Simeon (A devout man of Jerusalem held to have uttered the Nunc Dimittis on seeing the infant Jesus in the temple)

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• Simeon — noun Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek Symeōn, from Hebrew Shim‘ōn Date: before 12th century 1. a son of Jacob and the traditional eponymous ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel 2. a devout man of Jerusalem held to have uttered the Nunc… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …   Universalium