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Hebrew Bible

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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.


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In European traditions, the handwritten Torah scroll, which contains the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, is protected with ceremonial coverings and adornments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2025

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.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2025

In 1947, Muhammad edh-Dhib, a young Bedouin shepherd looking for a sheep gone astray, discovered a hidden cave that contained the Dead Sea Scrolls, the earliest known version of most of the Hebrew Bible.

From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2024

Jacob’s was inflected with the rhythms of the Hebrew Bible and the beit midrash where the men of his village studied and argued.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

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