Bible

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Bible (BYE-bl) listen

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Example Sentences

  • "The Talmud the most important text in Judaism after the Bible is essentially a transcript of arguments that only very rarely tell you who was 'right' It's actually only in the 19th century the Jews start separating themselves from other Jews the basis of having 'different beliefs.'" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • English

Etymology

  • originally from Greek βιβλία biblía 'books'

      • Who Uses This

      • Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
      • Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).

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