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CHALDEE PARAPHRASE In the rabbinical style, is called Targum. There are three Chaldee paraphrases in Walton’s Polyglot: viz. 1.of Onkelos; 2.of Jonathan, son of Uziel; 3.of Jerusalem. See BIBLE, sect. 19, and TARGUM. Fuente: Theological Dictionary

Chaldee Language SEE SHEMITIC LANGUAGES. is the name by which the elder or Eastern form of the Aramaic idiom is generally distinguished (see the Introd. to Winer’s Chald, Grammn. 2d ed. tr. by Prof. Hackett, N. Y. 1851, p. 9 sq.). Whether there is any authority in the Old Testament for applying this designation to … Continue reading “Chaldee language”

CHALDEE See LANGUAGE. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Chaldeans, Or Chaldaean Christians a name by which the Nestorians (q.v.) call themselves. More commonly it is used to designate that portion of the Nestorians who have acknowledged the supremacy of the Pope. The writings of Ibas, bishop of Odessa, and the activity of the school of Odessa, disseminated the Nestorian doctrines in Mesopotamia, Assyria, … Continue reading “Chaldeans, Or Chaldaean Christians”

Chaldeans, Chaldees [Chalde’ans]. After the mention of Ur of the Chaldees in Gen 11:28; Gen 11:31; Gen 15:7; and the Chaldeans who fell upon Job’s camels (Job 1:17) we do not read of them for some fifteen hundred years, when God sent them to punish Judah. 2Ki 24:2. Then, however, they cannot be distinguished from … Continue reading “Chaldeans, Chaldees”

Chaldeans (Wise men) These are mentioned repeatedly in Daniel along with magicians, astrologers, and soothsayers. These Chaldeans were a particular class of learned men, forming with others the Magi, or wise men of Babylon. In Dan 5:11 it is said that Daniel had been made ‘master’ of them, doubtless because it had been discovered that … Continue reading “Chaldeans (Wise men)”

CHALDEANS This name is taken, 1. For the people of Chaldea, and the subjects of that empire generally; 2. For philosophers, naturalists, or soothsayers, whose principal employment was the study of mathematics and astrology, by which they pretended to foretell the destiny of men born under certain constellations.The Chaldeans were originally a warlike people, who … Continue reading “CHALDEANS”

Chaldean Rite Also known as the East Syrian, Assyrian, or Persian Rite, the liturgy used by the Uniat East Syrians and Nestorians. The language is old Syriac. There are three Anaphoras (Canons) used: the first, called that of the Apostles (Saints Addeus and Maris), is the normal one; the other two, that of Nestorius and … Continue reading “Chaldean Rite”

Chaldean Philosophy claims attention on account of its very high antiquity. The most ancient people, next to the Hebrews, among the eastern nations, who appear to have been acquainted with philosophy, in its more general sense, were the Chaldeans; for though the Egyptians have pretended that the Chaldeans were an Egyptian colony, and that they … Continue reading “Chaldean Philosophy”

Chaldean Language At Babylon Daniel and his companions had to acquire ‘the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans,’ that is, their ancient literature and language. Dan 1:4. The question is what was that language? In Dan 2:4 we find that the wise men answered the king in the Syriac language, that is Aramaic: cf. … Continue reading “Chaldean Language”