what is the old testament and new testament?what are the diffrerence between the two?

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i wanna know more

Answer 1

Ok, This is a cut-n-paste from my documents folder, it is in my own words from my own research that I have done while in Seminary.

How the Word of God came to be written
OLD TESTAMENT
The authors of Hebrew Scriptures are not as identifiable as those of the New Testament. The Books arose in the midst of the law given by Moses and the prophets sent by God to the children of Israel. The first 5 books (The Law) were written by Moses almost entirely. The remainder of the Old Testament is composed of the prophets and writings in the Hebrew canon, whereas the English Bible includes the following categories: historical books, poetic books, and prophetic books. These books include such authors as Samuel, David, Joshua, Solomon, and the Major Prophets such as Isaiah, Jeremiah, and a number of lesser-known figures who wrote smaller books called the Minor Prophets. Each of these authors presents his words as being the Word of God.

NEW TESTAMENT
The New Testament was written by apostles of Jesus Christ and companions of the Apostles, Letters were written to individuals, churches, or larger groups of persons either to conform the truth of Christianity, engender belief in Christ, Correct problems in the local churches, or argue against error. The Book of Revelation also seeks tp present God’s plan for the end of the age.

HOW THE INSPIRED WRITTINGS WERE PASSED DOWN
OLD TESTAMENT
The Old Testament was written between 1440 B.C. and approximately 400 B.C.
The Laws of Moses was maintained in the Hebrew community by the priests of the temple. Later books continued to be deposited with these leaders until the destruction of the temple and then found their way into the teaching community begun by Ezra and continued in the synagogues. Trained scribes copied biblical texts by hand until the modern printing press came into use. The copies of the Masoretes of the ninth century A.D. are very close to the recently discovered Dead Sea scrolls, which originated a thousand years earlier.

NEW TESTAMENT
The New Testament books were copied by local Christian communities and passed from one to another for decades before an entire collection was made. Since the early letters were written on papyrus, they wore out rapidly and required regular copying. In the early fourth century A.D., fifty copies of the entire Old and New Testament Greek Scriptures were made at the order of the first Christian emperor, Constantine. It is likely that the Vaticanus and Sinaticus codex’s, two of the longest early manuscripts to survive, originated from this order.

WHAT IS THE CANON OF SCRIPTURE?
The word canon is a word used to identify the writings of the prophets, the apostles, and their companions, which are inspired by God and authoritative for truth pertaining to doctrine and life. It means “rule” or “standard.” A book is not inspired because it is declared to be canonical but is considered inspired. Therefore, the church discovered the canonicity of the Old Testament books; it did not determine or cause their canonicity.

HOW THE CANON WAS DECIDED
The books accepted by the Jewish community originated over a period of approximately one thousand years. The first question regarding writing’s acceptance was whether the book was written by a prophet of God. Generally the book would have statements of “thus says the Lord,” or “the word of the Lord came.” Second, miraculous signs or accuracy of fulfillment served as confirmation of a prophet’s message. Third, the book had to be internally consistent with the revelation of God found in the teachings of other canonical books, especially what God gave through Moses.
The first question for the church to answer about a books inclusion in the canon accepted by Christians was whether it came through the apostles of the Lord or through persons under the guidance of an apostle, such as Luke. Second, the book had to come with the power of God and be effective for changing lives. Third, it must have been generally accepted by the people of God. This latter test refers first to the ones who received the book and next to the transmission in the church. Determination of the New Testament canon took place over a period of years, reaching its final form at Synod of Carthage in 397.

THE MANUCRIPTS OF THE BIBLE
Old Testament
Fragments of the Hebrew Scriptures number in the Tens of Thousands, the majority dating between the third century B.C. and the fourteenth century A.D. The greatest attestation to the Hebrew Old Testament is the manuscripts found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, which mostly date from the third century B. C. to the first Century A.D.

New Testament
Manuscript evidence for the New Testament is abundant. There are more than five thousand existing copies, many with New Testament books entirely or largely intact.
Also there are several older translations of the New Testament into languages like Syriac, Coptic, and Latin that survive in thousands of manuscripts. No work of antiquity even approaches the New Testament for authenticity.

Answer 2

People usually refer to the Hebrew writings, that is from Genesis to Malachi, as the old testament. Then from the Gospel of Matthew to Revelation, as the New Testament. According to historians the first book of the old testament by Moses(Genesis), he started his writing in 1513B.C.E and this covered a period of 1600. So the last book of the bible was completed sometime in 98C.E. Some refer them this way, reasoning that from Genesis to Malachi were mainly put down for the Jews before Jesus birth and does not really matter to those during Jesus era or we living today. But as 1Timothy 3 : 16 & 17 says that "All Scripture is inspired by God...Beneeficial for teaching, reproving..." So that we might be fully equipped for every good work. So the whole Biblle - Consisting of 66 little books, with 39 of the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and 27 of the Christian Greek Scriptures (New Testament), are all inspired by God. Besides Jesus and a lot of the other apostles like Peter and Paul actually made references to some passages of the old testament.,

P.S I'm sorry that i cannot remember the scriptures where some of the apostles quoted from. but if u need further information you can log on to www.watchtower.org

Answer 3

Dude, I think that you answered the question a bunch of times. Some of the answers were okay. Google.com has a great search engine. Maybe you can find out whatever it is that you are looking for about the Old Testament and the New Testament there.

Answer 4

The Old Testament takes life from inception up to just before the birth of Jesus Christ.

The New Testament begins with the birth of Jesus, and ends on Judgement Day.

Answer 5

The Old Testament covers the time from the creation of the world to just prior to the birth of Jesus Christ.
The New Testament begins with the birth of Jesus Christ and runs through the end of the world as we know it.

Answer 6

the Scriptures has long had a special and consecrated meaning.
writings composed under Divine inspiration, and destined for the well-being of the Church, using the latter word in the wide sense of the theocratic society which began with God's revelation of Himself to the people of Israel, and which finds its ripe development and completion in the Catholic organism. The whole Biblical Canon therefore consists of the canons of the Old and New Testaments. The new testament fulfils the old in Gods word becoming flesh.

Answer 7

The old Testament is a history of the Jews. The New testament is about Jesus.
The two are vitally connected.
the Jews were in expectation of a 'Messiah', through the prophecies of the early Prophets.
Jesus fulfilled the prophecies.
Example; (Psalm 22:17-18) I can count all my bones. They themselves look, they gaze upon me. 18 They apportion my garments among themselves, And upon my clothing they cast lots.

When Jesus was killed, none of his bones were broken, which was the normal practice of the Roman guards/executioners in those days.
Also they DID cast lots for his clothes.
And Psalms was written 460 years BEFORE Jesus.

Answer 8

The Old Testament is refered to in John 1:17 as the law given through Moses and the New Testament as grace and truth that came through Jesus. Under the Old Testament believers have to earn their righteousness by obedience to the law. If they disobey the curses (punishment) of the law will come upon them. The sacrifices of animals covered their sins yearly. Under the New Testament, grace and truth, Jesus' death on the cross takes away forever God's judgement of the sins of every believer, obtains forgiveness for every believer of sins forever, gives every believer as a gift, God's righteousness in Jesus, and gives all believers all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus. Christians have just to believe to receive by grace and not by works. Christains are called to rest in and enjoyed the blessings of Jesus Christ's finished work by faith.

Answer 9

The Old Testament, which means old covenant, was God's promise to his people to bring a savior to save the chosen ones, ie. those who followed the terms of the covenant, to usher in a new kingdom.

The New Testament is a new covenant delivered by his promised Messiah, Jesus Christ [Yeshua the Anointed]. He proclaimed the only way to fulfill the terms of the old covenant was to trust him to fulfill the terms, since no human could fulfill the terms themselves because God required a sinless sacrifice. His blood and his death removed the curse of sin (death) from mankind. All those who now trust in Christ and commemorate his death, burial, and resurrection have a new nature that is sinless and by faith, look to the resurrection of the dead to receive a glorified body to live forever in the presence of God.

Answer 10

The old testament was jewish law before the arival of Jesus. The new testament is the message left by jesus, and the accounts of his life.