![]() ![]() Other themes in the Old Testament include salvation, redemption, divine judgment, obedience and disobedience, faith and faithfulness. The Jewish Study Bible denies that covenant means contract. The law codes in books such as Exodus and especially Deuteronomy are the terms of the contract: Israel swears faithfulness to God, and God swears to be Israel's special protector and supporter. This relationship is expressed in the biblical covenant (contract) between the two, received by Moses. The Old Testament stresses the special relationship between God and his chosen people, Israel, but includes instructions for proselytes as well. Both Jews and Christians have always interpreted the Bible (both the "Old" and "New" Testaments) as an affirmation of the oneness of Almighty God. The God of the Old Testament is the one "true God" only Yahweh is Almighty. The God of the Old Testament is not always presented as the only God who exists, even though there may be other gods, the God of the Old Testament is always shown as the only God whom Israel is to worship. In the Old Testament, Almighty God is the one who created the world. Protestant Bibles stick more closely to the books in the Tanakh but list them in a different order. The Eastern Orthodox list of sacred books has a few more books than the Roman Catholic list. The Eastern Orthodox church uses the ancient Greek translation of Jewish sacred writings called the Septuagint. The Catholic Church uses Saint Jerome's Latin translation of the Old Testament called Vulgate. According to them, God inspired people to write them.ĭifferent religious communities include (or leave out) certain books from the Old Testament. Most Jews and many Christians believe these texts to be holy. In Judaism, this collection of books is known as Tanakh because it is divided into three parts (Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuvim). It can be divided into several sections: the Torah, the History of Israel, the Prophets and Wisdom books. The collection contains different texts, called "books", about God, and the people of Israel. Tertullian was probably the first person to call these books the "Old Testament." He used the Latin name vetus testamentum in the 2nd century. In Christianity, the Old Testament is the name of the first part of the Bible which was completed before Jesus Christ was born. ![]() ![]() Moses Smashing the Tables of the Law is a painting by Rembrandt van Rijn ![]()
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