Baquet's Guide to the World's Classics: Aramaic (language)

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John of Damascus, Syrian Monk and Theologian
(c. 675/676-749)

Just the Facts:

Name: John of Damascus
Known as: Saint John Damascene
Birth: Unknown Date, 676, Damascus, Syria
Death: December 4, 749, Mar Saba Monastery, West Bank
Languages: Arabic (?), Aramaic (?), Greek (?)
Who he was: Syrian monk and theologian who wrote On Holy Images; Three Sermons on the Assumption

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New Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
(c. 100-300)

Jesus is betrayed by a kiss from Judas,
the purported author of the pseudepigraphal
book The Gospel of Judas

Just the Facts:

Name: New Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
Dates: c. 100-300
Place: Middle East
Language: Greek, Coptic, Aramaic, etc.
What they are: Middle Eastern extra-Biblical books; accounts of Jesus and the early Church not included in the Bible; some were in fact "shortlisted" when the Canon was fixed.
Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom

The Holy Bible (New Testament)
(c. 50-150)

Paul at work. He may have written up to 13 books
of the New Testament, about half of the total of 27.

Just the Facts:

Name: The Holy Bible, New Testament
Also known as: "The Christian Scriptures"
Dates: c. 50-150
Place: Palestine
Language: Greek, Aramaic
What it is: Middle Eastern collection of 27 books; holy to Christianity and (less so) Islam
Included in lists (What's This?): 10YP; HC; Bloom; GC

Josephus, Romano-Jewish Historian
(37-c. 100)

Just the Facts:

Name: Titus Flavius Josephus
Known as: Josephus
Birth: 37, Jerusalem, Israel
Death: 100, Rome, Italy
Languages: Greek, Latin, Hebrew?, Aramaic?
Who he was: Romano-Jewish historian who wrote The Jewish War; Jewish Antiquities; Against Apion; and his Autobiography

The Dead Sea Scrolls
(408 BCE-318 CE?)

Just the Facts:

Name: The Dead Sea Scrolls
Dates: perhaps 408 BCE-318 CE
Languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Nabataean-Aramaic
What they are: biblical and extra-biblical manuscripts in Hebrew and other languages, discovered in the Middle East in the 20th century

The Bible (Old Testament)
(c. 8th-3rd century BCE)

Just the Facts:

Name: The Bible, "Old Testament" (better called "The Hebrew Scriptures")
Date: c. 8th-3rd century BCE
Place: Palestine; Babylon; perhaps Persia
Language: mainly Hebrew; some Aramaic
What it is: a collection of 39 books (in the Protestant version) detailing God's relationship with the Israelites. Includes mythology, history, poetry, wisdom literature, and prophecy (admonition).
Included in lists (What's This?): HC; Bloom; GC

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John of Damascus, Syrian Monk and Theologian(c. 675/676-749)

New Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha(c. 100-300)

The Holy Bible (New Testament)(c. 50-150)

Josephus, Romano-Jewish Historian(37-c. 100)

The Dead Sea Scrolls(408 BCE-318 CE?)

The Bible (Old Testament)(c. 8th-3rd century BCE)

John of Damascus, Syrian Monk and Theologian
(c. 675/676-749)

New Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
(c. 100-300)

The Holy Bible (New Testament)
(c. 50-150)

Josephus, Romano-Jewish Historian
(37-c. 100)

The Dead Sea Scrolls
(408 BCE-318 CE?)

The Bible (Old Testament)
(c. 8th-3rd century BCE)