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The Book of Tobit

Tobit Ch. 1: The book of the words of Tobit, son of Tobiel… Ch. 2: Now when I was come home again, and my wife Anna… Ch. 3: Then I being grieved did weep, and in my sorrow… Ch. 4: In that day…

The Book of Wisdom

Wisdom Ch. 1: Love righteousness, ye that be judges of… Ch. 2: For the ungodly said, reasoning with themselves… Ch. 3: But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of… Ch. 4: Better it is to…

The Book of Zechariah

Zechariah Ch. 1: In the eighth month, in the second year of… Ch. 2: I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked… Ch. 3: And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing… Ch. 4: And the angel that…

The Book of Zephaniah

Zephaniah Ch. 1: The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah… Ch. 2: Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together… Ch. 3: Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to… Select…

Books of the Bible: Old Testament Books in Order

Top of Page As a religious canon or collection of scriptures for the Christian faithful, the books of the Bible are important. The Old Testament and Hebrew Scriptures explore a wide period of human…

Book of Common Prayer

(Encyclopedia) Book of Common Prayer, title given to the service book used in the Church of England and in other churches of the Anglican Communion. The first complete English Book of Common Prayer…

Grossman, David

(Encyclopedia) Grossman, David, 1954–, Israeli writer and peace activist, b. Jerusalem. He is widely recognized as the finest novelist in the generation that followed Amos Oz and A. B. Yehoshua. The…

Franzen, Jonathan

(Encyclopedia) Franzen, Jonathan, 1959–, American novelist, b. Western Springs, Ill., B.A. Swarthmore College, 1981. His first two novels, The Twenty-Seventh City (1988) and Strong Motion (1992),…

Harpestreng, Henrik

(Encyclopedia) Harpestreng, Henrik, or Henricus Dacus, d. 1244, Danish herbalist and medical writer. He probably studied at the medical school in Salerno, and was a canon at Roskilde Cathedral, then…