Book of Baruch, ancient text purportedly written by Baruch, secretary and friend of Jeremiah, the Old Testament prophet. The text is still extant in Greek and in several translations from Greek into Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic, and other languages. The Book of Baruch is apocryphal to the Hebrew and Protestant canons but was incorporated in the Septuagint and was included in the Old Testament for Roman Catholics. The work is a compilation of several authors and is the only work among the apocrypha that was consciously modeled after the prophetic writings of the Old Testament.
The seventh son of Jacob and Bilhah. The jealous one. He counsels against anger saying that "it giveth peculiar vision." This is a notable thesis on anger.
Asher, the tenth son of Jacob and Zilpah. An explanation of dual personality. The first Jekyll and Hyde story. For a statement of the Law of Compensation that Emerson would have enjoyed, see Verse 27.
Book of Baruch, ancient text purportedly written by Baruch, secretary and friend of Jeremiah, the Old Testament prophet. The text is still extant in Greek and in several translations from Greek into Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic, and other languages. The Book of Baruch is apocryphal to the Hebrew and Protestant canons but was incorporated in the Septuagint and was included in the Old Testament for Roman Catholics. The work is a compilation of several authors and is the only work among the apocrypha that was consciously modeled after the prophetic writings of the Old Testament.
The seventh son of Jacob and Bilhah. The jealous one. He counsels against anger saying that "it giveth peculiar vision." This is a notable thesis on anger.
Asher, the tenth son of Jacob and Zilpah. An explanation of dual personality. The first Jekyll and Hyde story. For a statement of the Law of Compensation that Emerson would have enjoyed, see Verse 27.
2nd Maccabees is a deuterocanonical book which recounts the persecution of Jews under King Antiochus IV Epiphanes and the Maccabean Revolt against him. Painting by Pierre Paul Rubens, 1634.
The Book of Habakkuk is the eighth book of the 12 minor prophets of the Bible. It is attributed to the prophet Habakkuk, and was probably composed in the late 7th century BC. The original text was written in the Hebrew language.
The Book of Sirach or Ecclesiasticus is a Jewish work, originally written in Hebrew. It consists of ethical teachings, from approximately 200 to 175 BCE, written by the Judahite scribe Ben Sira of Jerusalem, on the inspiration of his father Joshua son of Sirach. Joshua is sometimes called Jesus son of Sirach or Yeshua ben Eliezer ben Sira.
The Book of Tobit, also known as the Book of Tobias, is a 3rd or early 2nd century BC Jewish work describing how God tests the faithful, responds to prayers, and protects the covenant community.
And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. LUKE 1:26-33
The Gospel of James or The Protevangelion is a second-century infancy gospel telling of the miraculous conception of the Virgin Mary, her upbringing and marriage to Joseph, the journey of the couple to Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus, and events immediately following.
2 Esdras is an apocalyptic book in some English versions of the Bible. Tradition ascribes it to Ezra, a scribe and priest of the fifth century BC, but scholarship places its composition between 70 and 218 AD.
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
The Book of Kings is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It concludes the Deuteronomistic history, a history of ancient Israel also including the books of Joshua, Judges, and Samuel.
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Romans 3:24-26
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Romans 3:24-26
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
The Book of Samuel is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books in the Old Testament. The book is part of the Deuteronomistic history, a series of books that constitute a theological history of the Israelites and that aim to explain God's law for Israel under the guidance of the prophets.
2nd Maccabees is a deuterocanonical book which recounts the persecution of Jews under King Antiochus IV Epiphanes and the Maccabean Revolt against him. Painting by Pierre Paul Rubens, 1634.
The Book of Habakkuk is the eighth book of the 12 minor prophets of the Bible. It is attributed to the prophet Habakkuk, and was probably composed in the late 7th century BC. The original text was written in the Hebrew language.
The Book of Sirach or Ecclesiasticus is a Jewish work, originally written in Hebrew. It consists of ethical teachings, from approximately 200 to 175 BCE, written by the Judahite scribe Ben Sira of Jerusalem, on the inspiration of his father Joshua son of Sirach. Joshua is sometimes called Jesus son of Sirach or Yeshua ben Eliezer ben Sira.
The Book of Tobit, also known as the Book of Tobias, is a 3rd or early 2nd century BC Jewish work describing how God tests the faithful, responds to prayers, and protects the covenant community.
And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. LUKE 1:26-33
The Gospel of James or The Protevangelion is a second-century infancy gospel telling of the miraculous conception of the Virgin Mary, her upbringing and marriage to Joseph, the journey of the couple to Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus, and events immediately following.
2 Esdras is an apocalyptic book in some English versions of the Bible. Tradition ascribes it to Ezra, a scribe and priest of the fifth century BC, but scholarship places its composition between 70 and 218 AD.
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
The Book of Kings is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It concludes the Deuteronomistic history, a history of ancient Israel also including the books of Joshua, Judges, and Samuel.
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Romans 3:24-26
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Romans 3:24-26
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
The Book of Samuel is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books in the Old Testament. The book is part of the Deuteronomistic history, a series of books that constitute a theological history of the Israelites and that aim to explain God's law for Israel under the guidance of the prophets.
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Romans 3:24-26
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
The Book of Samuel is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books in the Old Testament. The book is part of the Deuteronomistic history, a series of books that constitute a theological history of the Israelites and that aim to explain God's law for Israel under the guidance of the prophets.
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
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1.
2. Caput 1
Beniamin duodecimus filius Iacob et Rachel,
infans familiae, philosophus et philanthropista
vertit.
1 Exemplar sermonum Beniamin, quem filiis
suis observare praecepit, postquam vixit annis
centum viginti quinque.
2 Et osculatus est eos, et ait: Sicut natus est
Isaac in senectute sua, ita et ego Jacob.
3 et quoniam Rahel mortua est mater mea
pepererat lac non habeo quare lactatus sum a
Bilha ancilla ejus.
4 Mansit enim Rachel sterilis annis duodecim,
postquam genuit Ioseph; Et oravit Dominum
ieiunando diebus duodecim, et concepit et
peperit me.
5 Pater enim meus diligebat Rachelem, et
orabat ut duos filios videret ex ea natos.
6 Idcirco vocatus sum Benjamin, id est, filius
dierum.
7 Cum ingressus essem Aegyptum ad Ioseph, et
cognosceret me frater meus, dixit mihi: Quid
dixerunt patri meo quando vendiderunt me?
8 Et dixi illi: Stolaverunt tunicam tuam cum
sanguine, et miserunt eam, et dixerunt: Scito an
tunica filii tui hæc sit.
9 Et dixit ad me: Sic, frater, cum nudassent me
tunica mea, dederunt me Ismaelitis, et dederunt
mihi lumbare, et flagellaverunt me, et
cucurrerunt.
10 Unus autem ex his, qui me percutiebant,
occurrit leo ei, et interfecit eum.
11 Perterriti sunt autem socii eius.
12 Vos ergo, filii, diligite Dominum Deum caeli
et terrae, et mandata eius custodite, secundum
exemplum boni et sancti viri Ioseph.
13 Esto autem sensus in bono, sicut et nostis me;
qui enim recte sapit, omnia recte videt.
14 Timete Dominum, et diligite proximum; Et
si spiritus Beliar adflixerit te in omni malo, non
dominabitur in te sicut non habuit super Joseph
fratrem meum.
15 Quam multi voluerunt occidere eum, et Deus
custodivit eum.
16 Qui enim timet Deum, et diligit proximum,
non confundetur in spiritu Beliar, qui a timore
Dei protegitur.
17 Nec hominum, aut jumentorum consiliis
præesse potest: a Domino enim diligitur
proximo suo.
18 Joseph quoque rogabat patrem nostrum ut
oraret pro fratribus suis, ut non imputaret eis
Dominus peccatum quod illi fecerunt.
19 Clamavit itaque Jacob: Bone fili, prævaluisti
super visceribus patris tui Jacob.
20 Et osculatus est eum duabus horis, dicens:
21 in te implebitur prophetia caeli de agno Dei
et salvatore mundi et tradetur inmaculatus pro
impiis et sanctus morietur pro impiis in
sanguine testamenti ad salutem gentium et
Israel, et perdet Beliar et servos eius.
22 Videtis ergo, filii mei, finem boni viri?
23 imitamini ergo misericordiam eius in bona
mente ut et vos coronis gloriæ induamini
24 Nam bonus non est oculus obscurus;
omnibus enim facit misericordiam, etiam si
peccatores sunt.
25 Quod etsi male cogitat. de illo benefaciendo
vincit mala custoditus a Deo Díligit íustum
sicut ánimam suam.
26 Si quis glorificatur, non invidet ei; si quis
ditatur, non zelat; si quis forte est, laudat;
virtuosus laudat; pauperi miseretur; infirmis
miseretur; Deo cantat.
3. 27 Et qui habet gratiam spiritus boni, diligit
animam suam.
28 Si ergo et vos bonam mentem habetis, et
mali homines ad pacem erunt vobiscum, et
fornicarii in vobis erunt, et convertentur ad
bonum. et avari non solum ab inordinato
appetitu cessant, sed etiam avaritie afflictis.
29 Si bene feceritis, fugient a vobis spiritus
immundi. et bestiae te formidabunt.
30 ubi enim est reverentia bonorum operum, et
lux est animæ: fugit autem tenebræ ab eo.
31 Si quis enim sanctum, pœniteat. Sanctus
enim misericors est maledicenti suo, et tacuit.
32 Si quis autem justum prodit, justus orat: et si
pro modico humiliatur, non multo post multo
clarior apparet, sicut Joseph frater meus.
33 Non est enim voluntas viri boni in dolo
spiritus Beliar, quoniam angelus pacis dirigit
animam suam.
34 Non autem concupiscet res corruptibiles, nec
divitiarum per cupiditatem voluptatis colligit.
35 Non delectabitur in voluptate, nec de
proximo suo lætetur: non in deliciis sit, et in
exaltatione oculorum non erraverit, quoniam
pars ejus Dominus est.
36 Bonitas gloriam non accipit, neque
contumeliam ab hominibus, et non novit
aliquam dolum, aut mendacium, aut pugnam,
aut contumeliam. Dominus enim habitat in eo,
et inluminat animam suam, et gaudet ad omnes
semper.
37 Mens bona non habet duas linguas:
benedictionis et maledictionis, contumeliae et
honoris, tristitiae et gaudii, quietis et
confusionis, simulationis et veritatis,
paupertatis et divitiarum; sed unam habet
dispositionem incorruptam et puram de
omnibus hominibus.
38 Non est duplex visio, neque duplex auditus.
in omni enim, quod fecit, aut loquitur, aut
viderit, scit quod aspiciat Dominus animam
suam.
39 Et mundat animum suum, ne damnetur ab
hominibus, sicut a Deo.
40 Similiter et opera Beliar, et non est in eis
singularitas.
41 Propterea, filii, dico vobis, fugite malitiam
Beliar. dat enim gladium obedientibus sibi.
42 gladius septem malorum est mater. Prius
mens per Beliar concipit, et primo cruor est;
secundo exitium; tertio tribulatio; quarto,
exsilium; quinto, caritas; sexto, pavor; septimo
destructio.
43 propter quod et Cain traditus est septem
ultionibus a Deo: nam per centum annos induxit
Dominus pestem unam.
44 et, cum esset annorum ducentorum, coepit
pati, et nongenti anni exterminatus est.
45 Nam propter Abel fratrem eius omnia mala
iudicatus est Lamech septuagies septies.
46 Semper enim, qui Cain similes sunt, zelo et
odio fratrum, eadem sententia punientur.
Caput 2
Versu 3 insigne sanctitatis exemplum continet,
sed vividitatem figurarum veterum
Patriarcharum locutionis.
1 Vos autem, filii, fugite malitiam, zelum et
odium fratrum, et intendite ad bonum et
caritatem.
2 Qui habet pura mente in caritate, mulierem
non quaerit ad fornicationem; non enim habet
maculam in corde suo, quia Spiritus Dei
requiescit super eum.
3 Sicut enim sol non stercore et luto maculatur,
sed magis arefacit et expellit malum odorem;
sic et pura mens, terrae sordibus ambita, magis
purgat, nec ipsa polluitur.
4. 4 et erunt in vobis mala facinora a verbis
Henoch iusti ut fornicata es cum fornicatione
Sodomorum et pereas omnes salvos paucos et
renovabis cum mulieribus fornicatio ; et non
erit in vobis regnum Domini, quia continuo
tollet illud.
5 Verumtamen templum Dei erit in portione
vestra, et templum nouissimum primis
gloriosius erit.
6 Et congregabuntur ibi duodecim tribus, et
omnes gentes, donec mittat Altissimus in
visitatione unigeniti prophetae salutem suam.
7 Et introibit in primum templum, et ibi erit
Dominus contumeliam, et exaltabitur in ligno.
8 Et velum templi scissum est, et Spiritus Dei
transibit ad gentes quasi ignis effusus.
9 Et ascendet de Inferno, et transibit de terra in
cælum.
10 Et scio, quam humilis fuerit in terra, et quam
gloriosus in caelo.
11 Cum autem esset Ioseph in Aegypto,
desiderabam videre figuram et formam vultus
eius. et orante Jacobo patre meo, vidi eum
pervigilantem interdiu, et totam ejus figuram
prorsus sicut erat.
12 Hæc cum dixisset, dicit eis : Scitis ergo, filii
mei, quia ego morior.
13 Facite ergo veritatem unusquisque proximo
suo, et facite legem Domini et mandata ejus.
14 { hæc enim vobis pro hereditate relinquo.
15 Vos ergo date illos filiis vestris in
possessionem æternam. sic enim et Abraham, et
Isaac, et Iacob.
16 Omnia enim hæc dederunt nobis
hæreditatem, dicentes : Custodite mandata Dei,
donec revelet Dominus salutare suum omnibus
gentibus.
17 Et tunc videbis Henoch, Noe, et Sem, et
Abraham, et Isaac, et Jacob, surgentes a dextris
cum lætitia,
18 Tunc et nos exsurgent singuli super tribum
nostram, adorantes regem caeli, qui apparuit
super terram in forma hominis in humilitate.
19 Et omnis, qui credit in eum, in terra gaudebit
cum illo.
20 Et tunc omnes resurgent alii in gloriam, et
quidam in contumeliam.
21 et iudicabit Dominus primum Israhel propter
iniquitates suas cum enim in carne appareret ut
liberaret, non ei credebant.
22 et tunc judicabit omnes gentes quotquot non
crediderunt ei quando apparuit in terra.
23 et arguet Israhel per electos Gentium sicut
Esau per Madianitas qui decipiunt fratres suos
in fornicationem et idololatriam et alienati sunt
a Deo, pueri facti sunt in parte timentium
Dominum.
24 Si ergo filii mei ambuletis in sanctitate
secundum mandata Domini, iterum habitabitis
mecum confidenter, et omnis Israël
congregabitur ad Dominum.
25 Et jam non vocaberis lupus rapax propter
depraedationes tuas, sed operarius Domini
distribuens escam his qui operantur bonum.
26 Et surget in novissimis diebus dilectus a
Domino, de tribu Juda et Levi, faciente in ore
ejus beneplacitum ejus, et scientia illuminans
gentes.
27 usque ad consummationem sæculi erit in
synagogis gentium, et in principibus eorum in
ore omnium musicorum.
28 Scribetur in libris sanctis, et opus, et verbum
illius: ipse est electus in sempiternum.
29 et per eos vadat sicut Iacob pater meus
dicens quod tribui carebit implebo
30 Et cum hæc dixisset, extendit pedes ejus.
5. 31 Mortuus est autem pulchre et bene dormiens.
32 Et fecerunt filii ejus sicut præceperat eis: et
tulerunt corpus ejus, et sepelierunt illud in
Hebron cum patribus suis.
33 Et fuit numerus dierum vitæ ejus centum
viginti quinque annorum.