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       Copyright

       Abbreviations and Terms

       Measures

       Hebrew Calendar

       Preface

COPYRIGHT

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ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS

      Aram Aramaic

      BCE Before the Common Era; traditionally BC: before Christ

      CE Common Era; traditionally Anno Domini: year since the Lord's birth

      cf compare

      chap chapter

      DSS Dead Sea Scrolls found at Qumran

      (1QIsaa) Isaiah scroll a in Cave 1 of the Dead Sea Scrolls

      (1QDeutb) Deuteronomy scroll b in Cave 1 of the Dead Sea Scrolls

      (4QDeutb) Deuteronomy scroll b in Cave 4 of the Dead Sea Scrolls

      (4QDeuth) Deuteronomy scroll h in Cave 4 of the Dead Sea Scrolls

      (4QDeutj) Deuteronomy scroll j in Cave 4 of the Dead Sea Scrolls

      (4QDeutq) Deuteronomy scroll q in Cave 4 of the Dead Sea Scrolls

      (4QPhyln) Phylactery scroll n in Cave 4 of the Dead Sea Scrolls

      (4QSama) Samuel scroll a in Cave 4 of the Dead Sea Scrolls

      (4QSamb) Samuel scroll b in Cave 4 of the Dead Sea Scrolls

      (4QSamc) Samuel scroll c in Cave 4 of the Dead Sea Scrolls

      (4QTest) Testimonia in Cave 4 of the Dead Sea Scrolls

      (8QMez) Mezuza scroll in Cave 8 of the Dead Sea Scrolls

      (11QPsa) Psalms scroll a in Cave 11 of the Dead Sea Scrolls

      Eth Ethiopic translation of 2 Esdras in the Ge'ez language

      Gk Greek

      Gk uncertain The meaning of the Greek text is uncertain.

      Heb Hebrew

      Heb uncertain The meaning of the Hebrew text is uncertain.

      Josephus Ant. Works of Flavius Josephus: Antiquities of the Jews

      Kethib Aramaic term meaning what is written (the written consonantal text)

      Lat Latin

      LXX Septuagint; Greek translation of Hebrew Bible by seventy translators

      LXXA In Samuel, the Greek uncial Alexandrinus

      LXXB In Samuel, the Greek uncial Vaticanus

      LXXL In Samuel, Lucianic Greek manuscripts

      LXXM In Samuel, the Greek uncial Coislinianus

      LXXN In Samuel, the Greek uncials Basilianus and Vaticanus

      LXX1 In Tobit, the Greek uncial Sinaiticus

      LXX2 In Tobit, the Greek uncials Alexandrinus and Vaticanus

      LXXa in Sirach the Greek uncials Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, and Vaticanus

      LXXb In Sirach the Origenic and Lucianic Greek manuscripts

      MT Masoretic Text; the Hebrew Bible

      NT New Testament

      OL Old Latin; manuscripts in Latin prior to the Vulgate

      OT Old Testament

      pl plural

      Qere Aramaic term meaning what is read aloud (the vocalized text)

      Sam Samaritan Hebrew text of the Old Testament

      Selah Musical direction of uncertain meaning found in Psalms

      Sym Greek version of the Old Testament translated by Symmachus

      Syr Syriac, a translation known as the Peshitta in a dialect of the Aramaic language

      Tg Targum; Aramaic translation of Hebrew Bible

      Vulg Vulgate; standardized Latin version of the Bible

Measures

      Capacity and linear measures

      ammah length of a forearm, standardized at eighteen inches; traditionally a cubit

      bath a liquid measure approximately equivalent to twenty quarts

      ephah a dry measure for flour or grains, approximately twenty quarts (five gallons)

      etsbah length of the finger or thumb; traditionally a fingerbreadth

      hin a liquid measure for wine or water, approximately one gallon

      homer the largest dry measure, fifty gallons, equivalent to ten ephah

      issaron one-tenth of an unknown weight; possibly an equivalent for omer

      kab an unknown measure in 2 Kgs 6:25

      kor a dry measure for grain, possibly equal to a homer; approximately fifty gallons as a liquid measure in Ezekiel

      litra a Roman pound equal to approximately twelve ounces dry

      log a liquid measure for oil in Leviticus, approximately two-thirds of a pint

      metretes a liquid measure of approximately ten gallons

      milion a mile; a Roman mile was 1,000 paces or approximately 4,855 feet

      omer one-tenth of an ephah or two quarts dry

      pechon approximately eighteen inches;

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