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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Bran (2)
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(πίτυρα ) occurs only in the account of the Babylonian women in the apocryphal Epistle of Jeremiah (Baruch 6:43), with reference to some idolatrous custom not elsewhere distinctly mentioned (see Fritzsche, Handb. in loc.): "The women also, with cords about them, sitting in the ways, burn bran for perfume," etc., referring to the infamous practice of prostitution mentioned by Herodotus (i, 199). (See BABYLON).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Bran (2)'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/bran-2.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Bran (2)'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/bran-2.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
