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hebraica veritas

hebraica veritas noun: the traditional Hebrew and Aramaic text of the Jewish Bible, viewed as its original, correct, and authoritative text.

Noun

hebraica veritas (uncountable)

  1. The traditional Hebrew and Aramaic text of the Jewish Bible, viewed as its original, correct, and authoritative text.
    • It is impossible to understand the book of Job without consulting the hebraica veritas.
    • “Once again it becomes apparent that the Christians, however devoted to the hebraica veritas, could not be so bold as the Jews; for their interpretations were always subject to censorship by the custodians of an infallible tradition that was partly independent of Scripture.”2003, Frank Kermode, Pieces of My Mind: Essays and Criticism, 1958-2002, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 239
  2. Saint Jerome's Latin Vulgate translation of the Jewish Bible, viewed as a faithful and authoritative rendering of the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
    • At this point the Old Latin versions are almost incoherent: we must follow Jerome's hebraica veritas instead.
    • “Jerome began it, offering hebraica veritas, and Greek truth also, but in Latin.”2003, Frank Kermode, Pieces of My Mind: Essays and Criticism, 1958-2002, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 235

Examples of hebraica veritas in a sentence

  • “Jerome had gone to Palestine to study the Hebrew language at its source and produce a new translation of the Bible from a restored hebraica veritas.”1964, Marie Aquinas McNamara, Friends and Friendship for Saint Augustine, Alba House, page 197:
  • “With the rise of towns and universities, the interest of Christian scholars in the Hebraica Veritas rose.”1990, Clarence C. Walton, Enriching Business Ethics, Plenum Press, page 12:

Origin of hebraica veritas

Composed of the Latin hebraica (“Hebrew”, feminine nominative singular of adjective hebraicus) + vēritās (“truth”).

Questions about hebraica veritas

What does hebraica veritas mean?
Hebraica veritas means the traditional Hebrew and Aramaic text of the Jewish Bible, viewed as its original, correct, and authoritative text.
How do you use hebraica veritas in a sentence?
“Jerome had gone to Palestine to study the Hebrew language at its source and produce a new translation of the Bible from a restored hebraica veritas.”
What part of speech is hebraica veritas?
Hebraica veritas is a noun.

Words near hebraica veritas in the dictionary

  1. Hebra-
  2. Hebraean
  3. Hebraeans
  4. Hebraic
  5. Hebraica
  6. hebraica veritas
  7. Hebraical
  8. Hebraically
  9. Hebraicism
  10. Hebraicisms
  11. Hebraicization

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