In The Hebrew Bible
The Biblical basis of scandal (from the Latin term) is the prohibition of putting a stumbling block before the blind (Leviticus 19:14) "stumbling block" is the literal meaning of skandalon in Greek.
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Famous quotes containing the words hebrew and/or bible:
“How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!”
—Bible: Hebrew Lamentations 1:1.
Said of Jerusalem.
“The greatest block today in the way of woman’s emancipation is the church, the canon law, the Bible and the priesthood.”
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)