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Biblia pauperum
Biblia pauperum (Latin: ‘poor man's bible’). A type of late medieval picture book for elementary instruction about the Bible, showing in pictures (with short explanatory texts) how the principal events from the life of Christ are prefigured in the Old Testament (see typology); in... Read more |
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Lot (Bible)
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George Henry Borrow
George Henry Borrow 1803-81, English writer and traveler. He led a nomadic life in England and on the Continent, where he was a translator and agent for the British and Foreign Bible Society. His friendship with the Gypsies, whose language he learned, resulted in The Zincali;... Read more |
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Bible societies
Bible societies a movement formed for the translation, printing, and dissemination of the Holy Scriptures; for much of its history it was predominantly Protestant, but there now is considerable Roman Catholic and Orthodox involvement. The Canstein Bible Society established (1710) by Baron von... Read more |
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Jeremiah (Bible prophet)
Jeremiah , in the Bible. 1 Prophet of the book of Jeremiah . 2 Father-in-law of Josiah. 3 Rechabite contemporary with Jeremiah the prophet. 4, 5, 6 Three who joined David at Ziklag.... Read more |
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Mazarin Bible
Mazarin Bible , considered to be the first important work printed by Gutenberg and the earliest book printed from movable types. The Bible, printed at Mainz, probably required several years of work; it was completed not later than 1455 and printed in an edition of about 180 copies. The text of the... Read more |
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Doves Press
Doves Press , one of the leaders in the revival of the art and craft of making books that occurred in the late 19th and early 20th cent. It was founded at Hammersmith, London, in 1900 by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker, both of whom had been associated with William Morris in the work of the ... Read more |
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Rehum
Rehum , in the Bible. 1 One of the returning exiles. He is also called Nehum. 2 Samaritan official who obstructed work on the Temple. 3 Sealer of the Covenant. 4 Levite who worked to rebuild Jerusalem. 5 Same as Harim 1.... Read more |
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Thomas Charles
Thomas Charles 1755-1814, Welsh nonconformist clergyman. He was brought up under Methodist influence, attended Oxford (1775-78), and was ordained in the Church of England. He held curacies in Somersetshire but resigned them and returned to Bala, Wales, where in 1784 he joined the Calvinistic... Read more |
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Miles Coverdale
Miles Coverdale 1488-1569, b. Yorkshire. English translator of the Bible , educated at Cambridge. Coverdale was ordained (1514) and entered the house of Augustinian friars at Cambridge. After developing an appreciation of Martin Luther he became an advocate of ecclesiastical reform. Forced (1528)... Read more |
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