Old Testament
the first of the two main divisions of the Christian Bible, comprising the Law, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa. In the Vulgate translation all but two books of the Apocrypha are included in the Old Testament.
this testament considered as the complete Bible of the Jews.
the covenant between God and Israel on Mount Sinai, constituting the basis of the Hebrew religion. Exodus 19–24; Jeremiah 31:31–34; 2 Corinthians 3:6, 14.
Origin of Old Testament
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How to use Old Testament in a sentence
In the Old Testament, the heart is not an island of emotion, but the seat of understanding and will.
The Backstory of ‘Noah’ Is Full of Giants, Horny Angels, and a Grieving God | Tim Townsend | March 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the Old Testament, a man can divorce his wife for any reason at all.
Over the course of the Old Testament God firms up the regulations about consuming shellfish and pork.
Diet Like Jesus: What the Bible Says About How to Eat | Candida Moss | October 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe title—The Great Deformation—and tale of the decline you describe has an Old Testament-prophet quality to it.
David Stockman on ‘The Great Deformation’ and Our Economic Doom | Daniel Gross | April 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter the Civil War, the Old Testament never regained its prominence in American myth.
Why Is American Politics So Religious and Divisive? | Jordan Michael Smith | March 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The latter are countenanced by no class of vows lawfully made, either in Old Testament times or in a later period.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamSubjects from the Old Testament are more numerous in proportion to the whole than would have been anticipated.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowIt is seemingly ignored in the Old Testament, and hence many have been led to suppose that the Jews did not believe in it.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordWe can say that the prophecies of the Old Testament adjusted to the New, would be very absurd and puerile things.
Superstition In All Ages (1732) | Jean MeslierThe whole history of the Old Testament displays nothing but the vain efforts of God to vanquish the obstinacy of his people.
Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry Holbach
British Dictionary definitions for Old Testament
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Old Testament
The first part of the Bible (see also Bible), so called by Christians (see also Christian), who believe that its laws and prophecies are fulfilled in the person of Jesus, whose mission is described in the New Testament.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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