The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2007 page)

BOOK: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
5.26Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
Rishi
(Indian seer):
see
I
.
Rishis
(S
f
order):
see
S
F
S
.
Rishonim
(Heb., ‘first ones’, i.e. early authorities). Jewish scholars of an earlier period. Nowadays, the term is used to indicate the authorities that succeeded the geonim until those of the mid-15th cent. after rabbinic
semikhah
was revived.

Other books

Love & Light by Michele Shriver
Frag Box by Richard A. Thompson
Burger Night by McMillan, Kate
El asesino hipocondríaco by Juan Jacinto Muñoz Rengel
Innocents Lost by Michael McBride
The Book of Kills by Ralph McInerny
Tempting Fate by Amber Lin
El nombre de la bestia by Daniel Easterman
MadeforMe by L.A. Day