(the book of) nehemiah
91Esdras, First Book of — ▪ apocryphal work also called Greek Ezra , abbreviation I Esdras apocryphal work that was included in the canon of the Septuagint (the Greek version of the Hebrew Bible) but is not part of any modern biblical canon; it is called Greek… …
92Development of the New Testament canon — For the Jewish canon, see Development of the Jewish Bible canon. For the Old Testament canon, see Development of the Old Testament canon. Part of a series on …
93Dating the Bible — Part of a series on The Bible …
94JONAH, BOOK OF — (Heb. יוֹנָה), the fifth in the collection of the 12 short prophetic books (minor prophets ). Unlike the other books of this collection the Book of Jonah contains a prophecy of only five words (3:4); the rest of the book is a story about Jonah… …
95Esther, Book of — ▪ Old Testament Old Testament book that belongs to the third section of the Judaic biblical canon, known as the Ketuvim, or “Writings.” In the Jewish Bible, Esther follows Ecclesiastes and Lamentations and is read on the festival of Purim (q.v.) …
96Jonah, Book of — ▪ Old Testament also spelled Jonas, the fifth of 12 Old Testament books that bear the names of the Minor Prophets, embraced in a single book, The Twelve, in the Jewish canon. Unlike other Old Testament prophetic books, Jonah is not a… …
97MACCABEES, FIRST BOOK OF — (I Maccabees), a historical work extant in Greek, covering the period of 40 years from the accession of Antiochus Epiphanes (175 B.C.E.) to the death of Simeon the Hasmonean (135 B.C.E.). Its name in the Septuagint and in the writings of the… …
98History of the Irish language — fol. 170r of the Book of Ballymote (1390), the Auraicept na n Éces explaining the Ogham script. The history of the Irish language covers the period from the arrival of speakers of Celtic languages in Ireland to the present day. The earliest known …
99On the Reliability of the Old Testament — (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids and Cambridge,2003: ISBN 0 8028 4960 1) is a book by Biblical scholar and Egyptologist Kenneth Kitchen. Kitchen s intention, according to his preface, was to write a counterpart to F.F. Bruce… …
100Epistle to the Hebrews — Books of the New Testament …
