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5 days ago · John Eliot (born 1604, Widford, Hertfordshire, England—died May 21, 1690, Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony [now in Massachusetts, U.S.]) was a Puritan missionary to the Native Americans of Massachusetts Bay Colony whose translation of the Bible in the Algonquian language was the first Bible printed in North America.
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3 days ago · What language was the Bible originally written in? The Hebrew Bible was written in Hebrew . Its Greek translation, the Septuagint , made it accessible in the Hellenistic period (c. 300 BCE–c. 300 CE) and provided a language for the New Testament and for the Christian liturgy and theology of the first three centuries CE.
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- Why is the Bible important?The Bible contains the sacred scriptures of Judaism and Christianity and has long been the most available, familiar, and dependable source and arbi...
- What language was the Bible originally written in?The Hebrew Bible was written in Hebrew. Its Greek translation, the Septuagint, made it accessible in the Hellenistic period (c. 300 BCE–c. 300 CE)...
- How is the Bible organized?The Hebrew Bible has three divisions: Torah (Instruction, or Law; also called the Pentateuch), Neviʾim (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings). These bo...
- When was the Bible written?Parts of the Hebrew Bible were written in perhaps the 10th century BCE. The final redaction and canonization of the Torah (the first five books of...
- What does the Bible say?The Bible centres on the one and only God, the Creator of all that exists. God’s will and purpose are viewed as just, loving, and ultimately prevai...
5 days ago · While Moses is often depicted speaking Hebrew or Egyptian in popular culture, the question of what language he actually spoke is a topic of much debate among scholars. Moses was born in Egypt, where the primary language at the time was Ancient Egyptian. It is likely that Moses would have been fluent in Egyptian, as he was raised in Pharaoh's ...
4 days ago · The first translation of the books of the Hebrew Bible (plus additions) into the common language of the ancient Mediterranean world made the Jewish scriptures accessible to many outside Judaism.
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- 2019
4 days ago · How did the Jewish name Ya’akov, properly translated as Jacob, become James in English versions of the Bible?
1 day ago · The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew and occasionally Aramaic writings by the Israelites.
