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  • My own interest is far more in the Hebrew Bible. My religion is more personally related to the Hebrew Bible than it is to the New Testament.

    Source: www.biblicalarchaeology.org
  • You have miracles [in the Hebrew Bible], yes, but they're not the work, normally, of demons.

    Miracle   Hebrew   Demon  
    Source: www.biblicalarchaeology.org
  • The Hebrew Bible contains multiple provisions to ensure that no one would go hungry. The corners of the field, forgotten sheaves of grain, gleanings that drop from the hands of the gleaner, and small clusters of grapes left on the vine were to be given to the poor.

    Hands   Fields   Gleaning  
    "Why Fighting Poverty and Hunger Is a Religious Duty" by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 26, 2013.
  • With the Hebrew Bible, you're living in an austere world.

    Source: www.biblicalarchaeology.org
  • When you come to the New Testament you can't even swing a cat without hitting three demons and two spirits. And magic becomes something that is everywhere. In the Hebrew Bible this sort of thing doesn't go on.

    Cat   Swings   Two  
    Source: www.biblicalarchaeology.org
  • The essence of the Hebrew Bible, transmitted by Christianity, is separation: between life and death, nature and God, good and evil, man and woman, and the holy and the profane.

  • Scholars of the Hebrew bible define something they call wisdom literature and I would say clearly the poetry of wisdom is something that comes with age or that might come with age which has to do with reflecting on experience.

    Age   Literature   Might  
    "Embracing the Mess of Poetry". Big Think interview, bigthink.com.
  • The market economy is deeply congruent with the values set out in the Hebrew Bible. Material prosperity is a divine blessing. Poverty crushes the spirit as well as the body, and its alleviation is a sacred task. Work is a noble calling.

    Crush   Blessing   Tasks  
    "Rediscovering Religious Values in the Market Economy" by Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 12, 2011.
  • The Hebrew Bible defines Judaism. It's certainly true that the Talmudic interpretations become authoritative and normative, but they are interpretations of the Hebrew Bible. So that is always there.

    Source: www.biblicalarchaeology.org
  • Since I was 18 years old, I have taught the Bible. For the last fifteen or twenty years, I have taught every Sunday when I was home or near my own house, so that would be 35 or 40 times per year. Half of those Sundays, the text comes from the Hebrew Bible. I have had a deep personal interest in the Holy Land and in the teachings of the Hebrew people. God has a special position for the Jewish people, the Hebrews, or whatever. I know the difference between ancient Israel and Judaea, and I know the history. I don't have any problem with the Jewish people.

    Teaching   Home   Sunday  
    "Who’s Afraid of Jimmy Carter?". Interview with Amy Wilentz, nymag.com. July 20, 2008.
  • Happily, I come out of a Calvinist tradition in which the Hebrew Bible carries as much authority as the New Testament. No different weight is given to one or the other.

    Source: www.biblicalarchaeology.org
  • The first book ever written in an alphabet was the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament. And the most important passage was the Ten Commandments. The first commandment is the most revolutionary sentence ever written. It states: "I am the Lord thy God there is no other." The second prohibits us from making images. Thus, there is a profound rejection of any goddess influence and a ban of representative art.

    Art   Book   Profound  
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