The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1002 page)

 
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Hirata Atsutane
(exponent of Japanese Studies movement)
:

see
KOKUGAKU
.

 
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(1527–95).
vet
mbara Jain teacher. He belonged to the Tapa
Gaccha
, becoming head (
suri
) in 1566. In 1587,
Akbar
summoned him to court to give an account of Jain teaching. Hiravijaya singled out compassion to all forms of life, and as a result, Akbar ordered that caged birds should be freed and that animals should not be slaughtered on the Jain festival of
Pary
ana
.

 
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(1808–88).
Prominent exponent of Jewish orthodoxy in 19th-cent. Germany. His most important works,
Neunzehn Briefe ueber Judentum
(Nineteen Letters on Judaism) (1836; Eng. 1899) and
Choreb, oder Versuche ueber Jissroels Pflichten in der Zerstreuung
(Hobab-Essays on Israel's Duties in the
Diaspora
) (1837; Eng. 1962), were designed for young adults as a defence of traditional Judaism. He strongly opposed the emergent
Reform
movement, defending, both Hebrew as the proper language for prayer, and also the traditional
synagogue
organization.

 
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Hisbollah
(party of God)
:

see
IZBALLAH
.