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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

SIBYLLINE ORACLES

sib'-i-lin, -lin or'-a-k'-lz.

See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE, sec. B, V.

ORACLES, SIBYLLINE

sib'-i-lin, -lin.

See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE, sec. V.

Library

The Sibylline Oracles.
... IV. MIXED. THE SIBYLLINE ORACLES. The work thus named is a collection of
Judaeo-Christian poems, of various dates, designed to propagate ...
//christianbookshelf.org/deane/pseudepigrapha/the sibylline oracles.htm

Elucidations.
... But Lactantius, who uses the Sibyls so freely, should not have omitted to show what
Sibylline oracles God drew forth from "the princes of this world" also, by ...
//christianbookshelf.org/lactantius/the divine institutes/elucidations.htm

Of Divine Testimonies, and of the Sibyls and their Predictions.
... divine subjects which he addressed to Caius Cæsar the chief pontiff, when he was
speaking of the Quindecemviri, [38] says that the Sibylline books were not ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap vi of divine testimonies and.htm

The Ignatian Epistles and their Claims. The Internal Evidence.
... THE IGNATIAN EPISTLES AND THEIR CLAIMS. THE INTERNAL EVIDENCE. The history of the
Ignatian Epistles may well remind us of the story of the Sibylline Books. ...
/.../killen/the ancient church/chapter iii the ignatian epistles.htm

Declare that There is but one God.
... exist, and are commonly regarded as separate, books of almost all the others, but
that they are entitled, as though by one name, Sibylline books, excepting ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap v that the prophetic womenthat.htm

Appendix i. Pseudepigraphic Writings
... Even greater, though a different interest, attaches to the Sibylline Oracles, written
in Greek hexameters. ... Of the other Sibylline Books little need be said. ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/appendix i pseudepigraphic writings.htm

Of the Erythræan Sibyl, who is Known to have Sung Many Things ...
... first shall come to the light, the beginning of the resurrection being shown to
the recalled." Lactantius made use of these sibylline testimonies, introducing ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 23 of the erythraean sibyl.htm

Author's Introduction,
... The Apocryphal books of the Old Testament, especially the Jewish part of the Sibylline
verses, and the Book of Enoch, together with the Book of Daniel, which ...
//christianbookshelf.org/renan/the life of jesus/authors introduction.htm

Introduction.
... We have omitted mention of the Sibylline Oracles, not because they are of less
importance than other works, but because they partake of the nature of all three ...
//christianbookshelf.org/deane/pseudepigrapha/introduction.htm

The Old Faith Preparing for the New - Development of Hellenist ...
... The most interesting as well as the oldest of these books are those known as the
Book of Enoch, the Sibylline Oracles, the Psalter of Solomon, and the Book of ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter iii the old faith.htm

Thesaurus

Sibylline
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SIBYLLINE ORACLES. sib'-i-lin, -lin or'-ak'-lz. ...
B, V. ORACLES, SIBYLLINE. sib'-i-lin, -lin. See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE, sec. V. ...
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Oracles (8 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SIBYLLINE ORACLES. sib'-i-lin, -lin or'-ak'-lz. ...
B, V. ORACLES, SIBYLLINE. sib'-i-lin, -lin. See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE, sec. V. ...
/o/oracles.htm - 9k

Apocalyptic
... 2. Testament of Adam 3. Testament of Abraham 4. Testament of Job: (1) Summary;
(2) Structure; (3) Language; (4) Date and Authorship V. SIBYLLINE ORACLES VI. ...
/a/apocalyptic.htm - 42k

Literature (2 Occurrences)
... 2. Testament of Adam 3. Testament of Abraham 4. Testament of Job: (1) Summary;
(2) Structure; (3) Language; (4) Date and Authorship V. SIBYLLINE ORACLES VI. ...
/l/literature.htm - 82k

Proselyte (2 Occurrences)
... After the persecution of Antiochus Epiphanes (170 BC) they scattered themselves
in every direction, and, in the words of the Sibylline Oracles (circa 160 BC ...
/p/proselyte.htm - 26k

Unwashen (3 Occurrences)
... Jewish tradition traced this custom back to Solomon (see Shabbath 14b, end), but
the first unmistakable occurrence of the custom is in the Sibylline Oracles (3 ...
/u/unwashen.htm - 8k

Sib'raim (1 Occurrence)
Sib'raim. Sibraim, Sib'raim. Sibylline . Multi-Version Concordance Sib'raim
(1 Occurrence). ... (See RSV). Sibraim, Sib'raim. Sibylline . Reference Bible.
/s/sib'raim.htm - 6k

Sicarii
Sicarii. Sibylline, Sicarii. Siccuth . Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SICARII.
si-ka'-ri-i. See ASSASSINS. Sibylline, Sicarii. Siccuth . Reference Bible
/s/sicarii.htm - 6k

Rome (12 Occurrences)
... their undertakings. But the most productive source for religious expansion
was the Sibylline Books. SeeAPOCALYPTIC LITERATURE, sec. V ...
/r/rome.htm - 43k

Daniel (74 Occurrences)
... here, ordinarily called apocalyptic, is said to have arisen first in the 2nd century
BC, when parts of the Book of Enoch and of the Sibylline Oracles were ...
/d/daniel.htm - 79k

Subtopics

Sibylline

Sibylline Oracles

Related Terms

Oracles (8 Occurrences)

Apocalyptic

Literature (2 Occurrences)

Proselyte (2 Occurrences)

Unwashen (3 Occurrences)

Sib'raim (1 Occurrence)

Sicarii

Rome (12 Occurrences)