单词 | great synagogue |
释义 | > as lemmasGreat Synagogue Great Synagogue n. in rabbinical tradition: a Jewish council founded by Ezra and his associates after the return from the Babylonian Captivity to put various decrees into effect and conclude a covenant (Nehemiah 8–10).The historical reliability of this late tradition cannot be established. [Ultimately after post-biblical Hebrew kĕnesseṯ ha-gĕḏōlāh, lit. ‘Great Assembly’, ‘Great Synagogue’ (for the first element of the Hebrew compound, see Knesset n., and compare synagogue n.), although the precise origin of the institution is uncertain. Compare post-classical Latin synagoga magna (1550 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of body or spec. bodies > [noun] > with reference to foreign countries > Jewish councilc1384 synedrion1581 Great Synagogue1585 sanhedrim1588 Judenrat1903 1585 R. Parsons Christian Directorie i. iv. 216 The great Synagogue, called Sanhedria; which after the captiuity of Babylon, vntil Herods time, supplied (in a sorte) the spirit of prophetie, that was expresly in Israel before the said captiuity. 1625 T. Godwin Moses & Aaron v. i. 221 That great assembly of Prophets and holy men, called together by Esra for the reformation of the Church, after their returne from Babylon, is called Synagoga magna, Their great Synagogue. 1734 J. Hutchinson Covenant in Cherubim 264 Some suppose that Ezra began it, others that the Men of the Great Synagogue did it. 1876 B. Martin Messiah's Kingdom ii. iv. 88 The Great Synagogue, which consisted of 120 members, governed the Jews both in political and ecclesiastical matters for about 110 years, from Nehemiah to Simon the Just, when it was merged in the Sanhedrim. 1881 W. R. Smith Old Test. in Jewish Church vi. 156 The Great Synagogue plays a considerable part in Jewish tradition;..we now know that the whole idea..is pure fiction. 1993 Proc. Amer. Acad. Jewish Res. 59 148 One finds in the Bibel'sche Orient a negation of Ezra, the Magna Ecclesia (the Great Synagogue), the Pharisees and the Aramaic language. < as lemmas |
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