In the Bible, the brother of Moses, the founder of the priesthood and the first high priest. He helped Moses in calling down the TEN PLAGUES and leading the Children of Israel out of Egypt (c1200 BC). Aaron directed the construction of the golden calf (made of gold earrings and other jewelry), which was idolatrously…
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Aakjaer, Jeppe (1866 – 1930)
Danish poet and novelist. As a novelist, Aakjaer was intensely concerned with social misery and the need for reform. Vredens børn (The Children of Wrath, 1904) describes the oppressed existence life by servants on peasant farms. He is best known, however, for his lyric poetry, in which he celebrates the courage of the peasants and…