Anyone brief me about Old Testament & New Testament in Bible? Difference between them? What is in use today?

Answer 1

If you know this little about them, consider yourself fortunate and waste no more time on the matter unless you decide to study ancient history.

Answer 2

Judaism commonly uses the term Tanakh, but not Old Testament, because it does not recognize the New Testament as a continuation or completion of the Jewish bible. In academic circles, terms such as Hebrew Bible are commonly used; to Jews the term "Old Testament" is nonconformist.
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 Luke 24:44-49: "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.

The New Testament (Καινή Διαθήκη), sometimes called the Greek Testament or Greek Scriptures, and sometimes also New Covenant which is the literal translation of the Greek, is the name given to the final portion of the Bible, the holy book of the Christians. It was written by various authors after c. 45 AD and before c. 140 AD. Its books were gradually collected into a single volume over a period of several centuries. The New Testament is more or less the root of the Christian religion, which has played a major role in shaping modern Western morality and culture.

Answer 3

Why don’t you ask a religious figure? They can explain it better then anyone

The Old Testament has some prophecies that happen in the New Testament. I would say the Old Testament is more for history because Gods people are suppose to follow the ways of the New Testament.. However the old testament is still important it was the begging and as I said tells of things that will happen that we read in the NT, like the coming of the Messiah.

Answer 4

The Jewish religion is based on the old testament. They do not recognize the new testament. Christian religion is based upon both old and new.
The difference between them is chronological. The Old Testament begins with God creating the world and everything in it. And it goes through the 'begats' and the prophets etc.etc.etc. But it stops before the birth of Christ.
The period when Christ was born marks the beginning of the New Testament, and it continues to his death and the beginnings of Christianity. St. Paul never met Christ but was one of the strongest supporters of the developing religion.
Both are in use today.
From a non-religious point of view, both books of the bible are wonderful reading. The language is beautiful, and I must admit to prefering the older versions of the bible to the modern English version, which, to my mind, is not as powerful.

Answer 5

Is it not obvious to you yet? One is Old the other New. Both must be in use because they both have so many words of wisdom to learn from. Do not concentrate so much on its history but rather on the messages that will give you the guide to become a better person. there are definitely two things to pickup from the Books.......The Good and the Bad..... you can make a choice as to which one is easier for for you to take....however the Book has also two other things...............the Blessing and the Curse....if you obey His command and you come to know His True and Real Name, you will be blessed.... A Curse when you just simply disobey His laws.
Actually, if you read the Old Testament with its full understanding, you will find that the real NEW TESTAMENT is not yet done because it was said that the New Testament will be written in every man's heart and no one will say to his brother know thy God because they will know me for I will come to each and everyone. That was the promise in the Books of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Zechariah.

Answer 6

Old Testament = history of the Jews; a vengeful, punishing God. To me it describes what people are really like, whereas the New Testament describes what people (Christians) are TRYING to be.

The OT represents revenge, aka psychology's 'learning theory', which means we learn our behavior by watching others (parents, siblings, peers) I say 'revenge' in that it's learning to do unto others as has been done unto you (or as you've watched your role-models do) The NT is supposed to take us beyond that and it's clearly not working.

The Christians focus on the NT. The Jews call the Old Testament the Tanakh because to them, of course, there is no 'new' Testament. I believe the Muslims use some of the first 6 (?) books of the OT but don't interpret them the same way as the Jews & Christians do. Then again, I could be wrong about that part.

Answer 7

The Old Testament called the Pentateuch in the Torah is the old laws and comandment made by the Creator for the Jewish people to follow and tells the story from the beginning of creation of the CREATOR (THE SELF MADE ONE) from the chaos that was around until It gave it order and shape.
It is also a history book of mankinds idea of the Creator . From a temper tantrum throwing beening to a kind and loving Father figure.
The Kind and loving caring father part comes in with the NEW TESTAMENT mostly.
What is in use today an ugly mishmash of OLD and NEW Tesament verses that contrdict each other as each sect of Chrisitany trys to make its selfe look better than the rest.

Answer 8

Saint Augustine said the New Testament is hidden in the Old and the Old Testament is revealed in the New.

They are not so much different as they are complimentary. They go together. To fully understand and grasp the meaning of the New Testament writings and letters you must have a good grounding in the Old. This is true for references, such as, "it is written...." and for NT prefigurements.

Answer 9

Old Testament was originally written for the Jewish faith, it was before Christ. The New Testament was written after Christ and applies to all people.
The NT is mostly in use today for Christians. But we do use the OT to learn from and for the history of God's word before He sent His Son. There are a lot of lessons to be learned from both testaments...and prophesies that told of what was to come.

Answer 10

Old Testament is before the savior came. It describes the law of isreal, prophecies, and Jewish history. New testament is about when Jesus came and fulfilled the law and brought grace and hope to his followers. It also has prophecy and and opens the way for jews and gentiles to worship God.It does give many guidelines for living right today, New testament tells christians how to act like sons of the living God.

Answer 11

Old testament. Mostly harsh punishments by God. Man is created and sin and death came into the world once woman sinned after being prodded and lied to by the serpant, and caused her husband to sin too.They were thrown out of paradise, and eternal life was taken away. The tree of life was blocked off.
Their son Cain killed his brother Abel, Cain was sent away. The sons of God, fallen angels, mated with mans daughters, and created even more evil beings in the world. The Lord destroyed the world by flood, and only Noah, the last righteous man, and his family were saved. The generations of Noah, had many kings, pharoahs, royalty. In Egypt and other lands. Slavery was in full effect. The promise of the Messiah was written into history. Egyptians and some other lands worshiped gods that they could see. Idols and statues that they erected and prayed too. A boy named Moses was born to Hebrew slaves. To save Moses, his mother put him adrift in a basket, because the king or Pharoh had heard rumers of a Messiah. The Pharoahs wife and sister, rescued Moses from the rushes,, and he was raised as a son of Pharoh. When it was found that he was a Hebrew, and that he wanted his adoptive family to free the slaves, he was sent away to die in the desert. He met his first wife, and after the Lord appeared to him in a burning bush, he was told by God to tell Pharoah to let his people go. After many plagues and afflictions brought to the Egyptians. Pharoah finally conceded that Moses invisible God was more powerful than any god they had, and freed the Hebrew slaves.
In the desert, they were given the ten commandments from God burned into tablets.
Then the new testament begins.
The Lord saw how His people governed themselves, and evil was once again coming back. They needed a God that they could see. God needed to come to earth Himself to show the people how to regain the eternal life that they once had in the beginning. They way He did this, was to have God's Holy Spirit impregnate Mary, a virgin girl. She then married Joseph, and had a son she named Jesus. Jesus was God's word made into flesh through Mary. He showed His people the pathway to Heaven, but He showed by example. He knew that He must die for the sins of the world, so that they would be saved. The Jewish priests felt that Jesus' teachings were directly against theirs, and they brought Him to Pontius Pilate the roman ruler, for judgement. Pontius found no fault in Him, turned the judgement back to the Jewish priests and masses, gave the the choice between Barabus, the criminal, and Jesus, the Jewish priests pumped up the crowd to say free Barabus, and Jesus was then crucified. He had already told His deciples that He would rise again in 3 days and He did. That act of Him rising was the final teaching for man that He too, could once again, have eternal life and never die. Revelations speaks of what is to happen in the last days of man on earth, and is very prophetic.

The difference between the two, is that in the old testament, we were under the 10 commandments, and God dealt with the sins of man harshly. But in the new testament, Jesus came and died and rose again, and He did this to fulfill the law. We are now under God's grace.

What is in use today, is God's grace, however, some religions still cling to the old testament's old laws.