α. Middle English Agriogrofa, Middle English Agiogropha, 1500s– Hagiographa, 1600s Agiographa.
β. Middle English Agyographe; in plural form Middle English Agyagrofys, Middle English Agiografis, Middle English Agiographis.
单词 | hagiographa |
释义 | Hagiographan.α. Middle English Agriogrofa, Middle English Agiogropha, 1500s– Hagiographa, 1600s Agiographa. β. Middle English Agyographe; in plural form Middle English Agyagrofys, Middle English Agiografis, Middle English Agiographis. The third of the three canonical divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures; the books contained in this division (see note); = Kethubim n. Formerly also more generally: sacred writings; scripture. Cf. hagiography n. 2. The two other divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures are the Law (see law n.1 10c) and the Prophets (see prophet n. 2a). The Hagiographa contains the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra–Nehemiah, and Chronicles. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Hebrew scripture > [noun] > Hagiographa the (sacred or holy) writings1340 Hagiographaa1382 hagiography1646 Kethubim1690 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) Kings Prol. l. 50 Þe þredde ordre weldeþ agiogrofa [a1425 Corpus Oxf. Agiogropha] þat ben holi writyn exsawmplis..& so ben maad to gidere þe bookes of þe olde lawe two & twenty, þat is of Moises fyue, of prophetys eyȝte, of agyagrofys [a1425 Corpus Oxf. Agiografis]..nyne. c1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Tiber.) l. 22278 (MED) And my name..Is callyd Agyographe, Whiche is to seyne..Off holy wrytynge the scripture. 1553 Expos. Bks. Holie Script. sig. B.viiiv Some, which count the booke of Ruth, and the Lamentations of Ieremie emong Hagiographa. 1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 501 The Hebrews dividing the whole Scripture into three parts, viz., The Law, the Prophets, and Hagiographa. 1751 R. Clayton Enq. into Time of Coming 6 The Prophecies of the Prophet Daniel, whose Works the Jews themselves have placed among their Hagiographa. 1884 D. Hunter tr. E. Reuss Hist. Canon i. 10 In the time of Josephus the books called the Hagiographa were not yet gathered into a clearly defined collection. 2005 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 56 516 The narrative books in the Hagiographa, unlike those in the Prophets, are concerned with the Exile and the Return. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1382 |
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