Biblical
adjective
of or in the Bible.
post-Biblical
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a word derived from
Biblical.
Example Sentences
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The Responsa addressed by rabbinical authorities to individuals or to communities who had submitted difficult cases and questions to them for solution, constitute a special genus of post-Biblical literature.
From Rashi by Adele Szold
Through Biblical and post-Biblical literature and history there runs a twofold tendency, one anti-sacerdotal,—emanating from the prophets and later the Hasideans or Pharisees,—the other a mediating tendency, favorable to the priesthood.
From Jewish Theology by Kaufmann Kohler
But they are in the main trustworthy, and are, indeed, one of the chief sources of information for the history of the Jews in post-Biblical times.
From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Israel Abrahams
It is commonly assumed that post-Biblical Hebrew poetry revived for sacred ends; first hymns were written, then secular songs.
From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Israel Abrahams
The fancy of the people did not die out in the post-Biblical time, but the bent of its activity was determined by the past.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 by Henrietta Szold
