rabbin

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"Nay, then, thou strict little rabbin, what shall we do?"

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth

A rabbin published a catalogue of rabbinical writers, and called it Labia Dormientium, from Cantic. vii.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac

That a conspicuous rabbin, Akiba, should have taken part in it, and have recognised in Simeon the Messiah, was an inconsistency on his part which redounds to his honour.

From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius

Mendelssohn, the son of a poor rabbin, in a village in Germany, received an education completely rabbinical, and its nature must be comprehended, or the term of education would be misunderstood.

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac

At Berlin, Mendelssohn becomes an amanuensis to another poor rabbin, who could only still initiate him into the theology, the jurisprudence, and the scholastic philosophy of his people.

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac