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Scripture
Scripture. Texts regarded as sacred (usually revealed: see REVELATION), having authority and often collected into an accepted canon. Despite the origin of the word (Lat., scripto, ‘I write’), most religious scriptures began as recited texts, being preserved in orally transmitted forms: the Vedas of the Hindus were written down only because the world moved into the degenerate Kāli yuga; oral law (Torah she beʿal peh) was as much revealed on Sinai as was written Torah; the Qurʾān was not written down until after the death of Muḥammad; and the Pāli canon was not committed to writing until (theoretically) the First Council, though in fact much later. When scriptures were eventually written down, it often remained a primary religious act to recite (rather than read) scripture. The definition of scripture may be a long (and sometimes contested) process: thus the canons of Jewish and Christian scripture took many centuries to achieve; and in the Christian case, agreement has not yet been reached. The historical embeddedness of scripture (i.e. the fact that however eternal the Word may be, it is manifested in a language in the midst of time) gives a natural bias to at least a species of fundamentalism, since it relates present-day life to a supreme moment of revelation.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Scripture." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Scripture." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Scripture.html JOHN BOWKER. "Scripture." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Scripture.html |
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scripture From the Latin for ‘writing’. In Judaism the term ‘scripture’ was eventually restricted to those books in the OT which were recognized as canonical, though the content of the canon was disputed. Christians used the Greek OT and this was ‘scripture’ for them (as 1 Cor. 15: 3), but in due course Christian writings also became ‘scripture’ as the notion of the canon was formulated.
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "scripture." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "scripture." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-scripture.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "scripture." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-scripture.html |
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scrip·ture / ˈskripchər/ • n. (often Scrip·ture or Scrip·tures) the sacred writings of Christianity contained in the Bible: passages of scripture the fundamental teachings of the Scriptures. ∎ the sacred writings of another religion. |
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"scripture." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "scripture." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-scripture.html "scripture." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-scripture.html |
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Scripture
Scripture the sacred writings of Christianity contained in the Bible; also, the sacred writings of another religion. Recorded from Middle English, the word comes from Latin scriptura ‘writings’.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Scripture." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Scripture." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Scripture.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Scripture." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Scripture.html |
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"scripture." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "scripture." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-scripture.html "scripture." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-scripture.html |
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