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Book of Revelation Protestant name for the Apocalypse . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Book of Ruth One of the proto-canonical writings of the Old Testament, containing a beautifully written story of a family of Bethlehem in the time of the Judges. Elimelech, under the pressure of famine, left Bethlehem with his wife Noemi and his two sons, to settle in the land of Moab. The sons there married … Continue reading “Book of Ruth”

Book of Remembrance re-membrans ( , sepher zikkaron, book of record): Is related in meaning to the Book of Life. It refers to a list of the righteous, recorded in a book that lies before God (Mal 3:16; compare Dan 7:10). See BOOK OF LIFE. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Book of Psalms A collection of Divinely inspired hymns or poems in the Canon of the Old Testament as accepted by Jews and Christians; also known as the Psalter of David of 150 Psalms (Council of Trent). Psalm is from psalmos, the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew Mizmor (the title prefixed to 57 hymns in … Continue reading “Book of Psalms”

Book of Proverbs One of the Sapiential writings of the Old Testament placed in the Vulgate after the Psalms, in the Hebrew among the Sacred Writings. According to the official edition of the Vulgate, the Hebrews called it Misle. The Latin term Proverbium implies a sententious expression of a practical truth. The Hebrew Misle indicates … Continue reading “Book of Proverbs”

Book of Osee (Hebrew: deliverance) One of the minor prophets whose career is known only by his prophecy. The introductory verses record that he carried on his ministry during the reigns of the Judean kings Ozias, Joathan, Achaz and Ezechias; and in the days of Jeroboam II the son of Joas, king of Israel. Assuming … Continue reading “Book of Osee”

Book of Nahum A book of the Old Testament, written between 666 or 662 B.C., when Assurbanipal took Thebes, and the fall of Ninive (606). The author calls himself the Elcesite. The suggestion (since the 16th century) that Elcese, or Elcesai, was in Assyria, as well as the older theory that it was in Galilee … Continue reading “Book of Nahum”

Book of Noah See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Book of Martyrs, Foxe’s History of the persecution of the Reformers in England , by John Foxe (1516 -1587 ), an extreme Reformer. His work, entitled “Acts and Monuments” but popularly known as the “Book of Martyrs,” was first published, 1563 , and had numerous editions. It contains three volumes: the first deals with early … Continue reading “Book of Martyrs, Foxe’s”

Book of Life, The Registry of persons’ names as living. One (also called simply God’s book,) may be a book of those who only have a name to live, and consequently whose names may be blotted out. Exo 32:32-33; Psa 69:28; Rev 3:5; Rev 22:19. Another is a book of the saved, from which none … Continue reading “Book of Life, The”