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==Usage by Jews and Christians== In [[Judaism]], the term "People of the Book" ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: עם הספר, ''Am HaSefer'')<ref>{{cite book|author=Kerry M. Olitzky, Ronald H. Isaacs|title=A Glossary of Jewish Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GCy77T7kpnkC&pg=PA217|page=217|publisher=Jason Aronson|year=1992|isbn=9780876685471}}</ref> has been [[Reappropriation|reappropriated]] as a term to designate the [[Jews|Jewish people]], in reference to the [[Torah]] or to the entire [[Hebrew Bible]].<ref>{{harvnb|Jeffrey|1996|p=xiii}}.</ref> Members of some [[Christian denominations]] have also embraced the term "People of the Book" in reference to themselves, foremost among them the [[Puritans]]<ref>{{harvnb|Jeffrey|1996|pp=xiii–xiv}}.</ref> as well as the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]]<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://archives.adventistworld.org/issue.php?issue=2010-1002&page=11 |title=Adventists and Muslims: Five Convictions – How to build on what we have in common|first=William G.|last=Johnsson |access-date=2014-06-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714163613/http://archives.adventistworld.org/issue.php?issue=2010-1002&page=11 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |date=February 2010 |magazine=Adventist World Magazine}} {{cite web |url=http://pobpublications.com/about |title=Who we are |work=PoBPublications.com |publisher=People of the Book Publications |access-date=2011-07-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628145450/http://pobpublications.com/about |archive-date=28 June 2011 }}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=These sources are not written by an independent observer.|date=June 2022}}<!-- These sources are self-published and unreliable, but used here in accordance with WP:ABOUTSELF --> and the [[Baptists]].<ref>{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tuuys4HxSzcC&pg=PA78|title =Three Monotheistic Faiths – Judaism, Christianity, Islam: An Analysis And Brief History|author=Dr. Andrea C. Paterson|access-date = 2007-10-18|isbn =9781452030494|date =2009-05-21|page=78|publisher =AuthorHouse}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=This source is not written by an independent observer.|date=June 2022}}<!-- Paterson is self-published and unreliable, but used here in accordance with WP:ABOUTSELF -->
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