Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1. The Jewish Bible—The Christian Bible When we refer to the Christian Bible we invariably think of both the Old and the New Testament. Also, when we refer to the original text of the Old Testament, we assume as a matter of course that this is to be found in the Hebrew Bible, Biblia Hebraica. However, it is a historical fact that, for about a hundred years of its earliest history, the Christian Church shared its Bible with Judaism. Not until the middle of the second century
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