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  2. Biblical languages - Wikipedia

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    Biblical languages are any of the languages employed in the original writings of the Bible.Some debate exists as to which language is the original language of a particular passage, and about whether a term has been properly translated from an ancient language into modern editions of the Bible.

  3. Biblical Hebrew orthography - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew Bible was presumably originally written in a more defective orthography than found in any of the texts known today. [33] Of the extant textual witnesses of the Hebrew Bible, the Masoretic text is generally the most conservative in its use of matres lectionis , with the Samaritan Pentateuch and its forebears being more full and the ...

  4. Phonics - Wikipedia

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    Reading by using phonics is often referred to as decoding words, sounding-out words or using print-to-sound relationships.Since phonics focuses on the sounds and letters within words (i.e. sublexical), [13] it is often contrasted with whole language (a word-level-up philosophy for teaching reading) and a compromise approach called balanced literacy (the attempt to combine whole language and ...

  5. Why the pronoun 'he' makes this Bible on display in Shawnee ...

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    A historic holy book known for its unique use of a particular pronoun will be on display at an art museum in Shawnee. The 1613 "Great He Bible" will be part of an exhibit at the Mabee-Gerrer ...

  6. Language of the New Testament - Wikipedia

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    Whereas the Classical Greek city states used different dialects of Greek, a common standard, called Koine (κοινή "common"), developed gradually in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC as a consequence of the formation of larger political structures (like the Greek colonies, Athenian Empire, and the Macedonian Empire) and a more intense cultural exchange in the Aegean area, or in other words the ...

  7. Not just a book: What is a Gutenberg Bible? And why is it ...

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    Back in the 1450s, when the Bible became the first major work printed in Europe with moveable metal type, Johannes Gutenberg was a man with a plan. The German inventor decided to make the most of ...

  8. Biblical Hebrew - Wikipedia

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    Biblical Hebrew (Hebrew: עִבְרִית מִקְרָאִית ‎, romanized: ʿiḇrîṯ miqrāʾîṯ (Ivrit Miqra'it) ⓘ or לְשׁוֹן הַמִּקְרָא ‎, ləšôn ham-miqrāʾ (Leshon ha-Miqra) ⓘ), also called Classical Hebrew, is an archaic form of the Hebrew language, a language in the Canaanitic branch of the Semitic languages spoken by the Israelites in the area known as ...

  9. Bible - Wikipedia

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    The Bible [a] is a collection of religious texts and scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, and partly in Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms) originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. The texts ...