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  2. Biblical poetry - Wikipedia

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    Not even the parallelismus membrorum is an absolutely certain indication of ancient Hebrew poetry. This "parallelism" occurs in the portions of the Hebrew Bible that are at the same time marked frequently by the so-called dialectus poetica; it consists in a remarkable correspondence in the ideas expressed in two successive units (hemistiches, verses, strophes, or larger units); for example ...

  3. Christian poetry - Wikipedia

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    The themes of poetry are necessarily hard to pin down, and what some see as a Christian theme or viewpoint may not be seen by others. A number of modern writers are widely considered to have Christian themes in much of their poetry, including G. K. Chesterton, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, T. S. Eliot, and Elizabeth Jennings.

  4. Christian Latin literature - Wikipedia

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    A distinction is made between ‘North African’ and ‘European’ translations on the basis of differences which appear in the authors from the respective locales. [1] Until the end of the 3rd century, the main genre was apologetics (justifications of Christianity), by writers such as Minucius Felix, Tertullian, Arnobius, and Lactantius.

  5. List of Protestant authors - Wikipedia

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    David Jeremiah (born 1941) – radio and television evangelist, pastor, and expository author from El Cajon, California; Adoniram Judson (1788–1850) – missionary to Burma; translated the Bible from English to Burmese; Benjamin Keach (1640–1704) – author of scriptural parables and catechism from Southwark, South London, England; William ...

  6. List of Hebrew-language poets - Wikipedia

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    Meir Leibush Malbim (1809-1879), notable Russian Bible commentator who wrote some poetry in Hebrew [2] Salomon Mandelkern (1846-1902), Ukrainian poet and scholar; author of the Hebrew concordance, Hekal Hakodesh [2] Mordecai Zvi Mane (1859-1886) [1] Reda Mansour; Salman Masalha; Margalit Matitiahu; Rivka Miriam; Agi Mishol (born 1947 ...

  7. Psalms - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Psalms (/ s ɑː (l) m z /, US also / s ɔː (l) m z /; [2] Biblical Hebrew: תְּהִלִּים ‎, romanized: Tehillīm, lit. 'praises'; Ancient Greek: Ψαλμός, romanized: Psalmós; Latin: Liber Psalmorum; Arabic: زَبُورُ, romanized: Zabūr), also known as the Psalter, is the first book of the third section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) called Ketuvim ('Writings ...

  8. Bible - Wikipedia

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    The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms) originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. The texts include instructions, stories, poetry, prophecies, and other genres. The collection of materials accepted as part of the Bible by a particular religious tradition or community is called a biblical canon.

  9. Authorship of the Bible - Wikipedia

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    The anonymous author of 1 Maccabees was an educated Jew and a serious historian; a date around 100 BCE is most likely. [60] 2 Maccabees is a revised and condensed version of a work by an otherwise unknown author called Jason of Cyrene, plus passages by the anonymous editor who made the condensation (called "the Epitomist"). Jason most probably ...