they never give a shit about the really unpleasant-to-read stuff in the tanakh anyway because that would require actually reading it
January 15, 2026 at 9:48 PM
they never give a shit about the really unpleasant-to-read stuff in the tanakh anyway because that would require actually reading it
He's generally also not present as a character in the NT in contrast to the Tanakh/OT
January 15, 2026 at 9:46 PM
He's generally also not present as a character in the NT in contrast to the Tanakh/OT
... and said "Don't call it that she doesn't call it that."
And I said, "No, it's okay, I call it the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh but I know you guys call it the OT and that's cool."
Because it is. Because it's literally fine. Look at how no one died.
Not done yet...
And I said, "No, it's okay, I call it the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh but I know you guys call it the OT and that's cool."
Because it is. Because it's literally fine. Look at how no one died.
Not done yet...
January 15, 2026 at 8:52 PM
... and said "Don't call it that she doesn't call it that."
And I said, "No, it's okay, I call it the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh but I know you guys call it the OT and that's cool."
Because it is. Because it's literally fine. Look at how no one died.
Not done yet...
And I said, "No, it's okay, I call it the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh but I know you guys call it the OT and that's cool."
Because it is. Because it's literally fine. Look at how no one died.
Not done yet...
Here are those excerpts from the tanakh
Uncorrupted in their original Hebrew, and translated into English as well
If you are a Jew, why do you have a pinned quote from a literal Nazi???
www.sefaria.org/topics/zion?...
Uncorrupted in their original Hebrew, and translated into English as well
If you are a Jew, why do you have a pinned quote from a literal Nazi???
www.sefaria.org/topics/zion?...
Zion | Texts & Source Sheets from Torah, Talmud and Sefaria's library of Jewish sources.
Jewish texts and source sheets about Zion from Torah, Talmud and other sources in Sefaria's library. Zion — in Hebrew, *Tzion* — is another name for Jerusalem in the Bible. It can also refer to the la...
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January 15, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Here are those excerpts from the tanakh
Uncorrupted in their original Hebrew, and translated into English as well
If you are a Jew, why do you have a pinned quote from a literal Nazi???
www.sefaria.org/topics/zion?...
Uncorrupted in their original Hebrew, and translated into English as well
If you are a Jew, why do you have a pinned quote from a literal Nazi???
www.sefaria.org/topics/zion?...
A fair point on Arabic versus Islamic, but this is a purely semantic mistake, and pretty irrelevant to my point. I'm perfectly fine with Hebrew Scriptures or Jewish Scriptures as the descriptor. The word Bible being used to describe the Tanakh is the problem.
January 15, 2026 at 10:09 AM
A fair point on Arabic versus Islamic, but this is a purely semantic mistake, and pretty irrelevant to my point. I'm perfectly fine with Hebrew Scriptures or Jewish Scriptures as the descriptor. The word Bible being used to describe the Tanakh is the problem.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Also the HB / OT distinction is sometimes one of ordering of the books. "Hebrew Bible" is often synonymous with the Tanakh not only in language but arrangement whereas OT (especially if qualified like "Protestant OT") refers to that tradition's arrangement (independent of translation language)
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Also the HB / OT distinction is sometimes one of ordering of the books. "Hebrew Bible" is often synonymous with the Tanakh not only in language but arrangement whereas OT (especially if qualified like "Protestant OT") refers to that tradition's arrangement (independent of translation language)
- Latin American Civ
- Chicano Sociology
- Asian Religions
- New Testament
- Tanakh/Talmud
- Classical Humanities
- Islamic Humanities
Good luck.
- Chicano Sociology
- Asian Religions
- New Testament
- Tanakh/Talmud
- Classical Humanities
- Islamic Humanities
Good luck.
January 15, 2026 at 3:25 AM
- Latin American Civ
- Chicano Sociology
- Asian Religions
- New Testament
- Tanakh/Talmud
- Classical Humanities
- Islamic Humanities
Good luck.
- Chicano Sociology
- Asian Religions
- New Testament
- Tanakh/Talmud
- Classical Humanities
- Islamic Humanities
Good luck.
it’s from the gentile tanakh. Jesus did some light terrorism at the Temple and left-leaning christians think it was the bees’ knees.
January 15, 2026 at 12:29 AM
it’s from the gentile tanakh. Jesus did some light terrorism at the Temple and left-leaning christians think it was the bees’ knees.
I think you should use Old Testament if you're referring to readings of the Old Testament and Tanakh if you're referring to readings of the Tanakh, as there are differences between the two in how they're translated and organized. And you choose the one in your tradition regardless of your actual
January 14, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I think you should use Old Testament if you're referring to readings of the Old Testament and Tanakh if you're referring to readings of the Tanakh, as there are differences between the two in how they're translated and organized. And you choose the one in your tradition regardless of your actual
I'm not aware of any tradition that considers the OT to be just the Torah or in fact anything substantially smaller than the entire Tanakh. Most (Vulgate, Ethiopian canon, Armenian canon, Syriac canon, etc) have additional Jewish writings.
January 14, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I'm not aware of any tradition that considers the OT to be just the Torah or in fact anything substantially smaller than the entire Tanakh. Most (Vulgate, Ethiopian canon, Armenian canon, Syriac canon, etc) have additional Jewish writings.
And here I thought Deborah, Barak, and Jael was one of the most famous stories in the Tanakh.
January 14, 2026 at 10:33 PM
And here I thought Deborah, Barak, and Jael was one of the most famous stories in the Tanakh.
Or else I get to bring up every time I have referenced the Tanakh and had Christians insist they never heard that particular story.
January 14, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Or else I get to bring up every time I have referenced the Tanakh and had Christians insist they never heard that particular story.
The OT varies according to denomination, but it includes much more than the Torah. The overlap with the Tanakh is substantial. The 5 books of Moses, the prophets, psalms, proverbs, etc. I can't say no one sees OT as only the Torah, but there's so many flavors of Christians.
January 14, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The OT varies according to denomination, but it includes much more than the Torah. The overlap with the Tanakh is substantial. The 5 books of Moses, the prophets, psalms, proverbs, etc. I can't say no one sees OT as only the Torah, but there's so many flavors of Christians.
“Old Testament” roughly corresponds to “Tanakh” depending on which denomination’s canon is in play.
January 14, 2026 at 10:00 PM
“Old Testament” roughly corresponds to “Tanakh” depending on which denomination’s canon is in play.
Tanakh I know and use. Mikra is a new word to me. Thanks.
January 14, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Tanakh I know and use. Mikra is a new word to me. Thanks.
Tanakh or Mikra. We don't call the Quran the Islamic Bible.
January 14, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Tanakh or Mikra. We don't call the Quran the Islamic Bible.
this doesn't mean i condone christianity, far from it. i am just not doing a christian translation of the bible. the metaphor of jesus being a lamb is not relevant to this project, and neither is wider christian framing of lambs in the tanakh as references to jesus.
January 14, 2026 at 9:23 PM
this doesn't mean i condone christianity, far from it. i am just not doing a christian translation of the bible. the metaphor of jesus being a lamb is not relevant to this project, and neither is wider christian framing of lambs in the tanakh as references to jesus.
729 verses of genesis translated into toki pona! that's out of 1533, so i'm a bit under halfway through. i'm 12% through the penetatuch (torah) and 3% through the old testament (tanakh).
i've translated chapters 1-14 and 37-47.
i've translated chapters 1-14 and 37-47.
January 14, 2026 at 6:32 PM
729 verses of genesis translated into toki pona! that's out of 1533, so i'm a bit under halfway through. i'm 12% through the penetatuch (torah) and 3% through the old testament (tanakh).
i've translated chapters 1-14 and 37-47.
i've translated chapters 1-14 and 37-47.
Looks like Tanakh generally although Ed Koch evidently used a piece of a Torah scroll from the Warsaw Ghetto one time
January 13, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Looks like Tanakh generally although Ed Koch evidently used a piece of a Torah scroll from the Warsaw Ghetto one time
I should also clarify, this is the Tanakh he quotes in the three earlier gospels. In the last (John?), he quotes something else and mentions merchants instead of money changers. It stands out both because it doesn’t align with the others and because it would have been later.
January 13, 2026 at 5:47 AM
I should also clarify, this is the Tanakh he quotes in the three earlier gospels. In the last (John?), he quotes something else and mentions merchants instead of money changers. It stands out both because it doesn’t align with the others and because it would have been later.
I find that unlikely, because the Tanakh he quotes (Jeremiah) is a reference to people doing horrible things outside the Temple, then using the claim that the Temple absolved them to avoid accountability.
It was likely not about money, but about him seeing the Temple as illegitimate.
It was likely not about money, but about him seeing the Temple as illegitimate.
January 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
I find that unlikely, because the Tanakh he quotes (Jeremiah) is a reference to people doing horrible things outside the Temple, then using the claim that the Temple absolved them to avoid accountability.
It was likely not about money, but about him seeing the Temple as illegitimate.
It was likely not about money, but about him seeing the Temple as illegitimate.
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January 11, 2026 at 7:46 AM
I don’t blame you for how you were raised and educated, Christian Testament is very clear about how it claims to supersede Tanakh, and it also libels Jews repeatedly because it was written and then revised and redacted for 280 years to suit Roman tastes and get Roman converts.
January 11, 2026 at 5:45 AM
I don’t blame you for how you were raised and educated, Christian Testament is very clear about how it claims to supersede Tanakh, and it also libels Jews repeatedly because it was written and then revised and redacted for 280 years to suit Roman tastes and get Roman converts.
If you weren’t aware, the Tanakh’s most repeated commandment is to respect and tolerate strangers in your midst. It appears 47 times. Then again, Christians don’t read all the kind and loving things Tanakh says, they just remember their guy citing them and think “how revolutionary!”
January 11, 2026 at 5:43 AM
If you weren’t aware, the Tanakh’s most repeated commandment is to respect and tolerate strangers in your midst. It appears 47 times. Then again, Christians don’t read all the kind and loving things Tanakh says, they just remember their guy citing them and think “how revolutionary!”