wisdom of jesus the son of sirach

  • 31apocrypha — /euh pok reuh feuh/, n. (often used with a sing. v.) 1. (cap.) a group of 14 books, not considered canonical, included in the Septuagint and the Vulgate as part of the Old Testament, but usually omitted from Protestant editions of the Bible. See… …

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  • 32Sir. — Sir. (Bible) abbrev (the Apocryphal Book of) Wisdom of Jesus the son of Sirach (also called Ecclesiasticus) * * * abbr. (in biblical references) Sirach (Apocrypha) …

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  • 33Ec|cle|si|as|ti|cus — «ih KLEE zee AS tuh kuhs», noun. a book of proverbs included in the Douay Version of the Bible and in the Apocrypha. Also called “The Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach.” Abbr: Ecclus …

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  • 34Ecclesiasticus — /əˈkliziˌæstəkəs/ (say uh kleezee.astuhkuhs) noun a book included in the Old Testament in some versions of the Bible called also The Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach …

  • 35Sir. — Sir. abbr. Bible Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach. * * * …

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  • 36Thirty-Nine Articles — The Thirty Nine Articles of Religion were established in 1563, and are the historic defining statements of Anglican doctrine in relation to the controversies of the English Reformation; especially in the relation of Calvinist doctrine and Roman… …

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  • 37ИИСУСА, СЫНА СИРАХОВА, КНИГА — [Книга премудрости Иисуса, сына Сирахова], в православной Церкви относится к неканоническим книгам ВЗ (входит в разд. учительных книг), в католич. Церкви к девтероканоническим (второканоническим), в протестантизме к ветхозаветным апокрифам. По… …

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  • 38Ben Sira — was the author of the deuterocanonical book Sirach.His nameThe evidence seems to show that the author s name was Shimon (Simon), son of Yeshua (Jesus/Joshua), son of Eleazar, son of Sira. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05263a.htm] In the Greek… …

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  • 39ECCLESIASTICUS —    one of the books of the Apocrypha, ascribed to Jesus, the son of Sirach, admitted to the sacred canon by the Council of Trent, though excluded by the Jews. It contains a body of wise maxims, in imitation, as regards matter as well as form, of… …

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  • 40BIBLE — 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 …

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