A-Z: General definitions
- Obeah
- Objectivity
- Oblate
- Oblation
- Obscene
- Obsolete
- Occult
- Ocean
- Oceanus
- Oceanus (or Ocean)
- Octave
- Octet
- Ode
- Odysseus
- Odysseus and Circe
- Odysseus and Scylla and Charybdis
- Odysseus and the Cyclops Polyphemus
- Odysseus and the Sirens
- Odyssey
- Oedipus
- Oedipus complex
- Oedipus Rex
- Oedipus Rex
- Oenomaus
- Oenon
- Oenone
- Offensive
- Offering
- Oil
- Old Covenant
- Old English
- Old Lady Day
- Old Latin
- Old Testament
- Oligarchy
- Olive tree
- Oliver Cromwell
- Olympian gods
- Olympian gods
- Olympus
- Olympus
- Omen
- Omnicient Narrator
- Omnipotent
- Omnipresence
- Omniscience
- One thing is needful
- Onesimus
- Onomatopoeia
- Opera
A-Z: General definitions: Old Latin
Definition
The collective term for the many biblical texts that were in circulation before St Jerome collated them into the single Vulgate text of the Bible.
Biblical scholar and main translator of the Vulgate
Latin version of the Bible most widely used in the West.
The Christian Bible consists of the Old Testament scriptures inherited from Judaism, together with the New Testament, drawn from writings produced from c.40-125CE, which describe the life of Jesus and the establishment of the Christian church.
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