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Tischendorf

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[tish-uhn-dawrf] / ˈtɪʃ ənˌdɔrf /

noun

  1. Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von 1815–74, German Biblical critic.


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A Cevian partner, Jens Tischendorf, has been nominated for election to the board in January.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2014

Scholar Tischendorf recognized the vellum leaves as fragments of an ancient Greek biblical text.

From Time Magazine Archive

First of all, as to the tale, dear to preachers' hearts, that Tischendorf rescued the precious vellum leaves from a waste basket, as they were being used to kindle a fire.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nosing about the East after biblical lore in 1844 a German scholar named Constantine Tischendorf traveled through the Sinai Peninsula and up to a lonely Orthodox Greek monastery atop Mount St. Catherine.*

From Time Magazine Archive

Tischendorf, 4, 5 note, 7, 9, 49 note, 98, 99, 136, 158, 160 note 2; curious reasoning, 169 and note 1, 225.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William

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