intertestamentaladj.
/ˌɪntətɛstəˈmɛntəl/ Theology.
Of, belonging to, or being the period between the composition of the last canonical book of the Hebrew Scriptures (c165 b.c.) and the beginning of the establishment of the New Testament canon (in the mid-2nd cent. a.d.); spec. designating non-canonical Jewish literature composed or read in this period.
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1956 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 7 292 Professor Stauffer..is apt to find in the N.T. references to lost intertestamental literature.
1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Dec. 1516/2 Dr Vermes begins by ransacking the inter-testamental and rabbinic literatures (especially the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Targumim and the Palestinian Talmud).
1978 Church Times 6 Oct. 7/2 Where there are no biblical books to illustrate some part of Israel's story, as in the inter-testamental period, then other books are used to bridge the gaps.
1987 B. McGinn in Kermode & Alter Lit. Guide to Bible 525 This tendency has been encouraged by the discovery of the differences between Old Testament prophecy and intertestamental apocalyptic literature.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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intertestamental
intertestamental adj.
Brit. /ˌɪntətɛstəˈmɛntl/
, /ˌɪntətɛstəˈmɛntl/U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌtɛstəˈmɛn(t)l/
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1956 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 7 292 Professor Stauffer..is apt to find in the N.T. references to lost intertestamental literature [etc.].
1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Dec. 1516/2 Dr Vermes begins by ransacking the inter-testamental and rabbinic literatures (especially the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Targumim and the Palestinian Talmud).
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