noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
hebrew
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Alexandra Solomon was a keen student of the Hebrew scriptures and from an early age had shown a deep and committed faith.
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The Hebrew scriptures are bound up with the history of a particular society, and that society was patriarchal.
■ VERB
read
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To read the Bible as scripture is to interpret it-and to interpret the world and oneself at the same time.
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They gathered together to read the scriptures and to pray.
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Neither of these options holds much promise for reading the Bible as scripture .
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For the call to liberate the poor, it may well be said, is to be read directly out of scripture .
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You can read it in the scripture .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Buddhist scriptures
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And while his memory searched wildly for a scripture , nothing came forth.
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His scripture is the dirt we're often doing.
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If one looks to sources other than the canonical scriptures, Thomas's role assumes larger proportions.
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In a number of passages there are emphatic statements that he had come to fulfil the scriptures.
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Neither of these options holds much promise for reading the Bible as scripture .
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Or so the scriptures tell us.
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Originally they were responsible for making accurate copies of the scriptures and for guarding the text against any errors.