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What version of the Old Testament was used by the early Christians in the first few centuries?
The early Christians used the Septuagint, an early but flawed Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures.
What did the early christian called the Hebrews scriptures they adopted?
Being that most of Christ's teachings were based on the Hebrew writings, early Christians referred to the Jewish TaNaK, which is the Hebrew Bible. Many of the different books of the New Testament were originally written and published separately, so many early Christians added them to their Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, called the Septuagint. It wasn't until the books of the New Covenant, or the New Testament, were beginning to be canonized into an organized Christian bible, with the books of the TaNaK at it's basis, when the Hebrew texts were seen as the Old Testament.
Does the present order of books in the English bible parallel the Hebrew bible?
It depends on what religion you are. The Jews use the original order of books, and the Christians use an order that was created by the early church, around the 5th Century.
Who is Peter from the King James Bible?
Peter, in any version of the Bible, was a leading apostle and disciple of Jesus. He led the early Christians in Jerusalem and authored the New Testament books of 1 and 2 Peter.
The Hebrew Bible is equivalent to what?
The Christian "Old Testament" is based on the Hebrew Bible. It is a reworking of the original Hebrew text. Furthermore, the early Christian church changed the order of the books. The Hebrew Bible maintains the original order.
Where are the writings of Paul and other early Christians collected?
The Bible.
How do you spell Holy Bible in Hebrew?
The Hebrew Bible is called Tanakh, which is an acronym for the 3 parts of the Bible: Torah = the five books of Moses Nevi'im = the prophets Ketuvim = the writings The Christian old testament is a version of the Hebrew Bible, but the books have been rearranged by the early church. There is no Hebrew word that refers to both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament together. Christians in Israel refer to that as Tanakh Uvrit Hakhadasha (literally: "The Bible and the New Testament").
What are the early letters to the Christians that are in the Bible called?
These letters are referred to as the Epistles.
What holy book is about the life and work of jesus and early christians?
The Bible
Did early Hebrews use napkins?
There is no mention of napkins in the Hebrew Bible.
When and by whom was the Septuagint established as an official version of the bible?
Septuagint |ˈsep ch oōəˌjint| noun a Greek version of the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament), including the Apocrypha, made for Greek-speaking Jews in Egypt in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC and adopted by the early Christian Churches.
Is there more than one version of the Bible used by Christians?
The Roman Catholic bible has 2 more books in it than the Protestant version. Even so, the early Roman Catholic church rejected some 50 gospels because they did not agree with their vision of how Christianity and the life of Jesus the Christ should be portrayed.
