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Definition: Old Testament from Collins English Dictionary

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1 the collection of books comprising the sacred Scriptures of the Hebrews and essentially recording the history of the Hebrew people as the chosen people of God; the first part of the Christian Bible

Old Testament

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
Christian name for the Hebrew Bible, which serves as the first division of the Christian Bible (see New Testament ). The designations “Old” and “New” seem to have been adopted after c. A.D. 200 to distinguish the books of the Mosaic covenant and those of the “new” covenant in Christ. New Testament writers, however, simply call the Old Testament the “Scriptures.” Among contemporary Christians, the Roman Catholic Church recognizes as deuterocanonical several books that are consigned to the Old Testament Apocrypha by most Protestant bodies, whose canon conforms to that of the contemporary Hebrew Bible. There the books follow the order of the Palestinian Hebrew canon, which appears to have been adopted by c. A.D. 100, although most of the books had clearly received canonical status well before this time. The order is as follows: (1) the Torah or Law, the five books of the Pentateuch, i.e., Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy; (2) the Prophets, consisting of Joshua, Judges, …
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From Philip's Encyclopedia
First and older section of the Bible , originally written in Hebrew or Aramaic, and accepted as religiously inspired and sacred by both Jews and Christians. Among Jews it is known as the Hebrew Bible. It begins with the creation, but the main theme of the Old Testament is the history of the Hebrews. …
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
Christian name for the Hebrew Bible, which serves as the first division of the Christian Bible (see New Testament ). The designations “Old” and “New” seem to have been adopted after c. A.D. 200 to distinguish the books of the Mosaic covenant and those of the “new” covenant in Christ. New Testament…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Sacred scriptures of Judaism and, with the New Testament , of Christianity . Written almost entirely in the Hebrew language between 1200 and 100 bc , the Old Testament (also called the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh) is an account of God’s dealings with the Hebrews as his chosen people. In the Hebrew Bible, …
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Christian term for the Hebrew Bible , a collection of Jewish scriptures that form the first part of the Christian Bible. Gathered over many centuries, it contains 39 (according to Christianity) or 24 (according to Judaism) books, which include an account of beliefs about God's creation of the world, …
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Full text Article MOVIES ABOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT

From The Handy Answer Book Series: The Handy Christianity Answer Book
MOVIES ABOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT
Three Old Testament movies are important: The Ten Commandments (1923), The Green Pastures (1936), and The Ten Commandments (1956). The soon-to-be-famous Hollywood producer Cecil B. DeMille (1881–1959) created the classic silent film The Ten Commandments in 1923—with amazing special effects for its…
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Full text Article Septuagint Old Testament

From Encyclopedia of Ancient Literature
Many Jews migrated from Palestine into the Hellenic world during the three centuries before the Common Era. Over the generations, their descendants became absorbed into a Greek-speaking culture, and the emigrants’ mastery of Hebrew deteriorated to the point that they required authoritative…
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I will also recall to memory an illustration from the Old Testament applicable to this subject. David had offered to go and fight the Philistine bully Goliath, and Saul, by way of encouraging David, gave him his own arms and armor, which David however declined, after having tried them, saying that…
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Full text Article CHRISTIAN USE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

From The Handy Answer Book Series: The Handy Christianity Answer Book
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Although Christianity is based on the life and teachings of Jesus that are found in the New Testament, most Christians see the Old Testament as an important part of their tradition. Readings from the Old Testament are used in church services, many Christians read the Old Testament, and many…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
To remember the order of the books of the Old Testament: The great Jehovah speaks to usIn Genesis and ExodusLeviticus and Numbers see,Followed by Deuteronomy.Joshua and Judges sway the landRuth gleans a sheaf with trembling handSamuel and numerous Kings appear,Whose Chronicles we wondering hear.Ezra…
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All quotations are taken from the King James, or Authorized, translation of the Bible (1611). In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Genesis…
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