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Hebrew Bible

American  

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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The stories of the Hebrew Bible frequently relate to central questions of family life: where to settle, whom to marry, when to have children.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 11, 2025

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

“Christians liberally took parts from the Hebrew Bible in crafting what became the New Testament, and after that, Muslims also took liberally from the Hebrew Bible in crafting what became the Quran,” Gottlieb said.

From Salon Feb. 24, 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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