Hebrew Bible

English

Proper noun

the Hebrew Bible

  2. (Abrahamism) The sacred texts of Judaism, consisting of the Law (Torah), the Prophets, and the Hagiographa.
    • 2021, Stephen J. Shoemaker, edited by Mette Bjerregaard Mortensen, Guillaume Dye, Isaac W. Oliver, and Tommaso Tesei, The Study of Islamic Origins‎[1], Walter de Gruyter GmbH, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, page 33:
      Without question, I think, the Qurʾān may be identified as a biblical apocryphon according to the terms defined by Junod: it is anonymous, it maintains a solid connection throughout to the writings of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament (as well as other related writings), focusing often on persons and events from these books while occasionally expanding on them.

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See Old Testament.

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