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The Old Testament or the Hebrew Scriptures (also called the Hebrew Bible) constitutes the first major part of the Bible used by Christians. It is usually divided into the categories of law, history, poetry (or wisdom books) and prophecy. All of these books were written before the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, who is the subject of the subsequent Christian New Testament. The Bible of Jesus is the Old Testament, specifically according to : "written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms ... the scriptures". According to historians, the Old Testament was composed between the 5th century BC and the 2nd century BC, though parts of it, such as the Torah, and Song of Deborah (Judges 5), date back much earlier.
Canon of the Old Testament
- Main article: Biblical canon
Following Jerome's Veritas Hebraica, the Protestant Old Testament consists of the same books as the Tanakh, but the order and numbering of the books are different. Protestants number the Old Testament books at 39, while the Jews number the same books as 24. This is because the Jews consider Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles to form one book each, group the 12 minor prophets into one book, and also consider Ezra and Nehemiah a single book. The Roman Catholic, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox include books removed by Martin Luther, called the deuterocanonical books, which Protestants exclude as apocryphal. The basis for these books is found in the early Koine Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible. This translation was widely used by the early Christians and is the one most often quoted (300 of 350 quotations including many of Jesus' own words) in the New Testament when it quotes the Old Testament.
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Still loving John Walton's spoof on how to live the Old Testament: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8acpOtELQk
speli (Elke Speliopoulos) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:47:32 -0000
Still loving John Walton's spoof on how to live the Old Testament: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8acpOtELQk
@Kochachan Whaa? They were doing what? If I'm handed a bible it better damned well be the Old Testament. Kristin does it Old Testament style
SimbaLaBim (kristin_lyons) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:20:23 -0000
@Kochachan Whaa? They were doing what? If I'm handed a bible it better damned well be the Old Testament. Kristin does it Old Testament style
Generating some ideas for our next sermon series in January, working through some cool Old Testament stuff. I love ancient history.
chiapperino (Frank Chiapperino) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:07:58 -0000
Generating some ideas for our next sermon series in January, working through some cool Old Testament stuff. I love ancient history.
PETTS WOOD: Bible pinched from Sense charity shop window nativity: THE Old Testament warns us âthou shalt not ste... http://bit.ly/8m0CmD
NewsShopper (News Shopper) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:06:29 -0000
PETTS WOOD: Bible pinched from Sense charity shop window nativity: THE Old Testament warns us ‘thou shalt not ste... http://bit.ly/8m0CmD
Must all people give institutions their 1st born to exist in this world - human sacrifice was gone in the old testament wasn't it?
CindyPratte (Cindy Pratte) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:02:06 -0000
Must all people give institutions their 1st born to exist in this world - human sacrifice was gone in the old testament wasn't it?
Back to old true times.... Testament-The evil has landed #nowplaying
LiviaLuppo (LÃvia Luppo) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:55:37 -0000
Back to old true times.... Testament-The evil has landed #nowplaying
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