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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52785" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52785" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Megilloth]] </strong> See [[Canon]] of OT, § <strong> 8 </strong> . </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_50456" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_50456" /> == | ||
<p> (מְגַלּוֹת, ''Rolls'' , from גָּלִל ). The [[Hebrew]] MSS. were on rolls of parchment, usually written on one side, though sometimes also. on both ( Ezekiel 2:10). [[Afterwards]] the term מגלה was used of a [[Book]] consisting of several leaves fastened together ( Jeremiah 36:23-24); once it occurs in [[Scripture]] as designating the [[Pentateuch]] ( Psalms 40:8 [7]). In later [[Jewish]] usage the term | <p> ( '''''מְגַלּוֹת''''' , ''Rolls'' , from '''''גָּלִל''''' ). The [[Hebrew]] MSS. were on rolls of parchment, usually written on one side, though sometimes also. on both ( Ezekiel 2:10). [[Afterwards]] the term '''''מגלה''''' was used of a [[Book]] consisting of several leaves fastened together ( Jeremiah 36:23-24); once it occurs in [[Scripture]] as designating the [[Pentateuch]] ( Psalms 40:8 [7]). In later [[Jewish]] usage the term Megilloth was applied to the five books, viz. Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther, which were read on certain festivals in the synagogue. (See Haphtharah). The title of Megillah was used '''''Κατ᾿''''' '''''Ἐξοχήν''''' of the book of Esther, (See [[Book Of Esther]]); and from this it is supposed it was transferred to the others. To the reading of this at the Feast of [[Purim]] special importance was attached by the [[Jews]] (Talmud, Tr. Megillah, ed. Surenhus. 2:387). (See [[Roll]]). </p> | ||
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