Old Testament

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Pronunciations

Old Testament (OLD TEST-uh-mint) listen

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Definitions

  • n. The name of the first of the two sections of the Christian bible.

Example Sentences

  • "I think the old testemant has tremedous value in giving us context for the new testemant, and in explaining God's character to us - and that is true whether you think its 100% literal history, or 100% parable and imagrey (although I expect the truth is somewhere in the middle!)." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • English

Who Uses This

  • Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)

Regions

  • North America

Dictionaries

  • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).

Notes

  • "The second [section] is the New Testament, which details the life of Jesus and his disciples. Jews don’t use the name Old Testament because they don’t have a New Testament. They simply call it the Bible or the TANAKH." (JPS)

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