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Chase, Abner

Chase, Abner a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Stonington, Conn., Dec. 11, 1784, and died in Penn Yan, N. Y., April 27, 1854. At the age of 19 he was converted, and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. When 22 years of age he was licensed to exhort, and soon after received … Continue reading “Chase, Abner”

Chase

Chase (, , , etc.). The practice of hunting wild animals early prevailed among the nomade Hebrews (Gen 25:28; Gen 27:3 sq.), and continued to later times to be a common employment (Lev 17:13; Pro 12:27; Josephus, War, 1:21, 13), both for the sake of the flesh of the game (Sir 36:21; but in the … Continue reading “Chase”

Chasan, Chajim

Chasan, Chajim a learned Jew of Smyrna, who died in 1712 in Poland, while collecting funds in aid of the resident Jews in Palestine, is the author of , or Discussions on the Pentateuch (Venice, 1693). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. i, 167. (B. P.) Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Chasan, Abraham Ben-Jehuda

Chasan, Abraham Ben-Jehuda a Jewish writer of the 16th century, is the author of ,or A Commentary on the Prophets, Hagiographa and Five Megilloth (Lublin, 1593, 1612). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. i, 167; De Rossi, Dizionario Storico (Germ. transl.), p. 78 sq. (B. P.) Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Charybdis

Charybdis in Greek mythology, was the daughter of Neptune and the Earth.- The myth makes her residence-the Sicilian strait. There is a dangerous eddy there, perhaps more formidable to the light-built ships of the ancients than it appears to us. – Charybdis is represented as, a rapacious woman, who robbed Hercules of his herds, land … Continue reading “Charybdis”