Chronicles (Paralipomenon), Books of

Chronicles (Paralipomenon), Books of
Chronicles (Paralipomenon), Books of
Two books of the Bible containing a summary of sacred history from Adam to the end of the Captivity.

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  • Paralipomenon (Chronicles) —     The Books of Paralipomenon (Chronicles)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Books of Paralipomenon (Chronicles)     (Paraleipomenon; Libri Paralipomenon).     Two books of the Bible containing a summary of sacred history from Adam to the end of …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Books of Chronicles — For other uses, see Chronicles (disambiguation). Paralipomenon redirects here. For other uses, see Paralipomena (disambiguation). Hebrew Bible …   Wikipedia

  • CHRONICLES, BOOK OF — CHRONICLES, BOOK OF, one of the books of the Hagiographa section of the Bible. In the printed Jewish editions of the Bible, it appears last. In Christian Bibles Chronicles follows II Kings and precedes Ezra. book of chronicles contents Book of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Paralipomenon — Par a*li*pom e*non, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. paraleipome nwn of things omitted, pass. p. pr. (neuter genitive plural) fr. ? to omit.] A title given in the Douay Bible to the Books of Chronicles. [1913 Webster] Note: In the Septuagint these books are… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Books of the Bible — ▪ Table Books of the Bible Jewish canon Christian canon Protestant canon (Revised Standard Version [RSV]) Roman Catholic canon (Douai Confraternity versions) Torah ( The Law ) Old Testament Genesis Genesis; or, The First Book of Moses The Book of …   Universalium

  • Paralipomenon — noun (Old Testament) an obsolete name for the Old Testament books of I Chronicles and II Chronicles which were regarded as supplementary to Kings • Topics: ↑Old Testament • Hypernyms: ↑sacred text, ↑sacred writing, ↑religious writing, ↑religious… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Chronicles, books of the — ▪ Old Testament also called  (in early Roman Catholic translation into English) Paralipomenon I And Ii,         two Old Testament books that were originally part of a larger work that included the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. These three (Ezra and …   Universalium

  • Chronicles — noun plural but singular in construction Date: 1535 either of two historical books of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture called also Paralipomenon see bible table …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • paralipomenon — noun either of the Books of Chronicles in the Old Testament …   Wiktionary

  • 1 Chronicles — noun the first of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC • Syn: ↑I Chronicles • Instance Hypernyms: ↑book • Part Holonyms: ↑Hagiographa, ↑Ketubim, ↑Writings, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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