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| | |  1 Maccabees: Encyclopedia II - 1 Maccabees - Transmission, language and author
The text comes to us in three codices of the Septuagint, the Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Venetus, as well as some cursives.
Though the original book was written in Hebrew, as can be deduced by a number of Hebrew idioms in the text, the original has been lost and the version which comes down to us is a pre-Christian Greek translation. Some authors date the original Hebrew text even closer to the events covered, while a few suggest a date even later. Because of the accuracy of the historical account, if the later date is taken, the author would have to have had acc ...
See also:1 Maccabees, 1 Maccabees - Form, 1 Maccabees - Transmission, language and author, 1 Maccabees - External references Read more here: » 1 Maccabees: Encyclopedia II - 1 Maccabees - Transmission, language and author |
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| | | | 1 Maccabees: Encyclopedia II - 1 Maccabees - Transmission language and author The text comes to us in three codices of the Septuagint, the Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Venetus, as well as some cursives.
Though the original book was written in Hebrew, as can be deduced by a number of Hebrew idioms in the text, the original has been lost and the version which comes down to us is a pre-Christian Greek translation. Some authors date the original Hebrew text even closer to the events covered, while a few suggest a date even later. Because of the accuracy of the historical account, if the later date is taken, the author would have to have had acce ...
See also:1 Maccabees, 1 Maccabees - Form, 1 Maccabees - Transmission language and author, 1 Maccabees - External references Read more here: » 1 Maccabees: Encyclopedia II - 1 Maccabees - Transmission language and author |
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| | | | 1 Maccabees: Encyclopedia II - Jaffa - History
Jaffa - Name sources.
Jaffa (or Yaffo) is one of the most ancient port cities in the world. Some claim that Jaffa was named after Japheth, one of the three sons of Noah, who built it after the Great Flood. A Hebrew etymology indicates that the city is called Jaffa because of its beauty (yofi in Hebrew). The Hellenist tradition links the name to "Iopeia", which is Cassiopeia, the mother of Andromeda. However the Hellenist accounting for the name dates from hundreds of years after the original naming.
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See also:Jaffa, Jaffa - History, Jaffa - Name sources, Jaffa - Ancient period, Jaffa - Medieval period, Jaffa - The Ottoman period, Jaffa - Under the British mandate, Jaffa - The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Jaffa - Modern Jaffa, Jaffa - Restoration of the Old City, Jaffa - Jaffa Beyond the Old City, Jaffa - Places to see, Jaffa - Footnotes Read more here: » Jaffa: Encyclopedia II - Jaffa - History |
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| | | | 1 Maccabees: Encyclopedia - Hanukkah Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights or Festival of Dedication, is an eight day Jewish holiday that starts on the 25th day of Kislev, which generally is in December, or sometimes, late November. The festival is observed in Jewish homes by the kindling of lights on each of the festival's eight nights, one on the first night, two on the second night and so on.
In Hebrew script, the word Hanukkah is written חנכה, ḥănukkāh, or חנוכה, Including:
Read more here: » Hanukkah: Encyclopedia - Hanukkah |
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