Tag: OT

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Prayer of Azariah (addition to Daniel)

Prayer of Azariah PrAzar.1 [2] Then Azariah stood and offered this prayer; in the midst of the fire he opened his mouth and said:[3] "Blessed art thou, O Lord, God of our fathers,and worthy of praise;and thy name is glorified for ever.[4] For thou art just in all that thou hast done to us,and all th...

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1 Enoch (Ethiopic Apocalypse of Enoch)

About the Book of Enoch(also referred to as "Ethiopic Enoch" or "1 Enoch") The Book of Enoch (also known as 1 Enoch) was once cherished by Jews and Christians alike, this book later fell into disfavor with powerful theologians–precisely because of its controversial statements on the nature and deeds...

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Letter of Aristeas, The

R.H. Charles-EditorOxford: The Clarendon Press, 1913 SINCE I have collected Material for a memorable history of my visit to Eleazar the High priest of the Jews, and because you, Philocrates, as you lose no opportunity of reminding me, have set great store upon receiving an account of the motives and ...

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1 Esdras

1Esdr.1 [1] Josiah kept the passover to his Lord in Jerusalem; he killed the passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month,[2] having placed the priests according to their divisions, arrayed in their garments, in the temple of the Lord.[3] And he told the Levites, the temple servants of Isr ...