where Amr sided with Moawiya and reconquered Egypt. The text also mentions Rabbi Akiva as one of ten Jewish martyrs who systematized Jewish tradition and paved the way for the Mishnah compilation.
A reader takes away that this is a reference work entry with multiple biographical sketches, not a cohesive narrative. The passages provide specific historical details about individuals from different eras and regions, but no central argument or unified theme connects them.
Key concepts
- Digestive disorder theory of disease — The medical lecturer taught that local diseases frequently result from disordered states of the digestive organs.
- Purging and diet treatment — The lecturer's approach to treating diseases involved purging and attention to diet.
- Peace and non-intervention foreign policy — The Earl of Aberdeen's foreign policy was essentially one of peace and non-intervention.
- Athenian Society — A society founded by the Earl of Aberdeen, membership confined to those who had traveled in Greece.
- Ten Jewish martyrs — A group including Rabbi Akiva whose names occur in a penitential prayer still used in synagogue service.
- Mishnah compilation — Rabbi Akiva systematized Jewish tradition and paved the way for the compilation of the Mishnah.
From the book
For other versions of this work, see Encyclopædia Britannica . ← 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica ( 1911 ) Title page → related portals : Reference Works Shortcut : EB11 or EB1911 Notes on reading the Wikisource edition . A special disclaimer for this project . Collaboration page for contributors . 12543 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica 1911 Table of contents This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1931. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works . Public domain Public domain false false← Alabama 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica , Volume 1 "Alabama" Arbitration by Montague Hughes Crackanthorpe Alabama River → See also Alabama Claims on…
He is commonly known as Rab.← Abbadie, Jakob 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica , Volume 1 'Abbahu Abba Mari → See also Abbahu on Wikipedia ; and our 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica disclaimer . 12925 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica , Volume 1 — 'Abbahu ʼABBAHU, the name of a Palestinian ʼamora ( q.v. ) who flourished c . 279–320. ʼAbbahu encouraged the study of Greek by Jews. He was famous as a collector of traditional lore, and is very often cited in the Talmud.
He was author of Quaestiones ( Sheiltoth ), a collection of homilies (at once learned and popular) on Jewish law and ethics. This is recorded to have been the first work written by a Jewish scholar after the completion of the Talmud.← Alphabet 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica , Volume 1 'Al-phasi, Isaac Alphege, Saint → See also Isaac Alfasi on Wikipedia ; and our 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica disclaimer . 1202415 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica , Volume 1 — 'Al-phasi, Isaac ’AL-PHASI, ISAAC (1013–1103), Jewish rabbi and codifier, known as Riph , was born near Fez in 1013 and died at Lucena in 1103. ’Al-Phasi means the “man of Fez” (medieval Jews were often named after their birthplaces). He was forced to leave Fez when an old man of 75, being accused on some unknown political charge. He then…
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