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61education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …
62Matthew 23 — 1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.… …
63scribe — In ancient Mesopotamia, as well as in Egypt and several other ancient societies, an individual who possessed the ability to read and write and usually used these skills in some professional capacity. The Su merian word for scribe was dubsar;… …
64BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …
65Illuminated manuscript — In the strictest definition of illuminated manuscript, only manuscripts with gold or silver, like this miniature of Christ in Majesty from the Aberdeen Bestiary (folio 4v), would be considered illuminated. An illuminated manuscript is a… …
66Nippur — Tell Nuffar Localisation Pays  Irak …
67BABYLONE — Babylone, qui doit à son prestige un passé légendaire et une étymologie «populaire» (Babylone, Porte du dieu), avait une réalité politique. Elle apparaît brusquement comme une grande ville, et, de 1894 à 301 environ avant J. C., des Amorrites aux …
68EDUCATION, JEWISH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline. Bibliography at the end of a section is indicated by (†). in the biblical period the nature of the sources historical survey the patriarchal period and the settlement the kingdom the… …
69SCRIBE — The Hebrew term for scribe is sofer, a participle form of the root spr, meaning to count. It is a Canaanite word, appearing in Ugarit (rb spr, chief scribe ) as well as a loanword in an Egyptian text – sofer yodeʿa, i.e., wise scribe (Papyrus… …
70Ancient Egypt — was an ancient civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern nation of Egypt. The civilization began around 3150 BC [Only after 664 BC are dates secure. See Egyptian… …
