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A (A-Z entry)
The symbol employed in textual criticism for a MS of the New Testament in Greek written on parchment in Egypt ( Alexandria? Hence known ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
acrostic (A-Z entry)
a poetic form in which the first letter of each new line or series of lines within a larger group follows the order ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
aleph (A-Z entry)
The first letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ℵ). Textual critics use it as the symbol for a 4th-cent. MS known as Codex Sinaiticus , ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
alterations to text (A-Z entry)
Variations among MSS are sometimes due to scribes having misheard a word being dictated or through some other human error. But also sometimes alterations ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Ancient Versions and Textual Transmission of the Old Testament (Chapters)
Introduction This essay will first give a schematic outline of the history of the Hebrew text in four stages. The elements that readers will ...
Source: The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies
The Apocrypha (Chapters)
The Apocrypha as a Whole The existence of an ‘Apocrypha’ arises mainly from the presence in one or more of the earliest Greek biblical ...
Source: The Oxford Illustrated History of the Bible
Apocryphal New Testament (A-Z entry)
Christian writings not included in the authoritative canon of the NT which claim to be reminiscences of the life of the young Jesus and ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Apocryphal New Testament (A-Z entry)
The title Apocryphal New Testament is commonly applied to collections of early Christian writings that were not included in the canon of authorized scripture. ...
Source: Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Ark of the Covenant (A-Z entry)
the chest ( Hebʾaron ) in the Tabernacle or Temple that contained the Pact ( Hebʿedut ) (Exod. 40.20), or the tablets (Deut. ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
B (A-Z entry)
Used in textual criticism to denote Codex Vaticanus , a 4th-cent. parchment MS of the Greek OT and most of the NT, kept in ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Barthélemy, Dominique (A-Z entry)
( 1921 – ), French epigrapher , was born in Nantes, France, on 16 May 1921 . He entered the Dominican order in 1939 ...
Source: Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Baruch, book of (A-Z entry)
A miscellaneous collection of prayers and narrative from the 2nd cent. BCE attributed to Jeremiah 's scribe Baruch. It was contained in the Greek ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Baruch, Book of (A-Z entry)
The book is named for Baruch, the son of Neriah and scribe of the prophet Jeremiah ( see Jer 32:12 ; 36:4 ). The ...
Source: Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible
Bavli, Talmud (A-Z entry)
the Babylonian Talmud; see Talmud.
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Bel and the Dragon, book of (A-Z entry)
An addition (ch. 14) found in the Greek OT to the book of Daniel; probably written in the 2nd cent. BCE , consisting of ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
The Biblical Texts and Their Background (Chapters)
The biblical writings were created over a wide expanse of time. That broad historical and cultural canvas is one important cause for the Bible's ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
books (A-Z entry)
Books of the Hebrew Bible were scrolls, wrapped round rollers ( Jer. 36: 2 ) and unrolled for the appropriate place ( Luke 4: ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
bulla (A-Z entry)
a clay seal with the impression of a signet ring or other symbol of authority.
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Byzantine text (A-Z entry)
The Greek text which was the basis of Erasmus' NT ( 1516 ) and so of the translators of the English AV of 1611 ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Cairo Genizah (A-Z entry)
The title Cairo Genizah is used to describe both the source and the contents of a collection of about 220,000 fragments of medieval Hebrew ...
Source: Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
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