Hebrew Bible — • As compared with the Latin Vulgate, the Hebrew Bible includes the entire Old Testament with the exception of the seven deuterocanonical books, Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, I and II Machabees, and the deuterocanonical portions … Catholic encyclopedia
Hebrew Language and Literature — • Hebrew was the language spoken by the ancient Israelites, and in which were composed nearly all of the books of the Old Testament Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hebrew Language and Literature Hebrew … Catholic encyclopedia
Hebrew — Hebrew Language and Literature † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Hebrew Language and Literature Hebrew was the language spoken by the ancient Israelites, and in which were composed nearly all of the books of the Old Testament. The name Hebrew … Catholic encyclopedia
BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Bible — For other uses, see Bible (disambiguation). The Gutenberg Bible, the first printed Bible … Wikipedia
Bible prophecy — Part of a series on The Bible … Wikipedia
Hebrew literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Hebrew language and distinct from Jewish literature, which also exists in other languages. Literature in Hebrew has been produced uninterruptedly from the early 12th century BC,… … Universalium
Judith, Book of — ▪ biblical literature apocryphal work excluded from the Hebrew and Protestant biblical canons but included in the Septuagint (Greek version of the Hebrew Bible) and accepted in the Roman canon. The book relates that Nebuchadrezzar… … Universalium
Bible — The word derives from the Greek biblia, meaning ‘books’, and the plural witnesses to the fact that the Christian Bible is not a unity but a collection. The Old Testament consists of twenty four books written in Hebrew (except for a few passages… … Dictionary of the Bible
Judith — /jooh dith/, n. 1. a devoutly religious woman of the ancient Jews who saved her town from conquest by entering the camp of the besieging Assyrian army and cutting off the head of its commander, Holofernes, while he slept. 2. a book of the… … Universalium
