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The Bible is a collection of sacred texts used as scripture by denominations of the Christian religion. Though the exact number of books contained in the Bible varies depending on the specific denomination, most Bibles are generally divided into the Old Testament (derived from the Hebrew Tanakh) ...
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated What is the hope of the heathen who possesses riches at the time when God takes his soul? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917 For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?
Peshitta Holy Bible TranslatedAnd God heard the voice of the boy and the Angel of God called to Hagar from Heaven and said to her, “What is happening to you Hagar? Do not be afraid, because God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. OT TranslationsJPS Tanakh 1917And God heard...
Knight and Amy-Jill Levine deliver a broad and engaging introduction to the Old Testament—also known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible—offering a wealth of compelling historical background and context for the sacred literature that is at the heart of Judaism and Christianity. John Shelby Spong, ...
The Old Testament is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, a collection
does not mean something hidden or secret, but something that was previously unknown but now revealed by God. We note this by hindsight, how the Scriptures in the Tanakh and the Torah reveal these things to us, but only after having the revelation of God in the NT text do we see a...
(Hebrew: פָּרָשָׁה Pārāšâ, "portion", Tiberian /pɔrɔˈʃɔ/, Sephardi /paraˈʃa/, plural: parashot or parashiyot, also called parsha) formally meansa section of a biblical book in the Masoretic Text of the Tanakh(Hebrew Bible). ... ...
This word only appears once in the TaNaKh, and it has many interpretations: Onkelos, an early translator of the Torah, says that ednah refers to the pleasure of having a son. The Talmud (Bava Metzia 87a) suggests that edna refers to the beauty of youth, particularly the return of Sarah...
The Book of Psalms ( or SAW(L)MZ; Hebrew: תְּהִלִּים, Tehillim, lit. "praises"), commonly referred to simply as Psalms, the Psalter or "the Psalms", is the first book of the Ketuvim ("Writings"), the third section of the Tanakh, and a book of the...