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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Biblical literature, doctrine, or theology.
  2. n. A treatise on books; bibliography.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The study of the history of books and the art of printing

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. An account of books; book lore; bibliography.
  2. n. The literature or doctrine of the Bible.

Etymologies

  1. From Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblion, "small book") + -λογία (-logía, "branch of study"); see -logy. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “-Steve, 'The place of fear in our bibliology' at his blog Undeception”

    Quote of the Day (Undeception)

  • “How do you rationalize your bibliology at the same time as being a bibliolater ?”

    ID floats a lead-lined trial balloon - The Panda's Thumb

  • “With him they were simply a notification to his intimates that the whole thing was not to be taken as a serious bibliology of his works or index of his character.”

    Eugene Field A Study In Heredity And Contradictions

  • “For John, who was an accomplished scholar, had next to no knowledge of bibliology and took delight in seeing for the first time many a rare edition which he had heard mentioned or had read of in the course of his studies.”

    A Tale of a Lonely Parish

  • “My friend Mr.W. F. Kirby appended to volume x. of "The Nights" (proper) his most valuable contributions to the bibliology of the work with its various imitations and a table showing the contents of the principal editions and translations of "The Nights": he also enriched my Supplemental volumes v. and vi. with his excellent annotations.”

    Arabian nights. English

  • “If churches spent more time preaching what God told them to preach … that is the gospel … … I can state with sure knowledge … that all of this extemporaneous extra bibliology

    Jen's Gems

  • “And as one begins the slide toward apostasy (falling away from previously held beliefs) the very first distancing which occurs is with "the traditions" associated with a proper bibliology.”

    Apprising Ministries

  • “There is a progression that takes place in liberal theology: It begins with a corrupt bibliology, a corrupt view of the nature and the inspiration of Scripture.”

    Apprising Ministries

  • “For instance, it was difficult not to see outright hostility towards an orthodox bibliology on the Welhausen thread.”

    finitum non capax infiniti

  • “FWIW, I do not spend time ripping on people with a low bibliology from the pulpit.”

    finitum non capax infiniti

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  • thesaraheffect The history and science of books as objects. More specifically, bibliology is the study of the bible as a text-not to be confused with hermeneutics or biblical exegesis. Feb 23, 2009

  • ratedc bibliology is the study of the Bible Feb 18, 2009

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