How the Christian Bible Became Separated Into ‘Old’ and ’New’ There is no firmly established technical term for the Bible in Judaism. The Hebrew scriptures may simply be referred to as “the Bible,” and the term “Jewish Bible” is sometimes used to distinguish it from the Christian Bible. In Hebrew, terms such as miqra (“scripture”) or kitve haqqodesh (“sacred texts” Konrad Schmid and Jens Schröter 12 Mar 2022 · 10 min read