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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_482" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_482" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> '''''ab''''' -'''''dı̄´as''''' (2 [[Esdras]] 1:39 = Obadiah): [[One]] of the Minor Prophets. [[Mentioned]] with Abraham, Isaac, [[Jacob]] and the Minor [[Prophets]] who shall be given as leaders to the "nation from the east" which is to overthrow [[Israel]] (compare [[Obadiah]] ). </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_17336" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_17336" /> == | ||
<p> the name of two men. </p> <p> <span> 1. </span> ABDI'AS (Lat. <span> Abdias, </span> the [[Greek]] text not being extant), one of the minor prophets (2 [[Esdras]] [Vulg. 4 Esdras], 1:39), elsewhere called OBADIAH (See | <p> the name of two men. </p> <p> <span> 1. </span> ABDI'AS (Lat. <span> Abdias, </span> the [[Greek]] text not being extant), one of the minor prophets (2 [[Esdras]] [Vulg. 4 Esdras], 1:39), elsewhere called OBADIAH (See [[Obadiah]]) (q.v.). </p> <p> <span> 2. </span> AB'DIAS, of Babylon, is said to have flourished about the year 59, and to have been one of the seventy disciples; but his very existence is somewhat doubtful. The work attributed to him, viz. <span> Historia Certaminis Apostolici, </span> in ten books, was written in the 8th or 9th century. It may be found in Fabricii <span> Cod. Apocryph. Nov. Test. </span> 2, 988; and was published also by Lazius (Basle, 1551, and Paris, 1160). A German translation is given in Barbery, <span> Bibliothek d. N.-T. Apokryphen </span> (Stuttg. 1841), p. 391 sq. <span> — </span> Gieseler, <span> Ch. Hist. </span> 1:67; Cave, <span> Hist. Lit. </span> anno 59; Baronius, <span> Annal. </span> ann. 44. </p> | ||
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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
ABDIAS ( 2Es 1:39 ). Obadiah the prophet.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
ab -dı̄´as (2 Esdras 1:39 = Obadiah): One of the Minor Prophets. Mentioned with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the Minor Prophets who shall be given as leaders to the "nation from the east" which is to overthrow Israel (compare Obadiah ).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
the name of two men.
1. ABDI'AS (Lat. Abdias, the Greek text not being extant), one of the minor prophets (2 Esdras [Vulg. 4 Esdras], 1:39), elsewhere called OBADIAH (See Obadiah) (q.v.).
2. AB'DIAS, of Babylon, is said to have flourished about the year 59, and to have been one of the seventy disciples; but his very existence is somewhat doubtful. The work attributed to him, viz. Historia Certaminis Apostolici, in ten books, was written in the 8th or 9th century. It may be found in Fabricii Cod. Apocryph. Nov. Test. 2, 988; and was published also by Lazius (Basle, 1551, and Paris, 1160). A German translation is given in Barbery, Bibliothek d. N.-T. Apokryphen (Stuttg. 1841), p. 391 sq. — Gieseler, Ch. Hist. 1:67; Cave, Hist. Lit. anno 59; Baronius, Annal. ann. 44.
