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Douay-Rheims Version (DRV) - 2 Maccabees

The Book of 2 Machabees (more commonly rendered 2 Maccabees) is an abridgement of another work, now lost, which describes the events surrounding the defeat of Antiochus IV Epiphanes and the rededication of the Jewish...

Adam and 1 more 2 hours 10 minutes

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Douay-Rheims Version (DRV) - Bible (DRV) New Testament

The Douay Rheims New Testament, published in 1582, is a translation of St Jerome's Latin Vulgate which dates from the fourth century. It influenced production of the King James version of the Bible to come some years...

James E. Carson 25 hours 22 minutes Bible (Douay-Rheims Version)

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Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Baruch

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Douay-Rheims Version (DRV) - Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Baruch

The Book of Baruch consists of exhortation to Jews in exile to accept exile, hope for the mercy of God, and resist the temptation to worship idols of the nations. The Book of Baruch, occasionally referred to as 1...

Sam Stinson 31 minutes Bible (Douay-Rheims Version)

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Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Additions to Daniel

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Douay-Rheims Version (DRV) - Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Additions to Daniel

The Additions to Daniel comprise three chapters not found in the Hebrew/Aramaic text of Daniel. The text of these chapters is found in the Greek Septuagint and in the earlier Old Greek translation. They are accepted...

Sam Stinson 25 minutes Bible (Douay-Rheims Version)

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Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Additions to Esther

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Douay-Rheims Version (DRV) - Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Additions to Esther

An additional six chapters appear interspersed in Esther in the Septuagint, the Greek translation, which then was noted by Jerome in compiling the Latin Vulgate; additionally, the Greek text contains many small...

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Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: 1 Maccabees

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Douay-Rheims Version (DRV) - Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: 1 Maccabees

1 Maccabees is an apocryphal/deuterocanonical book written by a Jewish author after the restoration of an independent Jewish kingdom, probably about 100 BC. It is included in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canons....

Sam Stinson 2 hours 15 minutes Bible (Douay-Rheims Version)

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Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Wisdom

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Douay-Rheims Version (DRV) - Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Wisdom

Wisdom is one of the apocryphal/deuterocanonical books of the Bible. It is a wisdom book, bearing similarity to the canonical works. Scholars believe that the book represents the most classical Greek language found...

Sam Stinson 1 hour 8 minutes Bible (Douay-Rheims Version)

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Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Book of Judith

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Douay-Rheims Version (DRV) - Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Book of Judith

The story revolves around Judith, a daring and beautiful widow, who is upset with her Jewish countrymen for being unwilling to engage their foreign conquerors. She goes with her loyal if reluctant maid Abra to the...

Sam Stinson 56 minutes Bible (Douay-Rheims Version)

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Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Book of Tobit (Tobias)

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Douay-Rheims Version (DRV) - Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Book of Tobit (Tobias)

The book tells the alleged story of a righteous Israelite of the Tribe of Naphtali named Tobit living in Nineveh after the deportation of the northern tribes of Israel to Assyria in 721 BC under Sargon II....

Sam Stinson 42 minutes Bible (Douay-Rheims Version)

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Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Tobias

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Douay-Rheims Version (DRV) - Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Tobias

Tobias is the 17th book of the Bible and one of the historical books in the Old Testament. In the text, Raphael, after revealing his angelic nature, commanded both father and son to tell all the wonders that God had...

Sean McKinley 49 minutes

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Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Judith

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Douay-Rheims Version (DRV) - Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Judith

Judith is the 18th book of the Bible and one of the historical books in the Old Testament. The overall theme is the power of prayer. The Israelites are beseiged by the forces of Holofernes and pray to God to overcome...

Sean McKinley 1 hour 8 minutes

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Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

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Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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