Septuagint, The As this version of the Old Testament is constantly referred to in biblical works, a short account of it is appended. Its name has arisen from the tradition that the translation was made by seventy Jews (or seventy-two, six out of each of the twelve tribes); but this is considered improbable. It is … Continue reading “Septuagint, The”
Septuagint, Talmudic Notices Concerning The
Septuagint, Talmudic Notices Concerning The It is strange that the writers of the art. SEPTUAGINT in Smith’s Dict. of the Bible and in Kitto’s Cyclop. should not have mentioned the notices we find concerning that version in the Talmud and other Jewish writings. It is true that in Kitto we find it stated, It is … Continue reading “Septuagint, Talmudic Notices Concerning The”
Septuagint, Linguistic Character Of The
Septuagint, Linguistic Character Of The The language of the Sept., from its close connection with that of the New Test., has been a fruitful source of discussion, and various theories on the subject have been maintained with considerable vehemence. Thus Isaac Vossius maintained that the Alexandrian Jews were studious of Attic Greek. Scaliger used the … Continue reading “Septuagint, Linguistic Character Of The”
Septuagint Chronology
SEPTUAGINT CHRONOLOGY The chronology which is formed from the dates and periods of time mentioned in the Septuagint translation of the Old Testament. It reckons 1500 years more from the creation to Abraham than the Hebrew Bible. Dr. Kennicott, in the dissertation prefixed to his Hebrew Bible, has shown it to be very probable that … Continue reading “Septuagint Chronology”
Septuagint
SEPTUAGINT The seventy, is the name of the most ancient Greek version of the Old Testament, and is so called because there were said to have been seventy translators.The accounts of its origin disagree, but it should probably be assigned to the third century before Christ. This ancient version contains many errors, and yet as … Continue reading “Septuagint”
Septuagesima Sunday
Septuagesima Sunday (Latin: seventieth) Within the seventh decade, or space of 70 days, before Easter; marking the, beginning of the penitential season with the wearing of purple vestments and the omission of the Alleluia. In earlier days a part of the week Was given to fasting and abstinence in preparation for the more rigid observance … Continue reading “Septuagesima Sunday”
Septuagesima
SEPTUAGESIMA The third Sunday before the first Sunday in Lent; so called because it was about 70 days before Easter. Fuente: Theological Dictionary Septuagesima (Lat. septuagesima, the seventieth). Septuagesima is the ninth Sunday before Easter, the third before Lent known among the Greeks as “Sunday of the Prodigal” from the Gospel, Luke, xv, which they … Continue reading “Septuagesima”
Septimontium
Septimontium a Roman festival which was held in the month of December, and lasted only for a single day. The day of the Septimontium was a dies feriatus for the Montani, or the inhabitants of the seven ancient hills, who offered sacrifices to the gods in their several districts. They were believed to have been … Continue reading “Septimontium”
Septimius Severus
Septimius Severus Roman emperor. Born in 146 in Leptis Magna, Africa; died in York, England in 211. Legate of the fourth legion on the Euphrates and later governor of Upper Pannonia. Proclaimed emperor by the Danube legions in 193. At the battle near Lyons in 197, he conquered his rival Albinus. Severus labored to reorganize … Continue reading “Septimius Severus”
Septimana in Albis
Septimana in Albis (sevenfold in white) is the name frequently given to the first week in Whitsuntide with reference to the state of the newly baptized, who wore their white robes of baptism during that time. SEE ALB. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature