The Testament Of The Old Testament

1. What is the Old Testament, and how did the term originate? The Old Testament is a set of texts that originated among the people who, at differing times in their history, have been called Hebrews, Israelites, and Jews, and which became their sacred scriptures(Tullock & McEntire, 2012, pg. 3). Christian, writings began to be viewed as sacred and having the status of scripture. Christians began to refer to the Hebrew Bible as the Old Covenant or the Old Testament.

Alongside Genesis, the second book of the Old Testament, Exodus, is seen as one of the most important books relating to Judaism. Exodus tells the story of

The Christian Bible consists of all the Jewish Hebrew texts but they are arranged in a different manner so it makes a total of 39 books that are together known as the ‘old testament’. The Christian New Testament consists of 27 books that contain early Christian writings (Hayes 3). The Protestants count a total of 39 books, Catholics 46 while the Orthodox Christians count up to 53 books as part of their Holy Bible (Just). For Christians, the New Testament takes precedence over the Old Testament (read Hebrew text) and they use the reading of the New Testament to confirm the text of the Old Testament. For Jews however the Hebrew text is the supreme scripture and they rely on it fully for their religious understanding (Gravett, Bohmbach, Greifenhagen

After reading this first chapter of God’s Story Revealed by Stephen Lennox. I found it was very interesting that the Jews call it the Bible as Part One and Part two where most of us know it best as the Christian name, the Old Testament. I also found that the Old Testament is a collection of thirty-nine books that was written over a time spam of eight hundred years that is close to a thousand pages. I knew the Bible has both the New and Old Testament but I never really knew what they really meant and I had never thought of them both other than the Bible. I also, have never really, and I know it’s bad, read the whole Bible, I’ve tried a few times but I was lost from the beginning and just couldn’t figure it out so I gave up. It states “you find

The bible is a series of sacred texts and scriptures that derive from Jews and Christians who consider it to be an item of heavenly inspiration and evidential recording of the bond between God and individuals roaming the earth. Several diverse writers did their role in the completion of the Bible. It is considered to be an official text that is different depending on the society or tradition involved. The Christian version of the old testament intersects with the Greek Septuagint and Hebrew version of the bible. The Hebrew Bible is regarded in Judaism by the title of the Tanakh. While, the New Testament is regarded as a series of scripture created by Early Christians and there is a belief that it is typically by Jewish disciples of Christ. These age old Christian Greek literatures involve letters, gospels, and end times predictions. Amid these Christian values, there is

The Bible is taken from the Greek word "biblos or book" and became the foundation of Judaism in the Old Testament and Christianity in the New Testament. Both religions brings together a group of books that explains its history and development.

The Old Testament, had different religious communities understanding to used the collection of literature in different ways (Tullock & McEntire, 2006, p. 2). However, the define Old Testament is a set of texts that originated among the people who, at differing times in their history, have been called Hebrews, Israelites, and Jews, and which became their sacred scriptures. Therefore this was the Bible that was known to Jesus, Apostles, early Christian church, and still viewed as another Jewish sect.

The origin of the Hebrew Bible is unknown, but scholars believe the earliest collections of writings- first five books- date back to nearly 3,500 years ago. The Pentateuch consist of these first five books. The Old Testament, which it is also known as, influenced its time period and still continues to do so today. The exile of the Judean people led their scholars to preserve their cultural identity through the Hebrew Bible’s usage of chiasm, repetition, and kinesthetic imagery. Each literary device was designed so the audience could memorize the details and elite could easily pass down the stories orally.

Although they are both parts of a one book, there are various differences in the New Testaments and the Old Testament. The first difference is in the time period. The Old Testament was written during the time of Moses to about 400 B.C. The New Testament was written between A.D. 50 and A.D. 150. Secondly, the Old Testament was written to tell the story of God and how they waited for a Messiah. The New Testament told that Jesus Christ was the Messiah and also explains the foundation of the church and the spread of Christianity.The Old testament introduces ideas, while the New Testament showed how the predictions and the methods were correct.

The question comes down to how the Old Testament and the New Testament would be formed into one narrative to accomplish the goal of enhancing the understanding of the mission of the church. To accomplish this task, I believe Christopher Wright, in his book, summarized the task very well. If one looks at the Bible from an actual story line the flow from one Testament to the other does exactly that; it flows. The Old Testament points to the New Testament and the New Testament builds upon the Old Testament.

In the center of the New Testament a centric theme is present -- Jesus is the Messiah and He has helped bring salvation to Jews and Gentiles alike. In order to understand this theme throughout the New Testament it has to be through the scope of the culture that Jesus was brought in and in of each section of the New Testament. Jesus came a time when the Jewish culture was prospering, but also under pressure from the Roman Empire. The Gospel’s tell of the story of Jesus and how he proved to be the Messiah. Then, the epistles further emphasize the importance of Jesus Messiah and how He has brought salvation to all of humanity. Because Jesus is the center of the New Testament He also should be the center of our lives and not treated as a moralistic therapeutic deity.

The story of Jesus is in the first four books of the New Testament. One of the first four books of the New Testament is believed to be an eyewitness account of an unnamed ‘disciple whom Jesus loved.’ The author use the phrase ‘the disciple Jesus loved’ because of the unique relationship between him and Jesus. A good example is if you met a man who called himself as ‘the one my father loved’ you would ask yourself why he said that. The phrase simply means there is a distinctive relationship and if it is true, it will indicate that his father had idiosyncratic connection with him. The first sentence of the Gospel of John placed Jesus as the Word. This can be seen from John 1:1 (in the beginning was the word, and the word was with God and the word was God. The author uses this message to indicate the power of Jesus by listen back to the supreme creator of the world. This essay will explore three miracles of John’s Gospel and show how the author develops theological ideas out of the basic events before coming to a conclusion. Most famous theologians in history have carefully examined John’s gospel and underscore it importance from the beginning of the third century. The 13th century commentary on the Gospel of John by St Thomas is still highly regarded today by modern scholars.

The Christian Bible is made of two parts: the New Testament, and the Old Testament, a collection of Christian writings that includes biographies and journeys of Jesus Christ and the apostles, like the Apostle Paul, letters to new churches, and an apocalyptic work.

Genesis 1:28, “…and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth…” is the verse most Jews and Christians turn to in an effort to justify marriage, committed sexual relations, and procreation within the marital relationship. Yet, the Bible teaches that the most prominent figure of the New Testament, Jesus of Nazareth was a staunch practitioner of the celibate lifestyle. As a partner in the creation of the universe, Jesus Christ would understand the mandate given by God the Father to populate the earth. The Christian Scriptures are clear that the historical Jesus was well steeped in knowledge of the Hebrew Scriptures (Luke 2:32-49, John 6:59, Luke 4:15-21) and as a devout and practicing Jew, He would understand the importance of progeny and family to the Jewish faithful. Yet, in His role as an itinerant preacher and leader of as nascent Jewish sect, from our understanding of the Gospels, Jesus led what seems to be an asexual existence, leading to the practice of celibacy. Why? The New Testament leads one to believe that Jesus saw sexual relations in particular, and marriage in general, as a time wasting and ultimately unnecessary endeavor, in the big scheme of things.

In the time of Old, a people group devoted themselves to the Mosaic teachings and Abrahamic teachings: they worshiped the monotheistic God, Yahweh. Within the teachings of Yahweh, law and heritage structured the people group who became the nation of Israel. Primarily, the writings of the Old Testament were for the Israelites. These writings brought identity, heritage, and understanding to the people of Israel. Although the nation had monarchs such as kings, it was ultimately a theocracy: God sovereignly ruled Israel. Scripture reveals, in Jeremiah 32:38, that God desired to be Israel’s God and He desired that they would be His people. When the Old Testament concluded, the New Testament reveals an intermission discontinuity of an earthly theocracy. Namely, Israel would still be the nation God desires, but the fulfillment of Israel’s promises (e.g., The Third Temple, restoration of the land, and worldwide reign), God has put on hold. Thus, He discontinued the earthly theocracy. Nevertheless, He still has a spiritual theocracy in Christ. There is still a continuity of people being theocratic by recognizing that God is sovereign over their lives. God has interwoven the spiritual thread of theocracy within the New Testament entity, i.e., the church. Although God has continued theocratic principles (e.g., God is king, and serving His kingdom) in the presence of the church, the Bible is silent whether the church itself should be a governmental institute such as Israel was.