Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Poetry, New Testament No one questions the presence of poetry of a high order in the Old Testament. The Study of the Old Testament as the literature of the ancient Hebrews has been critically made, and the attention of even the ordinary reader of the Scriptures called to the beauty and wealth of its poetic … Continue reading “Poetry, New Testament”

Poetry, Hebrew, of the Old Testament Since the Bible is divinely inspired, and thus becomes the “written word” of God, many devout souls are averse from handling it as literature. But such a view tends to lose sight of the second causes and human constituents without which, in fact, Holy Scripture has not been given … Continue reading “Poetry, Hebrew, of the Old Testament”

Poetry, Hebrew (Post-Biblical) In speaking of post-Biblical poetry, we mean those poetical productions which have come down to us from the so-called Sopherite Age, i.e. from about B.C. 500 to A.D. 70. Productions written after this period are properly designated by the name Neo-Hebraic Poetry. The divine service of the second Temple, under Ezra and … Continue reading “Poetry, Hebrew (Post-Biblical)”

Poetry, Hebrew We propose here to discuss only the poetical elements of the Bible, or ancient Hebrew poetry. For the sake of brevity and perspicuity, we shall treat this subject under the distinct heads of the character of Hebrew poetry, its existing remains, its classification, its history, and its literature. In doing this we treat … Continue reading “Poetry, Hebrew”

Poetry, Christian SEE HYMNOLOGY; SEE PSALMODY. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Poetry has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon, redemption, repentance are the awful themes of this heaven-born poetry.” In the Hebrew scriptures there are found three distinct kinds of poetry, (1) that of the … Continue reading “Poetry”

Poet (, a doer, as often translated) occurs but once in this sense in the Bible. Paul quotes the poet Aratuls, a native, as well as himself, of Cilicia (Act 17:28): We are the children (the race) of God. This is part of a longer passage, whose import is, We must begin from Jupiter, whom … Continue reading “Poet”

Poenitentiale Romanum a collection of rules used in the Roman Catholic Church, prescribing the time and manner of penance, the forms of prayer to be employed for the reception of those who enter upon penance, and for reconciling penitents by solemn absolution. Its history can be traced to the ninth century. SEE PENITENTIAL. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Poenitentiale Romanum”

Poemen, anchorite of Egypt Poemen (1), (, Pastor), a famous anchorite of Egypt. He retired very young into the monasteries of Scete c. 390, and continued there 70 years, dying c. 460. His Life occupies much space in Rosweyd’s Vitae Patrum, v. 15, in Patr. Lat. t. lxxiii. and in Cotelerii Monum. Eccl. Graec. t. … Continue reading “Poemen, anchorite of Egypt”

Poelenburg, Arnold a Dutch theologian, was born Sept. 12, 1628, at Horn, in the Netherlands, where he also became pastor in 1653, after having completed his studies. He removed to Rotterdam, and in 1659 became professor of theology of the Remonstrants (q.v.), and died Oct. 30, 1666. He wrote, Confutatio disputtationis F’ Spanhemii de quinque … Continue reading “Poelenburg, Arnold”