Hebrew Bible

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.

Example Sentences

Austen Hartke realized he was transgender in seminary, where he was studying the Hebrew Bible; he came out as soon as he graduated.

From New York Times

Conservative Christians overwhelmingly support Israel, in part because of their fondness for the peoples of the Hebrew Bible.

From Slate

Yet the Hebrew Bible shows that Hebrews were as terrified of existential uprootedness as Blaise Pascal or any Christian king.

From Salon

Ellen Bernstein, a river guide turned rabbi who blazed a spiritual trail in the environmental movement by undergirding it with the Hebrew Bible’s veneration of nature, died on Feb. 27 in Philadelphia.

From New York Times

“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