The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1788 page)
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Pardes
(Pers., ‘garden’, perhaps underlying Gk.,
paradeisos
). It appears in scripture three times (see
PARADISE
, plus Nehemiah 2. 8). In
B.
ag
. 14b, it is used of the Divine Wisdom; and in medieval Judaism, it was taken to be an acrostic of the four major styles of biblical interpretation:
P
eshat
(literal);
R
emez (allusive);
D
erash (homiletical);
S
odh (esoteric or mystical).
paradeisos
). It appears in scripture three times (see
PARADISE
, plus Nehemiah 2. 8). In
B.
ag. 14b, it is used of the Divine Wisdom; and in medieval Judaism, it was taken to be an acrostic of the four major styles of biblical interpretation:
P
eshat
(literal);
R
emez (allusive);
D
erash (homiletical);
S
odh (esoteric or mystical).
Pardon
.
.
Forgiveness; hence a name for an
indulgence
. The attempt to sell such pardons by ‘pardoners’ was attacked by Chaucer and Langland, long before the
Reformation
and its own attack on indulgences.
indulgence
. The attempt to sell such pardons by ‘pardoners’ was attacked by Chaucer and Langland, long before the
Reformation
and its own attack on indulgences.
Paribb
jaka
(one who joins a community):
jaka(one who joins a community):
Pari
mav
da
.
mavda.
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