CANON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, II \ II. Examination of the Witnesses. 1. The Old Testament's Witness to Itself (circa 1450-444 BC): Though the Old Testament does not tell us anything about the processes of its own canonization, it does furnish valuable hints as to how the ancient Hebrews preserved their writings. Thus in Exodus 40:20 it is stated tha

CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT kan'-un $ I. TWO PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS$ 1. Early Christians Had the Old Testament 2. No Intention of Writing the New Testament $ II. THREE STAGES OF THE PROCESS$ 1. From the Apostles to 170 AD (1) Clement of Rome; Ignatius; Polycarp (2) Forces Increasing Value of Writings (a) Apologists, Justin Martyr (b) Gn

CANON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, I kan'-un: $ I. INTRODUCTORY$ 1. The Christian Term "Canon" 2. The Corresponding Hebrew Expression 3. The "Hidden Books" of the Jews 4. The Determining Principle in the Formation of the Canon 5. The Tripartite Division of the Old Testament 6. How Account for the Tripartite Division? $ II. EXAMINATION OF THE WITNE

CANKERED kan'-kerd (James 5:3 the Revised Version (British and American), "rusted"). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CANKERED'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CANNEH kan'-e (kanneh; Chanaa): Mentioned in Ezekiel 27:23 in connection with Haran and Eden as one of the places with which Tyre had commercial relations. This is the only reference to the place and the site is unknown. Gesenius and others think it is probably the same as Calneh of Amos 6:2 or of Genesis 10:10, and Calno of Isaiah 10:9. According

CANKER kan'-ker. See GANGRENE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CANKER'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CANKER-WORM kan'-ker-wurm (yeleq, (Joel 1:4; 2:25; Nahum 3:15,16)): The name given to a larval stage of the LOCUST (which see). See also CATERPILLAR. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CANKER-WORM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CANE kan. See REED. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CANE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CANDLE; CANDLESTICK kan'-d'-l, kan'-d'-l-stik (ner; luchnos; menorah; luchnia): (1) "Candle" is found in the Old Testament, the King James Version, as the rendering of ner, and in the New Testament for luchnos. In all places except Jeremiah 25:10 and Zechariah 1:12 (see margin) the Revised Version (British and American) gives the more exact render

CANDLESTICK, THE GOLDEN kan'-d'-l-stik, gold'-'-n (menorah, literally "lamp-stand"): An important part of the furniture of the tabernacle and temples. See TABERNACLE; TEMPLE; LAMP. 1. The Tabernacle: The candlestick is first met with in the descriptions of the tabernacle (Exodus 25:31-39; 37:17-24). It was, with the utensils connected with it (

CANANAEAN; CANAANITE ka-na-ne'-an, ka'-nan-it. See SIMON; CANANAEAN. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CANANAEAN; CANAANITE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CANDACE kan'-da-se (Kandake): Queen of the Ethiopians (Acts 8:27). Pliny states that the name Candace had already been borne for many years by the queens of Ethiopia (vi,29). See ETHIOPIA. Her treasurer, "a eunuch of great authority," was baptized by Philip the Evangelist on his return from worshipping in Jerusalem. Copyright Statement These files

CANAANITESS ka'-nan-it-es. See SHUA; BATHSHUA. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CANAANITESS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CANALS ka-nalz' (ye'orim): The word "canals" occurs in several places in the Revised Version, margin (Exodus 7:19; 8:5; Isaiah 19:6; Nahum 3:8). ye'or is an Egyptian word, the designation of the Nile (Brugsch, Geogr, I, 8, 78). The proper name of the Nile as a god was Hapi. There were several common designations of the Nile, but the usual one was

CANAAN; CANAANITES ka'-nan, ka'-nan-its (kena`an; Chanaan): $ 1. Geography$ $ 2. Meaning of the Name$ $ 3. The Results of Recent Excavations$ $ 4. History$ (1) Stone Age (2) Bronze Age (3) A Babylonian Province (4) Jerusalem Founded (5) The Hyksos (6) Egyptian Conquest (7) Tell el-Amarna Tablets $ 5. The Israelitsh Invasion$ $ 6. Cultu

CAMPHIRE kam'-fir. See HENNA. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CAMPHIRE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CAMON ka'-mon (qamon, "standing-place," Judges 10:5 the King James Version). See KAMON. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CAMON'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CAMP See WAR. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CAMP'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

CAMEL'S HAIR (triches kamelou): In Matthew 3:4 and Mark 1:6 the description of John's raiment is explicit to the extent of telling the kind of hair of which his raiment was made. It is probable that his garment was made of a tawed camel skin, for the more expensive woven camel's hair garment would not be in keeping with the rest of the description

CAMBYSES kam-bi'-sez (Aram., c-n-b-n-z-y; Persian, Kambujiya; Assyrian, Kambuzia; Egyptian, Kambythet; Susian, Kanpuziya): The older son of Cyrus, king of Persia. Some have thought that he is the Ahasuerus of Ezra 4:6. This seems to be most improbable, inasmuch as the Hebrew form of Ahasuerus is the exact equivalent of the Old Persian form of Xerx