Hebrew Bible

noun

1. the collection of sacred writings of the Jewish religion: the content of the Christian Old Testament is principally derived from the Hebrew Bible.

Example Sentences

He must know that Paul endorses the retributive justice of the Hebrew Bible, that the New Testament constantly quotes its antecedent’s portrayals of God’s compassion and liberality, and that Jesus’ atonement is meaningless apart from the law and the prophets.

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Carly L. Crouch, professor of Hebrew Bible and ancient Judaism at Radboud University in the Netherlands, contributed to this article.

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In 1861, two weeks after South Carolina seceded from the Union, Morris Jacob Raphall, the Orthodox rabbi of B’nai Jeshurun synagogue in New York, gave a sermon proclaiming that the Hebrew Bible endorsed slavery.

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Austen Hartke realized he was transgender in seminary, where he was studying the Hebrew Bible; he came out as soon as he graduated.

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Conservative Christians overwhelmingly support Israel, in part because of their fondness for the peoples of the Hebrew Bible.

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