HEBREW SCRIPTURES
(Also called The Law)
(See also Law Covenant; Pentateuch)
accuracy of transmission: it-1 322; it-2 317-318; nwt 1726-1727; hl section 4; w97 8/15 11; w90 7/15 29; si 305-307, 310-314; w89 2/1 28-29; gm 17-21
comments by Professor J. A. Sanders: si 312
comments by Professor Julio Trebolle Barrera: w01 2/15 6
comments by Sir Frederic Kenyon: it-2 318, 879
comments by W. H. Green: ijwbq article 129; it-2 318; wp16.4 7; nwt 1727; g 11/07 13
ancient non-Hebrew versions: it-2 1151-1154
Aquila: it-2 1152; w09 11/1 22; w98 9/15 31
Hexapla (Origen): it-2 1152; w01 7/15 30
Latin Vulgate: it-2 1153; si 310
Old Latin versions (Vetus Latina): w09 4/1 20
Samaritan Pentateuch: it-2 848, 1151; si 307; w89 2/1 29
Septuagint: it-2 1152; w17.09 20; wp17.6 13; w15 12/15 5; w13 2/15 6; w09 4/1 13; w09 11/1 22; w08 12/1 19; w02 9/15 26-29; si 307, 310
Symmachus: it-2 1152
Targums: it-2 1151-1152; w08 5/1 20; si 307
Theodotion: it-2 1152
antiquity: w11 6/1 20-23; g 11/07 4; g86 11/8 31
Apocrypha: ijwfq article 36; it-1 121-125; si 301-302
Aramaic portions: it-1 1081; w06 1/15 18; si 85, 140
authenticity: si 332-336; gm 37-54
Abraham: w89 7/1 4-5
higher criticism: it-1 1082; gm 38-43, 48-49; w86 4/1 3-5
use by Jesus and apostles: it-1 1205
canon: it-1 406-409, 1080-1081; sg 16; si 300-302
Council of Jamnia (c. 90 C.E., Jewish): it-1 121
Great Synagogue: it-2 1050
Jerusalem (Palestinian) canon: it-1 121
Septuagint: it-1 121
testimony of Christian Scriptures: it-1 408-409; si 204
view of early Church Fathers: it-1 408
charts:
Bible’s inspired penmen and their writings: si 12
books, writers, time covered, and time and place written: nwt 1662; bi12 1548; w91 6/15 28; si 298
books and abbreviations: nwt 40
books in order completed: it-1 309
Jewish canon of the Scriptures: it-1 407; si 301
quotations and applications by writers of the Greek Scriptures: si 343, 346-349
consonantal text: si 311
contents: nwt 34; bm 4-18; ct 120-143; ba 13; w91 6/15 27-29
copyists: it-2 313; gu 30; w98 4/1 12; ba 7
Masoretes: it-1 321-322; it-2 313-314, 877; w98 4/1 12; ba 7; w95 9/15 26-29; si 310-311; gm 18, 20-21
rules for copying: w90 7/15 29; w89 2/1 28-29
Sopherim: it-1 1081-1082; it-2 877; si 310; gm 18
description: g88 6/8 26-27
discussion: it-1 308, 1080-1082; si 305-307, 310-314
for Muslims: gu 15-18
divine name: nwt 1731-1735
Aquila’s Greek translation: it-2 9; g88 7/22 22
New World Translation: nwt 1731, 1733-1735; bi12 1642
Origen’s comments on: it-2 9
Origen’s Hexapla: it-2 9; w01 7/15 31
pre-Christian translations: w91 3/1 29
Septuagint: mrt article 6; it-2 5-7, 9-10, 315, 1215; wp17.6 13; nwt 1736-1737; w10 7/1 6; w09 4/1 30; bi12 1642-1643; w02 6/1 30; w02 9/15 28-29; sh 259; si 307, 310
Septuagint (photos): it-1 324, 326; wp17.6 13; nwt 1738; w10 7/1 6; w09 4/1 30; w08 8/1 18; sh 259
Symmachus’ Greek translation: it-2 9; jl lesson 4
vowel pointing: it-2 6-7
divisions: it-1 1080; ba 13
Ezra compiles: it-1 796
first book of note to be translated: it-1 313
harmony with Christian Scriptures: it-1 443; g88 6/8 27
Hebrew grouping of books: it-1 308, 407, 1080-1081; sh 220; si 300-301
Daniel: dp 23-24
Ezra and Nehemiah: it-1 799
Kethuvim (Hagiographa, Writings): sh 220; si 102, 301
Neviʼim (Prophets): sh 220; si 301
number of books: it-1 407; si 300-301
term “Tanakh”: sh 220
how time of day was expressed: it-1 1152
illustrations: it-1 1177
Jehovah’s personality in: it-2 18-20; w07 9/1 4-5; w86 9/15 27-28
manuscripts: it-2 314-315; si 305-307, 310-312
accuracy: w07 3/15 19-20; g 11/07 12
Aleppo Codex, photo (Isa 40): nwt 1728
Cairo Genizah: it-2 314; w90 7/15 28; si 306; g88 7/22 21
leading papyrus: si 313
leading vellum and leather: si 314
number extant: it-1 1082; it-2 314; w97 10/1 12; si 306; pe 52-53; rs 64
numerals: it-2 510-511
Masoretic text: it-2 314; wp16.4 6-7; nwt 1726; g 11/07 12-13; w95 5/15 26-28; w95 9/15 27-29; si 311
master texts:
Baer: it-2 313
ben Asher, Moses and Aaron: it-2 313, 315; w95 5/15 28; w95 9/15 26-28; si 312
ben Chayyim, Jacob: it-2 313; si 312
Biblia Hebraica (Kittel): it-2 313; nwt 1729; si 312-313
Biblia Hebraica Quinta: nwt 1729
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia: it-2 313; nwt 1729; si 312
Complutensian Polyglot: w11 12/1 18, 21; w05 8/15 9-10; w04 4/15 28-31
when first established for Orthodox Jews: w89 2/1 28
need for copies: si 305-306
not obsolete: w07 9/1 5-6; g88 6/8 26-27
number of letters in Hebrew: gu 30; w98 4/1 12; ba 7
number of Messianic prophecies: ijwbq article 146; w11 8/15 17
“Old Testament”: ijwbq article 181; it-1 308-309; w09 4/1 21; w07 9/1 6; w95 3/1 19; si 11
on a silicon chip: g 10/08 30
personal names in:
significance: it-2 8; w10 7/1 4
poetry: it-1 683-684, 1073-1074; it-2 193-194; g01 6/8 21-22; si 102, 107, 130-132
references in Christian Scriptures: it-1 1082; w08 12/1 30; w96 5/15 19-20
Matthew: it-2 354
Mark: it-2 338
Luke: si 192
Acts: si 204
1 and 2 Corinthians: it-1 512
James: it-1 1254; w08 11/15 20; si 250
1 and 2 Peter: it-2 621
Jude: si 262-263
differences: it-1 1213
Jesus Christ: it-2 1071
Septuagint quoted: it-1 1213; w09 11/1 22; w02 9/15 27-28; si 307
Satan in: w88 9/1 8-11
survival through Dark Ages: w97 8/15 11
time of writing: si 305
translation:
contribution of Ras Shamra (Ugarit) texts: w03 7/15 28
difficulties: w95 5/15 28
value: it-1 1082; hl section 4
for Christians: ijwfq article 32; it-2 880; g 3/10 28-29; w07 9/1 3-7; g 11/07 22
“the truth” (Joh 17:17): gt chapter 116; w90 9/15 9
Witness attitude toward: ijwfq article 32; w08 12/1 30
writers: it-1 1081; sg 16; si 12, 298
charts: nwt 1662; bi12 1548