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nounthe sacred writings of the Christian religions
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nounany writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group
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- laws the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit
- jerome (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420)
- writings the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
- torah (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services
- torah the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit
- prophets the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
- canon a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired
- hieronymus (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420)
- tefillin (Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer
- kabbalah an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries