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Three new courses-a survey of African history(AAS 10), the history of slavery(AAS 11), and an introduction to Ethiopian history and religion(AAS 12)-will be taught by Ephraim Isaac, lecturer here for two years and former director of the National Literacy Campaign in Ethiopia...

Author: By Carol R. Sternhell, | Title: Afro-American Department Offers Seventeen Courses | 9/22/1969 | See Source »

Peter Lubin indicates that he's a precocious graduate student in Comparative Literature by his parody of the "fictions" of Jorge Luis Borges. His title, "A Vindication of Ephraim Blueprint," echoes Borges' "An Examination of Herbert Quain." Lubin comes close to sustaining the self-conscious tone of pseudo-pedantry which gives Borges' work its peculiar charm. But the difficulty of parodying a parodist is evident in the moments when the piece descends into nonsense and uncomfortable undergraduate humor. Although seemingly sympathetic, the parody uses the penetrating method of Borges' own arcane inventiveness to become the closest thing to unfavorable comment...

Author: By Jack Davis, | Title: 'Bogus' | 5/24/1968 | See Source »

Murder in the Heart. On the surface, many Africans seem to be happy enough about apartheid. "We know what we have is ours, even if it is the gift of the white boss," says Ephraim Tchabalata, who has grown rich on a chain of dry-cleaning establishments and filling stations. The streets of the cities echo with the laughter of Africans, and the townships rock to the Beatle beat of guitars, strummed by young men wearing the cowboy hats that have become the latest rage. But all too often the smiles hide resentment. Says one African: "If I walk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: The Great White Laager | 8/26/1966 | See Source »

...credentials of the Anchor translators, who include seven Catholics, 15 Protestants and five Jews, are beyond dispute. Sweden's Bo Reicke, 50, who did The Epistles, was one of the first New Testament scholars to use the Dead Sea Scrolls in his research. The translator of Genesis, Ephraim Avigdor Speiser, 62, of the University of Pennsylvania, is one of the world's ranking Assyriologists and an editor of the recent Jewish Publication Society translation of the Torah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bible: A Book for All Creeds | 10/23/1964 | See Source »

Directed by Ephraim Isaac, a Harvard graduate student, the drive was begun here after the Ethiopian Students Association in North America had received a letter from the Ethiopian government requesting assistance. The letter noted that considerable assistance had been received from Europe and Russia, but that there had been relatively little aid from North America...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fund Drive Started By Ethiopian Students | 8/11/1964 | See Source »

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