HEBREW SCRIPTURES
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(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
Apocryphal books: ad 87-90; w69 249
Aramaic portions: ad 229; bi8-63 5; g61 4/22 9; bi4 5; ep 10; g43 12/8 29
attitude of clergy toward: g64 7/8 27
authenticity: sm 23-24, 33-34; g77 11/8 28; ad 231-232; g66 7/8 28; g66 8/8 28; g65 11/8 28-29; g59 6/22 6; w53 676; bn 37-38
Biblia Hebraica: w80 9/15 10
canon: ad 290-292, 748-749; w66 172-174; bi8-63 5-6; bf 478; g61 4/22 10; w60 83, 595; w53 79; bi4 5-6; w50 207, 313; ep 37-44; g44 7/5 25-29; tf 207-208
charts:
Bible books in order completed: ad 230-231
compilation of Genesis: w71 409-410; ad 642-643; g65 6/22 27-28; w63 741-742; bi8-63 3566; pa 64-65; bn 18; lg 46; el 72-73; w48 195-204; g47 6/22 25-26; ep 106-107; w43 198; tf 204-205; ci 30-32
copying: gh 41; ad 334, 749, 1106-1107, 1458; is 156-157; g66 8/8 28
current value: uw 146-153; w77 90-93; g59 3/8 6; w58 553-555; w50 321-324; w49 43
description: ad 748; w69 248-249
discussion: ad 748-749
divine name: w85 11/1 28-29; Rbi8 1561-1564; w83 3/15 3-6; pm 388; ad 749; g70 8/22 27; im 42; w64 422; bi8-63 16-18; w60 589-591; bi6 396-398, 413-415, 421-423; jp 258; w58 742; g57 1/8 25; w53 529-535; bi4 20-21; lg 22-23; w50 317-319; bi7-50 10-16; ep 220; jh 264
harmony despite seeming discrepancies: w77 717-718
harmony with Christian Greek Scriptures: w85 5/1 27-31; g64 7/8 27-28; w63 177-179, 201-205
Hebrew grouping of books: ad 229, 748; w70 729; bi8-63 5-6; g61 4/22 9; bi4 5-6; el 76; ep 11, 38; g44 7/5 26-27
earlier prophets: bi4 6
Hagiographa: bi8-63 6; bi4 6; ep 38, 42
Ketubim: bi4 6
later prophets: bi4 6
Megilloth: bi4 6
minor prophets: bi4 6
Hebrew Pentateuch in British Museum: g78 6/22 12
inspiration: ad 832-833; w63 169-176
Masoretic text: w80 9/15 10; w77 189-190
needed to fully understand Christian Greek Scriptures:
examples from 1 Kings and 2 Kings: w85 5/1 27-31
New World Translation:
features in Reference Bible: w85 11/1 28-30
texts used: w70 762
number of Hebrew words: g83 11/22 30
number of manuscripts extant: ad 1107, 1633; w70 762; w69 249; is 157; lg 48-49
“Old Testament”: bi8-63 6; pa 66; bi4 7; bi7-50 6; w47 157; ep 11-12; tf 208; w34 106; jh 160
expression “Old Testament” has no valid basis: Rbi8 1584-1585
Pentateuch: ad 1283-1284, 1437; w69 248; w66 172-173; g65 8/22 7; bi8-63 5; ns 20; w60 165, 590; bi4 6; lg 46; ep 38, 105-106; g31 8/5 729-730
Philo’s comment: g79 10/8 5
‘play on words’: w77 93
published editions: w60 598-600; bi6 5-6; bi-isa 6-8; bi-ps 6-8; bi5 5-7; bi4 19, 24-26
references in Christian Greek Scriptures: w85 5/1 27-31; ad 749; w68 160; g68 11/22 27-28; im 37-39; w63 204-205; g61 5/22 4; g59 1/8 25-26; g59 1/22 25-26; el 74-80; w49 43; w47 156-157; ep 51; g45 7/18 16
Sopherim: w77 188-189
Ten Commandments:
superiority over Code of Hammurabi: w77 230
term “Scripture” applied to: ad 1459-1460
time of writing: ad 229; w69 249; bf 391-392; ns 13; bi6 471-472; w57 36-37; el 72; ep 263-264
transmitting record: w77 188-191
writers: ad 748; w60 165-168, 587-591; bi6 471-472; ep 263-264
Quotations
“Hebrew Scriptures” preferable for “Old Testament”: w78 7/1 7
one vast prophecy: w77 90