Israel
August 31, 2015 § 1 Comment
ORIGIN:
Hebrew, meaning “ruling with the Lord” or “wrestling with the Lord” (from “Yisra’el”, meaning “God contended”).
VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Is, Iser, Israhel, Isreal, Isreel, Issur, Issy, Iz, Izrael, Izreel, Izzy, Sroel, Yisrael, Yizreel, etc.
REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Israel Thomas, a friend and neighbor of the Creighton’s, who sometimes brings their mail over from Hidalgo, and who joins in the watch over the Creighton farm when it’s threatened by Guy Wortman and his gang, in Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt (1964; set during the American Civil War, 1861-1865).
WRITERS:
– Israel the Grammarian (c.895-c.965), Breton (?) philosopher, poet, scholar, theologian, and writer.
– Israel Belkind (1861-1929), Russian activist, author, educator, historian, and writer.
– Israel Davidson (1870-1939), American publisher and writer.
– Israel Friedlander (1876-1920), Polish activist, educator, rabbi, scholar, and translator.
– Israel Dov Frumkin (1850-1914), Russian-Palestinian author and journalist.
– Israel Gollancz (1863-1930), English editor, professor, scholar, and translator.
– Israel Gutman (1923-2013), Polish-Israeli historian.
– Israel Horovitz (b. 1939), American actor, director, and playwright.
– Israel ben Moses Najara (c.1555-c.1625), Ottoman poet, preacher, and rabbi.
– Israel Orenstein (1831-after 1888?), Russian novelist.
– Israel Pinkas (b. 1935), Israeli poet.
– Israel Regardie (1907-1985), Anglo-American occultist and writer.
– Israel Segal (1944-2007), Israeli author, commentator, and journalist.
– Israel Joshua Singer (1893-1944), American novelist.
– Israel Zangwill (1864-1926), English activist and author.
The Art of Literary Nomenclature 
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