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Who first translated the Hebrew word 'kabbalah' as the Greek word 'φιλοσοφία'?
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φιλοσοφία means philosophy. If any translator used this as the translation of קבלה (kabbalah), he or she is mistaken. Kabbalah means "receiving" or "reception" and comes from the verb קיבל (kibbel) "to get" or "to receive."
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When was the Hebrew Bible first translated into another language?
The Torah was translated into Greek around 270 BCE.
The first latin translaton of the bible is known as the?
The first Latin translation of the Bible is known as the Vulgate. It was translated from the original Hebrew and Greek manuscripts.
What edition of the Hebrew Bible did the early christian community use?
The Early Christian community did not use an edition. They used the original Hebrew scriptures until they were first translated into Greek.
Was any of the old testament written in Greek?
At the time the Old Testament was written none of the books were written in Greek, but about the 2nd or 3rd century B.C. the Old Testament was translated into Greek and is called the Septuagint.
How many words were in the Hebrew language when the bible was translated?
When the Hebrew bible was first translated into Greek, Hebrew was still a spoken language and there is know way to know how many words existed at that time. The Hebrew Bible has about 8000 Hebrew words in it, but the spoken language at that time would have had many more than that. Most spoken languages have between 40,000 and 140,000 words, depending on how you decide what a word is.
What was first written in Greek and Hebrew?
The Christian Bible is written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.
Why is 616 the devils number?
It is 616 if the translation of the bible from Hebrew was first done to Greek then to a germanic language. If it was first translated into latin it would be 666. Its just a translation thing.
Where did the Bible get translated into Greek?
The Greek Septuagint was the common Bible (Old Testament) in the time of Jesus. It was translated from the original Hebrew and Aramaic between the third and first centuries BC, in Alexandria. The Greek translators added passages and books of their own; these were later purged from Jewish Bibles. The New Testament was written in Greek, over the first two centuries AD/CE. _____ Here we must remember Greek was the language in which the bible was written , it was translated into other languages later on.
Who first translated the Bible from its original language?
THe first part of the Hebrew scriptures was first translated into Greek by 72 Jewish scholars approx 250 BCE. But later it was simply referred to as the Septuagint (meaning 70). The remaining portion was finished approx 150 BCE.
Who was the First English bible translator to work directly from Hebrew to greek manuscripts?
ANSWER: William Tyndale translated the New Testament from the Greek texts and the Old Testaments from the Hebrew and Caldee texts in the 1520's. For this activity, he was eventually arrested and executed.
What does X mean in Hebrew?
"X" comes from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word Χριστός, translated as "Christ".The term "Christ" has no etymological origin in Hebrew. (The Hebrew term for Messiah is Moshiach.)
Why is there not a bible written all in Hebrew?
The first five books of The Bible were translated from the original Hebrew- that's a start!
