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Captivity, return from, 45, II ; I72, II ; I73, I, II ; 233, III ; 245, I to Assyria, 29, I ; 50, II ; I50, II ; 165, 1 ; 233, I, II ; 238, I to Babylon, 29, II ; 159, 1 Christ Jesus, history notes, 18, III the Messiah, 20, 1I-22, I See lessons on the Gospels . Circumcision, covenant of, I08, III ; I09, I Creation, I07, I
Abrahamic covenant, I08, III ; 109, 1 Apocryphal books, Baruch, 94, III, IV characteristics of, 85, II councils on, 40, I, II ; 91, I Destruction of Bel and the Dragon, 95, II Ecclesiasticus, 94, I, II Esther, additions to, 93, II First Maccabees, 86, I ; 89, II ; 95, III historical background of, 85, II-89, I in Catholic Bible, 37, II ; 90, I ; 9I, I Jerome's opinion of, 85, I Judith, 92, II ; 93, I meaning of term, 85, I not quoted by Jesus, apostles, 41, II ; 85, II of Greek Scriptures, 43, II Second Maccabees, 96, I Song of the Three Holy Children, 94, V Susanna and the Elders, 95, I time of writing of, 85, II Tobit, 91, II ; 92, I used to support Talmud, 75, III Wisdom (of Solomon), 93, 111, IV Aramaic, becomes dead language, 30, II Greek Scriptures in, 30, I, II ; 34, I ; 64, II In Hebrew Scriptures, 10, I ; 27, I ; 176, I international language, 29, II Jews' speech in Christ's day, 30, I ; 33, II of Semitic family, 23, II ; 28, I succeeded by Greek, 32, I ; 64, II Targums in, 14, I ; 30, I used by Jews following captivity, 14, I ; 26, I ; 29, II ; 50, III ; I80, I1 Assemblies, 126, I ; 335, I Assyria's fail, 247, I-248, I
D David, 142, I ; 144, I-148, I ; 152, II ; 167, I-III
E Elijah, 153, II ; I55, I Elisha, I53, II ; 155, I, II ; 156, II
F Faithfulness, covenant of, 124, I ; I25, I
G Gemara, 77, III Gospels, 266, I Greek, alphabet and grammar, 34, II-36, I Byzantine period of, 36, I classical (Attic), 32, III Indo-European family, 32, II international language . 30, I; 32, 1 ; 33, II 64, II koine, 33, I ; 36, I ; 301, I modern, 36, I suitable Bible language, 34, I ; 36, I Greek Scriptures, books of, 11, II ; 42, I, II canon of, 42, II-44, I ; 57, I Kenyon s statement on, 57, II See MSS . of Greek Scriptures .
B Babylon's fall, I73, II ; . 207, I ; 228, I ; 250, II Bible, archeology confirms, 19, If Author, writers, 10, II, III ; 20, I ; 22, II completed, 57 . I different divisions of, I1, II, III God's authentic Word, 18, I-22, II history and geology confirm, I8, 111-19, II meaning of the term, I1, I present circulation of, 73, I time required writing the, 10, II why, how preserved, I2, I ; 13, 1-I5, III ; 16, II ; 17, I See 6106_ of the Bible, MSS . of Greek Scriptures, MSS . of Hebrew Scriptures, Greek Scriptures, Hebrew Scriptures, Canon of the Bible, and Translations of the Bible .
H Hebrew, alphabet, roots, tense, 24, I, III first Bible writing in, 23, I, II of Semitic family, 23, II spoken in Eden, 3I, I study of, 26, 11 succeeded by Aramaic, I4, I ; 26, I ; 29, II ; 32, I ; 50, III ; I80, II unconfused at time of Babel, 3I, I vowel points for, 24, II ; 47, II writing originally did not show vowel sounds, 15, 111 ; 24, I, II ; 47, I Hebrew Scriptures, Aramaisms in, 28, II ; 29, I canon accepted by early Christians, 41, If canon completed, 38, V ; 41, III divisions of, I1, II ; 38, I-IV fittingly closed, 26I, I how Jesus designated, 41, III time for writing of, 23, I ; 27, I ; 31, I vocabulary used in, 24, III See MSS . of Hebrew Scriptures.
C Canon of the Bible, completed, 42, I, II defined, 37, I disputed, 37, II ; 39, 111-40, II ; 91, I growth of, 37, I, III ; 38, 1 380
