Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural The Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings, forming the covenant between God and the Jewish people that is the foundation and Bible of Judaism while constituting for Christians the Old Testament.
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- proper noun The
Old Testament - proper noun The
Tanakh (תנך )
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The Bible falls open at this passage from the Hebrew Scriptures aka the Old Testament.
Beginner’s Grace Kate Braestrup 2010
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The Bible falls open at this passage from the Hebrew Scriptures aka the Old Testament.
Beginner’s Grace Kate Braestrup 2010
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The Bible falls open at this passage from the Hebrew Scriptures aka the Old Testament.
Beginner’s Grace Kate Braestrup 2010
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The Hebrew Scriptures is a term for the Tanach you will encounter in any academic i.e., secular university course in Religion.
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Lazarus: The Hebrew Scriptures is a term for the Tanach you will encounter in any academic i.e., secular university course in Religion.
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This includes refusing to call the Hebrew Scriptures by the name Christians use, that is, "the Old Testament."
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It's not even clear, from his point of view, what he thinks of the Hebrew Scriptures at all - follow his arguments to their logical conclusion, and one might argue that the Hebrew Scriptures are a benighted relic of a less rational time.
GetReligion 2009
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There are other ways to view this passage, by re-examining the language and interpretation of the Greek translation of the Old Testament (also called the Hebrew Scriptures or Hebrew Bible).
Vulpes Libris 2008
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Taken as a whole, the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament offer for me a vision of covenant.
Rev. Chuck Currie: Chick-fil-A, Sex And 'Unprotexcted Texts' Rev. Chuck Currie 2011
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Taken as a whole, the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament offer for me a vision of covenant.
Rev. Chuck Currie: Chick-fil-A, Sex And 'Unprotexcted Texts' Rev. Chuck Currie 2011
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