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Letters . Epistolography simply means “letter writing.” The Egyptians began to send one another letters almost as soon as they learned to wri… Letters , Letters
Nineteenth-century letters may be defined as handwritten messages, usually inscribed with pencil or ink on paper and sent to specific persons… Gematria , GEMATRIA (from Gr. γεωμετρία), one of the aggadic hermeneutical rules for interpreting the Torah (*Baraita of 32 Rules, no. 29). It consists of expla… literal , lit·er·al / ˈlitərəl; ˈlitrəl/ • adj. 1. taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory: dreadful in its literal sense,… form letter , form letter A letter that is to be sent to a number of different destinations with only minor differences in each copy, such as the date, address, sa… Paleography , paleography (pālēŏg´rəfē) [Gr.,=early writing], term generally meaning all study and interpretation of old ways of recording language. In a narrower…
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