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A preface (/ ˈ p r ɛ f ə s /) or proem (/ ˈ p r oʊ ɛ m /) is an introduction to a book or other literary work written by the work's author. An introductory essay written by a different person is a foreword [contradictory] and precedes an author's preface. The preface often closes with acknowledgments of those who assisted in the literary ...
The foreword to Men I Have Painted, by John McLure Hamilton; 1921 Foreword, to a 1900 book in German. A foreword is a (usually short) piece of writing, sometimes placed at the beginning of a book or other piece of literature. Typically written by someone other than the primary author of the work, it often tells of some interaction between the ...
Chapter and verse divisions did not appear in the original texts of Jewish or Christian bibles; such divisions form part of the paratext of the Bible. Since the early 13th century, most copies and editions of the Bible have presented all but the shortest of the scriptural books with divisions into chapters, generally a page or so in length ...
The deuterocanonical books include: Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus and Baruch. The deuterocanonical books are books constituting a second canon.
The Hebrew Bible counts Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles as one book each, the 12 minor prophets are one book, and also Ezra and Nehemiah form a single book. The differences between the modern Hebrew Bible and other versions of the Old Testament such as the Samaritan Pentateuch, the Syriac Peshitta, the Latin Vulgate, the Greek Septuagint, the ...
New American Bible New American Bible Revised Edition Leviticus 2:1 "When anyone wishes to bring a cereal offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour." Leviticus 2:1 "When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, the offering must consist of bran flour." Isaiah 49:24 "Thus says the LORD: Can booty be taken from a warrior?"
Paratext is most often associated with books, as they typically include a cover (with associated cover art), title, front matter (dedication, opening information, foreword, epigraph), back matter (endpapers, indexes, and colophons) footnotes, and many other materials not crafted by the author. Other editorial decisions can also fall into the ...
Initially named Peter in the books (likely renamed to avoid having the same name as Juliette's father), Paul's condition adds depth to the character by having him withhold this information for ...