Do Jews agree that Old Testament is their book?

Question

Or do they believe that Christians made up that book so that they can come with a better version (New Testament)?

Just trying to learn, thanks!

Answer 1

No, the "Old Testament" is not our book. The First and Only Testament was written by Jews about Israel and their relationship with God. It is called the Tanach and includes volumes of other writings called the Talmud. (Testament means contract/covenant.) The Christian understanding of the Torah/Tanach is found in the Second Testament. The Jewish understanding of the First and Only Testament is found in the Talmud.
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Answer 2

Absolutely NOT!. The Jewish Bible is divided up into three parts, the Torah, The Prophets and The Writings. In Hebrew, the first letters of each are put together and we get the TANAKH. That is often what is called the Jewish Bible and improperly called the "Old Testament." Never call it the OT around Jews.

First of all, to call it the "Old Testament" is degrogatory and indicates there is something newer. Jews do not accept that, so to call their holy book the "Old Testament" is a bit insulting.

Secondly, the Christians themselves can not agree on what to stick in the "OT". The catholics add more books and place them in an illogical order.

Third, the Jewish Tanakh is in Hebrew and Aramaic. When the Christians translate, they deliberately mistranslate in order to add some "credentials" to support Jesus. Isaiah for example was talking about a young woman, not a virgin, giving birth. The expression was "Like a lion, at my hands and feet" not "they pierced my hands and feet." So when you talk about "OT" you are taking about an adulterated version of the Tanakh.

So no...the Jews do NOT feel the "OT" is their book....

Answer 3

The Jews follow several texts, the most important of which is the Torah. The term "Old Testament" is technically Christian terminology. The Christian Old Testament varies slightly from the Jewish Torah, but they are very similar. The Torah was written down before Jesus was born, so the Christians couldn't have made it themselves.

Answer 4

No. The Jews themselves wrote the Old Testament. However, they hold particular love for the The Torah (the first 5 books of the Bible, written by Moses, the lawgiver).

The New Testament was written by Jews and Gentiles.

Answer 5

Well here it is:

All the names in the Old Testament are Jewish names. The OT was writtenby Jews in Hebrew, and chaledean (jewish language). The Bible is the History and bloodline of Jews from Adam to Jesus.

Search "Old testament origin" on the internet. It will confirm what I have written.

Answer 6

Well, the first five books of the Bible are their Torah...but there are other books from the Old Testament that are used by the Jews!

Answer 7

Old and New were all written by Jewish Hands.

Jews call it the Tenach, as they believe there is only one testament and that Jesus was not who He claimed. They really focus on the part of the Tenach called the Torah, the first 5 books.

Christians never claim to write one word of Old or New.....

David

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http://www.jewfaq.org

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Answer 8

Jews absolutely believe in the Old Testament more than any body else , Jews make the best Christians once they come to the Saving knowledge of Jesus Christ

Answer 9

Jews certainly believe in the Old Testament, they just don't call it that. We Christians call it that because we recognize that there IS a new testament.

Answer 10

Yes, even the New Testament says that the Jews were given the oracles of God.

The New Testament in my mind should not have been named that way, because it has caused lot of misconceptions. The New Testament should be considered an extention of the OT maybe called the Tenauch extention. Jesus came to the Jews as their messiah, but He was rejected by the priests of His day because of their loyalty to Rome. Jesus was a threat to Rome and a threat to the priests, because He drew big followings. Romewanted no threats to there authority. They wanted to show the Jews a dead king or what Romans would do to anyone who was a threat to them.
Jesus, KING OF THE JEWS was to be a lesson to them.
The bible says that He [God] can make the wrath of man praise Him. That sure is the case here.