Hebrew Scriptures

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The Sacred book containing 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. Also called Hebrew Bible.

Hebrew Scriptures

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The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy and Numbers. Also known as the Torah by the Jews.

Pentateuch

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A biblical canon, or canon of scripture, is a list of books considered to be truth by a particular religious community.

Canon

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Meaning “agreement”. Used to by Christians to refer to the two main sections of the Bible: the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament describes the old covenant God made. The New Testament describes the new covenant God made with huma

Testament

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The first translation of the Hebrew Scriptures by the Greeks (300-200 BC).

Septuagint

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The conditional promises made to humanity by God, as revealed in Scripture. The agreement between God and the ancient Israelites, where God promised to protect them if they kept His law and were faithful to Him. A formal agreement, contract, testamen

Covenant

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the set of ancient Jewish writings from between the last book in the Jewish scriptures, Malachi, and the arrival of Jesus Christ. The apocryphal books include Judith, Tobit, the Wisdom of Solomon etc. The word means “hidden”.

Apocrypha

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is a careful work by scholars to explain the meaning of a text, particularly an ancient text. It draws out of the text itself, the evidence or clues to be examined and researched.

Exegesis

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