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meaning “emergence” and and God does not sin.
“unveiling” and in Christian (Tawfiqi, 2015: 227 and 244)
terms refers to the appearance According to Christians, the
of God for human beings in most complete revelation is
order to save them. reflected not in the book but in
In addition to the world of man. They believe that Christ
creation, which is the reveals God in his life and
manifestation of the Creator, the person and expresses his will
salvation of the Israelites by the for mankind. Jesus was a man
splitting of the sea, the in whom the revelation of God
commandments of the Torah and was fully manifested. (Michel,
the life of Jesus are examples of 2017: 228 and 230)
.
Christian revelation
Revelation in Judaism is Revelation in the Old
almost like Islam, and according Testament (Jewish)
to the Jews, revelation and The Jews call their holy books
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prophecy were interrupted “Tanakh” , written in Hebrew
around four centuries BC and some in Chaldean. These
.
Unlike Islam, prophecy does writings are called “Old
not have a specific framework Testament” by Christians and
in Judaism and Christianity, include 39 books and are divided
and a range of prominent into three sections: “Torah”,
people like Abraham to very “Prophets” and “Letters”.
ordinary people, prophesy;
Moreover, Jews and Christians 1. The word is made up of three
do not consider the prophets letters “T” meaning Torah and in
infallible and attribute great Hebrew “Tora”, “N” meaning
sins to them . prophets and in Hebrew “Nuiim”
Christians consider only and “Kh” meaning letters and in
Jesus to be infallible; because Hebrew “Katwiim” with the
they believe that in addition to conversion “K” to “Kh” is made
prophecy, he also had divinity according to the rules of that
language. (Tawfiqi, 2015: 97)
