Proselytes in the context of "Mosaic covenant"

⭐ In the context of the Mosaic covenant, proselytes are considered…

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⭐ Core Definition: Proselytes

The biblical term "proselyte" is an anglicization of Koine Greek: προσήλυτος, romanized: prosēlutos, as used in the Septuagint for "stranger", i.e. a "newcomer to Israel"; a "sojourner in the land", and in the Novum Testamentum Graece for a first-century convert to Judaism. It is a translation of Biblical Hebrew: גר תושב or ger toshav. "Proselyte" also has the more general meaning in English of a new convert to any particular religion or doctrine.

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👉 Proselytes in the context of Mosaic covenant

Abrahamic religions believe in the Mosaic covenant (named after Moses), also known as the Sinaitic covenant (after the biblical Mount Sinai), which refers to a covenant between the Israelite tribes and God, including their proselytes, not limited to the ten commandments, nor the event when they were given, but including the entirety of laws that their patriarch Moses delivered from God in the five books of Torah.

According to the biblical narrative, the Book of the Covenant, recording all the commands of the LORD, was written by Moses in the desert and read to the people, and to seal the covenant, the blood of sacrificial oxen was then sprinkled, half on an altar and half on the people.

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