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telling, fortune Pretense to know and tell the future. It is a system of deception by which over-curious people are led to believe, or grow apprehensive over, assurances which mimic real prophecy; this form of divination is wrong because it is an inordinate craving to know what Providence has in store for one, and because … Continue reading “telling, fortune”

Tellier, Michel Le Born 19 April, 1603; died at Paris, 30 Oct., 1685. He was commissioned by Cardinal Mazarin to organize the royal army, and having helped to appease the troubles of the Fronde, he left to his son Louvois in 1666 his duties as secretary of war. After his appointment as chancellor by Louis … Continue reading “Tellier, Michel Le”

Tellier, Michael le a Jesuit and father confessor to Louis XIV, was born at Vire, in Normandy, in 1643. He entered the Order of Jesuits in his eighteenth year, and at first devoted himself to historical studies, whose fruit was an edition of Quintus Curtius in 1678; but he eventually engaged in theology, becoming one … Continue reading “Tellier, Michael le”

Teller, Wilhelm Abraham a leading theologian of the enlightenment party of Germany in the last century, was born in 1734 at Leipsic, where his father was then professor and pastor. In 1755 he was made catechist and bachelor of theology, and began with his earliest literary production to display his sympathy with the liberal school … Continue reading “Teller, Wilhelm Abraham”

Teller, Romanus a Lutheran divine, was born Feb. 21, 1703, at Leipsic, where he also died, April 5, 1750, as doctor and professor of theology-and pastor of St. Thomas’s. He wrote, Dissertation. Sacrar. ad Caussas Hermeneut. Spectantium Decas (Lips. 1740):D. Hollaz: Examnen Theol. A croam. denuo edidit et Animadverss. auxit; Demonstratt. Homilet. theologicae (ibid. 1728); … Continue reading “Teller, Romanus”

Tell el-Amarna Tablets, The The Tell el-Amarna Tablets are a collection of some 350 clay tablets found in 1887 amid the ruins of the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaton (modern Tell el-Amarna) about midway between Memphis and Thebes. 200 of them are now in Berlin, 82 in the British Museum, 50 in Cairo, 22 in … Continue reading “Tell el-Amarna Tablets, The”

Tell El-Amarna Tablets tel-el-a-marna, I.INTRODUCTION 1.Name 2.Discovery 3.Physical Character II.EPIGRAPHICAL VALUE 1.Peculiar Cuneiform Script 2.Method of Writing Proper Names III.PHILOLOGICAL VALUE 1.Knowledge of Amorite, Hittite and Mitannian Tongues 2.Persistence of Canaanite Names to the Present Time 3.Verification of Biblical Statements concerning the Language of Canaan IV.GEOGRAPHICAL VALUE 1.Political and Ethnological Lines and Locations 2.Verification of … Continue reading “Tell El-Amarna Tablets”

Tell TELL.See Tale. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Tell See TALE. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Tell and the 2nd aorist form eipon, used to supply this tense in lego, are frequently translated “to tell,” e.g., Mat 2:13, RV, “I tell,” AV, “I bring (thee) word;” Mat 10:27. See SAY, No. 1. for which … Continue reading “Tell”

Telinga (or TELOOGOO) Version. The Telinga language is spoken within twenty- three miles of Madras, and prevails for about five hundred miles along the coast, from the vicinity of Pulicat to the borders of Orissa. The superficial extent of the entire region in which this language is predominant has been estimated at 118,610 square miles. … Continue reading “Telinga”

Telharsa, Telharesha [Tel-har’sa] [Tel-har’esha] Place from whence Jews returned from exile. Ezr 2:59; Neh 7:61. Gesenius renders the name ‘Hill of the Wood.’ Not identified. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary