Biblicism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Learning or literature relating to the Bible. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    A term derived from the Bible uncountable, usually

    "Such biblicisms — ultimately Hebraisms, since they derive from the Hebrew Bible — can still be found in later products of ancient Christian literature, since the Greek Bible of Hellenistic Judaism remained the Bible of the Christians[…]"

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"Such biblicisms — ultimately Hebraisms, since they derive from the Hebrew Bible — can still be found in later products of ancient Christian literature, since the Greek Bible of Hellenistic Judaism remained the Bible of the Christians[…]"

Etymology

Compare French biblicisme. Equivalent to biblical + -ism.

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