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  Bible - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Judaism's Bible is often referred to as the Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible, which includes the sacred texts common to both the Christian and Jewish canons.
Tanakh is an acronym for the three parts of the Hebrew Bible: the Torah ("Teaching/Law" also known as the Pentateuch), Nevi'im ("Prophets"), and Ketuvim ("Writings", or Hagiographa).
The Bible as used by the majority of Christians includes the Hebrew Scripture and the New Testament, which relates the life and teachings of Jesus, the letters of the Apostle Paul and other disciples to the early church and the Book of Revelation.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Bible   (5794 words)

  
 Hebrew Scripture
The essay on "The Canonization of the Bible" is adapted from the essay "The Canons of the Bible" (Marc Z. Brettler and Pheme Perkins).
The essay on "The Modern Study of the Bible" is adapted from "The Interpretation of the Bible: From the Nineteenth to the Mid-twentieth Centuries" (Michael D. Coogan) and "Contemporary Methods in Biblical Study" (Carol A. Newsom).
The essay on "The Histori­cal and Geographical Background to the Bible" is partly based on "The Ancient Near East" (Michael D. Coogan), "The Persian and Hellenistic Periods" (Carol A. Newsom), and "The Geography of the Bible" (Michael D. Coogan).
www.wordtrade.com /religion/bible/biblehebrewR.htm   (3154 words)

  
 Bible   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Judaism's Bible is often referred to as the Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible, which includes the sacred texts common to both the Christian and Jewish canons.
Tanakh is an acronym for the three parts of the Hebrew Bible: the Torah ("Teaching/Law" also known as the Pentateuch), Nevi'im ("Prophets"), and Ketuvim ("Writings", or Hagiographa).
The Bible as used by the majority of Christians includes the Hebrew Scripture and the New Testament, which relates the life and teachings of Jesus, the letters of the Apostle Paul and other disciples to the early church and the Book of Revelation.
www.tocatch.info /en/Bible.htm   (5706 words)

  
 Informat.io on Bible
The Bible (Hebrew: תנ״ך tanakh, Greek: η Βίβλος hē biblos) (sometimes The Holy Bible, The Book, Work of God, The Word, The Good Book or Scripture), from Greek (τα) βίβλια, (ta) biblia, "(the) books", is the name used by Jews and Christians for their differing (and sometimes overlapping) canons of sacred texts.
Tanakh is an acronym for the three parts of the Hebrew Bible: the Torah (Pentateuch), Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings).
The longest verse in the Bible is Esther chapter 8, verse 9.
www.informat.io /?title=Bible   (4485 words)

  
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The Bible reflects the style of the many people involved, but it is from God, and should be respected as such.
The New American Standard Bible (1977) is almost as good as the NASB95, except that it reverts to archaic English in the Psalms and in the language of prayer, and is a little harder to read.
Tanakh, the Holy Scriptures is a good Modern English translation of the Jewish Bible (the same as the Christian Old Testament) from the traditional Hebrew text.
www.faqs.org /ftp/usenet/news.answers/books/bible/bible-faq   (4035 words)

  
 The Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) and the Environment
The Tanakh deems an expanding population as a blessing for all humanity.
The wisdom texts in the Tanakh also indicate that some destruction is part of the normal cycle of life: there is a time for planting and a time for uprooting what has been planted.
Systematic analysis of the Tanakh and its Jewish commentators from the viewpoint of environmental studies is a daunting task which remains to be undertaken.
www.jcpa.org /art/jep3.htm   (5989 words)

  
 bible
Tanakh) and, with later additions, the Christian Bible.
Hebrew Bible is called the Old Testament in the Christian Bible.
In early manuscripts (most importantly in Tiberian masoretic manuscripts such as the Aleppo codex) an "open" section may also be represented by a blank line, and a "closed" section by a new line that is slightly indented (the preceding line may also not be full).
www.findthelinks.com /religion/bible.htm   (2682 words)

  
 Bible Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Another source of differences in Bible versions come from the fact that there is more than one way to translate the same thing, depending on style, target vocabulary, translation philosophy, etc. These differences are generally not difficult to deal with though, because they mean the same thing.
The Living Bible (TLB) is a paraphrase of the KJV that sacrifices accuracy for readability.
Those who claim the Bible is full of contradictions generally only find them because they don't really read what the Bible actually says in its own context.
ebible.org /bible/biblefaq.htm   (3955 words)

  
 BIBLE : Encyclopedia Entry
Tanakh is an acronym for the three parts of the Hebrew Bible: the Torah ("Teaching/Law" also known as the Pentateuch), Nevi'im ("Prophets"), and Ketuvim ("Writings,” or Hagiographa), and is used commonly by Jews but unfamiliar to many English speakers and others) (Alexander 1999, p.
The Bible as used by the majority of Christians includes the Rabbinic Hebrew Scripture and the New Testament, which relates the life and teachings of Jesus, the letters of the Apostle Paul and other disciples to the early church and the Book of Revelation.
Of the world's 6,900 languages, 2,400 have some or all of the Bible, 1,600 (spoken by more than a billion people) have translation underway, and some 2,500 (spoken by 270 million people) are judged as needing translation to begin.
www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/bible   (5850 words)

  
 Thelemapedia: The Encyclopedia of Thelema & Magick | Christian Bible   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The Bible is the primary sacred scripture of both the Jewish and Christian religions.
The Hebrew Tanakh and the Christian Old Testament are largely the same except in order, although some versions of the OT include books that the Tanakh doesn’t.
The first six books of the Bible as a unit (The Pentateuch immediately followed by the book of Joshua) is sometimes referred to as the Hexateuch, as the book of Joshua picks up directly where Deuteronomy leaves off.
www.thelemapedia.org /index.php/The_Bible   (1743 words)

  
 HSB: The Jewish Study Bible   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Now, readers of the Bible who are interested in studying Jewish traditions have a one-volume resource specifically tailored for their needs.
The JSB uses The Jewish Publication Society TANAKH Translation, whose name is an acronym formed from the Hebrew initials of the three sections into which the Hebrew Bible is traditionally divided (Torah, Instruction; Nevi'im, Prophets; and Kethubim, Writings).
While the notes are far more extensive than in ecumenical study Bibles [such as the New Oxford Annotated Bible and the HarperCollins Study Bible], they serve only as a bare introduction to the vast wealth of Jewish commentary on the Bible.
www.ancient-hebrew.org /hebrewstudies/111.html   (882 words)

  
 Judaism Sacred Scriptures, Torah, Tanakh, Talmud
From the third century before Christ, is the oldest document we have: It is the Greek translation made in Alexandria by a Group of 72 rabbis (6 from each one of the 12 Tribes of Israel), and hence the name of "Septuagint" given to the translation.
It has 46 books, like the Catholic Bibles, and it was the common version of the Bible among the Jews well after Christ; the one used and quoted by the Evangelists and Apostles when they wrote the New Testament, and the one mostly quoted in the Talmud.
There are also fragments of the Bible kept in "papiry" in Manchester and Oxford (England), in Washington (USA), and Geneva (Switzerland).
www.religion-cults.com /Judaism/escript.htm   (700 words)

  
 Tanakh: The Jewish Bible - ReligionFacts
The Jewish sacred text is the Tanakh, whose name is an acronym of Torah, Nebi'im and Ketuvim (Law, Prophets and Writings).
The Tanakh consists of the same books as the Christian Old Testament, although in a slightly different order and with other minor differences.
The Tanakh should not be referred to as the "Old Testament" in the context of Judaism, however, as the term implies acceptance of the "New Testament."
www.religionfacts.com /judaism/texts/tanakh.htm   (162 words)

  
 Palm Bible :: Bible With You (JPS1917) :: Version: 7.23 :: Bible: The Tanakh from JPS (1917)
The databases, Bible Cross References, are distributed separately as add-ons for the reader and may be used with any Bible translation.
Bible With You application supports multiple Bible study add-on books and reference resources such as dictionaries, commentaries, Bible study notes, cross references, Bible images, etc. For all available add-on resources, check the GMPSoft Products page.
The database with 1000 Bible Images With You is distributed separately as an add-on for Bible With You.
www.gmpsoft.com /product.php?id=b_jps1917   (1768 words)

  
 Bible Code Digest.com - Hebrew Links
Lesson One: Many of our readers are interested in learning to use Bible code software, but are intimidated by the difficulty of learning the Hebrew alphabet at the same time as they have to learn new words in Hebrew.
The Interlinear Bible presents the Old Testament word-by-word in biblical Hebrew with the English words and phrases below, and the New Testament in English and Greek.
Bible code search software is available in our online store.
www.biblecodedigest.com /page.php/350   (1044 words)

  
 Tanakh, Jewish Bible, Old Testament, Messianic prophecies
This is a Fact Sheet about certain aspects of the Jewish Bible, also known as Tanakh.
Tanakh is an acronym based upon the 3 divisions of the Hebrew Bible -- the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings.
The threefold division of the Jewish Bible was alluded to by Jesus when He said...
www.biblebell.org /bible/HebOT.html   (666 words)

  
 Links to the Holy Bible and lesser things
A Modern English translation of the Holy Bible that can be legally copied and republished.
The Apostle’s Bible — a modern English translation of the Greek Septuagint
Chamorro Bible — a language spoken in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands
ebible.org /bible   (752 words)

  
 History Of The Bible
The Jewish Bible (Tanakh) is the same as the Christian Old Testament, except for its book arrangement.
The history of the "Bible" begins with the Jewish Scriptures.
This translation became known as the "Septuagint", meaning 70, and referring to the tradition that 70 (probably 72) men comprised the translation team.
www.allaboutthejourney.org /history-of-the-bible.htm   (688 words)

  
 The Tanakh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The Bible of the Jews consists of those books that were written before Jesus was born.
To call this work the Old Testament is therefore to use a Christian term; to use the Jewish term (the Bible) is potentially confusing, since the Christian Bible is a much larger work, including the life, teachings, and aftermath of the death of Jesus of Nazareth (a Jew, by the way).
Tanakh is a neutral term that gives no offense to Jews--as the term Old Testament may--and is perfectly acceptable to Christians as well.
www174.pair.com /mja/bible.html   (315 words)

  
 Energion.com Bible Version Detail -Jewish Publication Society Tanakh
Based on the JPS Tanakh, this study Bible is an excellent resource for interfaith discussion.
Oxford's study Bibles are always great, and this is no exception.
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures, The New JPS Translation According to the Traditional Hebrew Text
energion.com /books/bibles/enebvdetail.php?version=JPS   (262 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Jewish Study Bible: featuring The Jewish Publication Society TANAKH Translation: Books: Adele ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Confusingly, there is also a 1992 "Oxford Study Bible," edited by Katherine Doob Sakenfeld, which is based on the Revised English Bible of 1989, a version of the New English Bible of 1970, which had a Study Edition in 1976.
The volume concludes with 200-pages worth of essays: 7 on Jewish interpretation of the Bible; 8 on the Bible in Jewish life and thought; and 9 on backgrounds for reading the Bible (some of which are adaptations of essays found in Oxford's Annotated Bible).
As with any good study Bible, the notes include background info about the time, place, and events surrounding the text (either from the time it happened or when it was written).
www.amazon.com /Jewish-Study-Bible-Publication-Translation/dp/0195297512   (2469 words)

  
 Bible
Concordances to the Bible - Strong's Concordance as well as Brown Driver Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, Thayer's Greek Lexicon and Easton's Bible Dictionary - gives Hebrew word, pronounciation guide, definition and usage count and lists of passages containing the word.
Gutenberg Bible - coloured images of the British Library's two copies of the Gutenberg Bible.
Amos Commentary - prototype of the Postmodern Bible, a hypertext Bible commentary
www.ucalgary.ca /~lipton/bible.html   (813 words)

  
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The Bible is considered a sacred text by three major world religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Modern scholars believe that the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, was composed by four or five writers between 1000 to 400 BCE based on much older traditions.
Bible Data Files, All of the data files used to build the Hypertext Bible in zip format.
www.sacred-texts.com /bib/index.htm   (391 words)

  
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Zohar assumes an intimate knowledge of the Torah (first five books of the Bible) and a fairly comprehensive knowledge of the rest of the Tanakh (Hebrew Scriptures).
The Masoretes were a group of rabbis who compiled a system of critical notes on the external form of the Biblical text, and who effectively determined the precise text of the Tanakh in the Jewish community.
The Karaite ben Asher family is responsible for the preservation and production of the Masoretic Text, which all current Hebrew Bibles (reproductions of the text of the Torah excluding a Torah scroll) are based upon.
www.lycos.com /info/tanakh--jewish-bible.html   (311 words)

  
 Questions About The Bible
In the late 1800's a group of Bible scholars decided that the English language had changed so much since King James' time that the KJV needed to be updated.
The Tanakh, New JPS Translation (NJPS), is a translation of the Hebrew Bible commonly used in non-Messianic Judaism.
This is the case with almost all Modern English Bible translations, except for the World English Bible, the Weymoth New Testament in Modern Speech, and (maybe) the Bible in Basic English (which may be copyrighted in some countries).
www.godonthe.net /evidence/bible_1.htm   (5687 words)

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