Difference between revisions of "Hesychius"
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_43839" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_43839" /> == | ||
<p> an [[Egyptian]] bishop of the 3rd century, who is mentioned by [[Eusebius]] (Hist. Eccles. 8, 13) as a reviser of the text of the [[Septuagint]] (see also Jerome, | <p> an [[Egyptian]] bishop of the 3rd century, who is mentioned by [[Eusebius]] (Hist. Eccles. 8, 13) as a reviser of the text of the [[Septuagint]] (see also Jerome, De vir. illust. 77). He also published an edition of the New Testament, of which [[Jerome]] does not appear to have formed a favorable opinion. He obtained the crown of martyrdom in the Dioclesian persecution about A.D. 311. Nothing of his works is now extant. See Clarke, Succ. of Sac. Literature, s.v.; Lardner, Works, 3, 206; Hody, De Bibl. textibus originalibus (Oxf. 1705). </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74808" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74808" /> == | ||
<p> A | <p> A Greek grammarian of the 5th century, born at Alexandria; produced a Greek lexicon of great philological value. </p> | ||
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