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Lost or hidden books, speaks of these in D&C 91
Described as being important books for filling in the blanks in the Bible
Include the Macabees |
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| The two great Eastern empires before which all the old states of Syria and Palestine fell |
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| By the Bible we mean the collection of writings that contain the records of divine revelationThe Bible is the work of many prophets and inspired writers acting under the influence of the same Holy Spirit; but at the same time it came into being “in many parts and in many modes,” by a gradual growth extending over many centuries, and we can see in the books themselves evidence of the varied conditions of time and place and thought under which they were composed. |
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| The honor of making the first translation of the Bible into English from the languages in which it was originally written belongs to William Tindale, born about 1490. He studied first at Oxford and then at Cambridge, where Erasmus was then lecturing. Erasmus was the editor of the first printed edition of the Greek N.T., published in 1516. In 1525 we find Tindale at Cologne, engaged in printing a quarto edition of the N.T. in English translated from Erasmus’s edition of the Greek text. When about ten sheets were printed his plan was discovered, and an interdict was placed on the work. On this Tindale fled to Worms, carrying with him the sheets already printed, and there published an octavo edition of 3,000 copies. A fragment of one of the sheets printed at Cologne is now in the British Museum. A complete copy of the Worms edition is preserved at the Baptist College, Bristol. They were proscribed by the authorities of the Church of England and copies were burned when discovered. Tindale was still engaged on his translation of the O.T. when he was put to death for heresy in 1536. |
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| A manuscript volume of ancient biblical text. |
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significant rolls of leather and a few copper manuscripts were found preserved in earthen jars in some dark caves. The contents of the scrolls are interesting to historians, textual critics, and readers of the Bible. |
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| The name is first found in Gen. 14:13, where it may mean “one who had come from beyond (the Euphrates), |
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| Italics. In the KJV italics identify words that are necessary in English to round out and complete the sense of a phrase, but were not present in the Hebrew or Greek text of the manuscript used. |
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| . From the Hebrew masora, meaning traditional. The traditional Hebrew text of the Old Testament was the result of the standardization and stabilization begun by the council of Jamnia, held about A.D.90. See Jamnia. The O.T. of the KJV uses the Masoretic text. |
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| . A book in ancient times was usually written on parchment or papyrus in a series of parallel columns, which answered to the pages of a modern book. At each end, and parallel to the columns, was a stick around which the skin or papyrus was rolled, the reader as he went along unrolling one end and rolling up the other. |
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| . A roll of leather or papyrus used for writing. Rolls were made by sewing sheets together to make a long strip. Some rolls became very long, exceeding 100 feet. They were usually from 9 to 11 inches high. Rolls were generally wound around a stick and, as used, would be unwound from one stick onto another. |
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| The Greek translation of the O.T. (so called because Jewish tradition said it was made in 70 days by 72 elders sent from Jerusalem) made in the first instance for the use of Greek-speaking Jews living in Alexandria in the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus (284–246 B.C.), though parts were not finished till the middle of the second century B.C. |
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