{"query": "Easton: Maccabees, Books of the", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_e3616f871091", "title": "Easton: Maccabees, Books of the", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "There were originally five books of the Maccabees. The first contains a history of the war of independence, commencing (B.C. 175) in a series of patriotic struggles against the tyranny of Antiochus Ep"}, {"id": "card_n_d80fbe8b0d63", "title": "Easton: Apocrypha", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Hidden, spurious, the name given to certain ancient books which found a place in the LXX. and Latin Vulgate versions of the Old Testament, and were appended to all the great translations made from the"}, {"id": "card_n_048bd5e3c62d", "title": "Easton: Samuel, Books of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The LXX. translators regarded the books of Samuel and of Kings as forming one continuous history, which they divided into four books, which they called “Books of the Kingdom.” The Vulgate version foll"}, {"id": "card_n_ac7a1b4d5c0d", "title": "Easton: Kings, The Books of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. The present division into two books was first made by the LXX., which now, with the Vulgate, numbers them as the third a"}, {"id": "card_n_3f25971a39e2", "title": "Easton: Chronicles, Books of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., “Acts of the Days.” This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version “Chronicon,” and hence "}, {"id": "card_n_8d4a34825837", "title": "Easton: Pentateuch", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The five-fold volume, consisting of the first five books of the Old Testament. This word does not occur in Scripture, nor is it certainly known when the roll was thus divided into five portions Genesi"}, {"id": "card_n_071a7af4a84a", "title": "Easton: Bible", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Bible, the English form of the Greek name Biblia, meaning “books,” the name which in the fifth century began to be given to the entire collection of sacred books, the “Library of Divine Revelation.” T"}, {"id": "card_n_23ddfa0652b0", "title": "Easton: Acts of the Apostles", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The title now given to the fifth and last of the historical books of the New Testament. The author styles it a “treatise” (1:1). It was early called “The Acts,” “The Gospel of the Holy Ghost,” and “Th"}, {"id": "card_n_c4daf1711ed6", "title": "Easton: Genesis", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The five books of Moses were collectively called the Pentateuch, a word of Greek origin meaning “the five-fold book.” The Jews called them the Torah, i.e., “the law.” It is probable that the division "}, {"id": "card_n_fdff2a158d3f", "title": "Easton: Numbers, Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The fourth of the books of the Pentateuch, called in the Hebrew be-midbar, i.e., “in the wilderness.” In the LXX. version it is called “Numbers,” and this name is now the usual title of the book. It i"}, {"id": "card_n_b5ad3d476485", "title": "Easton: Writing", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The art of writing must have been known in the time of the early Pharaohs. Moses is commanded “to write for a memorial in a book” (Ex. 17:14) a record of the attack of Amalek. Frequent mention is afte"}, {"id": "card_n_2e39054b9b10", "title": "Easton: Canon", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This word is derived from a Hebrew and Greek word denoting a reed or cane. Hence it means something straight, or something to keep straight; and hence also a rule, or something ruled or measured. It c"}, {"id": "card_n_2288684e8c31", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_07_014: Again I read there, that God the Word was born not of flesh nor of blood, nor...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Again I read there, that God the Word was born not of flesh nor of blood, nor of the will of man, nor of the will of the flesh, but of God. But that the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, I read"}, {"id": "card_n_83b4f42beff5", "title": "Easton: Chapter", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The several books of the Old and New Testaments were from an early time divided into chapters. The Pentateuch was divided by the ancient Hebrews into 54 parshioth or sections, one of which was read in"}, {"id": "card_n_5f4892307928", "title": "Easton: Maccabees", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This word does not occur in Scripture. It was the name given to the leaders of the national party among the Jews who suffered in the persecution under Antiochus Epiphanes, who succeeded to the Syrian "}, {"id": "card_c_3667a80f1193", "title": "Easton: Maccabees, Books of the references Apocrypha", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Apocrypha (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_bfaecb3413ea", "title": "Easton: Maccabees, Books of the references Jerusalem", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Jerusalem (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_n_9775ad62bc60", "title": "Easton: Kirjath-sepher", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "City of books, Josh. 15:15; same as Kirjath-sannah (q.v.), now represented by the valley of ed-Dhaberiyeh, south-west of Hebron. The name of this town is an evidence that the Canaanites were acquainte"}, {"id": "card_n_b10c5206da6e", "title": "Easton: Gog", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) A Reubenite (1 Chr. 5:4), the father of Shimei. (2.) The name of the leader of the hostile party described in Ezek. 38, 39, as coming from the “north country” and assailing the people of Israel t"}, {"id": "card_n_2acf4e5828ab", "title": "Easton: Ruth The Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Was originally a part of the Book of Judges, but it now forms one of the twenty-four separate books of the Hebrew Bible. The history it contains refers to a period perhaps about one hundred and twenty"}]}