2007-04-08 08:26:37 · 10 answers · asked by lis 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Tanakh ("old" testament) is about the relationship between God and His people, Israel. As far as Jews are concerned it is the *only* testament. The word Testament means contract/ covenant/treaty. God does not go back on his word.
Christians have *borrowed* from our book to create a book of their own that seems to point to a divine messiah. The Jewish messiah will be a great leader (human) who will bring peace and justice on earth for all, regardless of race, creed, culture, gender, etc.
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2007-04-08 08:40:00 · answer #1 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Old Testament is part of Judaism and Christianity. It was written before the New Testament, which deals with Jesus.
2007-04-08 08:29:53 · answer #2 · answered by RB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Old Testament or Covenant is a historical time line that chronicals the creation in Genesis to the time of Christ. It is based upon the Mosaic law, the ten commandments. The commandments are more than just easily explained in Exodus 20, they are gone into detail in the next few books. The Old Testament is that of Law and requires severe acts to repay for sin. The Priests of the Jewish temples had to follow certain, very certain rituals to go into the Holy of Holies. The jewish belief is that Jesus was a prophet as fortold by their teachings, not the Son of God. The Mosaic law or old testament lasted until the time our Lord said "It is Finished".
2007-04-08 08:38:36 · answer #3 · answered by orion_1812@yahoo.com 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes a big part...For Judaism it is their bible..well not the OT but the Torah which is the books Christians have in the OT plus a few others I think. And in Christianity the NT is just a continued story from the OT.
For Christians the NT is concealed in the OT and the OT is revealed in the NT
2007-04-08 08:32:14 · answer #4 · answered by † H20andspirit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "old testament" is called the TaNaKh by the jewish people. It contains the Torah (the first five books) the Nevi'im (Prophets) and Ketuvim (the writings).
It is originally a collection of jewish holy writings, taken on later by the christians who added what they call the "new testament" to it and call it the bible.
2007-04-08 08:30:28 · answer #5 · answered by Kallan 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
"Old Testament" is a non-Jewish way of referring to the canon of Judaic textual bible. Genesis through Chronicles I think. Jews call that the "tanach" and find the notion that the testament given by God to them is "old" as offensive.
2007-04-08 08:29:34 · answer #6 · answered by rosends 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Old Testament theology is what God has revealed about Himself in the Old Testament. The system of Old Testament theology takes the various truths that the Old Testament books teach us about God and presents them in an organized fashion. God's revelation of Himself begins in Genesis 1:1: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." That is a presupposition that all believers believe by faith. That is based on the study of God throughout all the Scripture from Genesis to Revelation. Since the Bible is true in all of its aspects, then, all of it as it comes from God, is true and eternal. It never passes away nor will it ever fail to deny itself in any of its parts. God said, "My Word is true...it is eternal...it will never pass away." God Himself is true: Jesus said, "For I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life..." (John 14:6). John 1:1-3 state: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; the same was in the beginning with God." Paul wrote in 2 Timothy 3:16: "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God (God-breathed)..." 2 Peter 1:21 states: "But holy men of God spake as they were moved (borne along) by the Holy Spirit..."
Since God revealed Himself, His character, His attributes, etc., etc., then a theological study is made of the Old Testament and it is discovered that the Old Testament (Old Covenant) gives us an application of theology to a relationship that God established with a created people, the Jews. We must relate the word theology to the word "testament" or "covenant." All through this Old Testament there is a progressive revelation of God to his people in order that they might learn Who He was, What He was, and What He was doing in the world; especially, with them. The application of the word testament carries one beyond the simple fact of books or writings to some indication of their main theme. Into the very heart of the Old Testament is woven the idea of a Covenant between God and man, first made with Adam, then with Noah, also with Abraham, the nation of Israel and with David. The Scripture refers again and again through the history, the psalms and proverbs and prophecy, to this covenant into which God entered with His chosen people. In Jeremiah, prophecy reaches its height in the sublime prediction of the New Covenant, a prediction declared by the writer of the letter to the Hebrews to be fulfilled in Jesus Christ.
2007-04-08 19:03:31 · answer #7 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Tanach is part of Judaism, the ot is what happens when incompetent Romans try to translate the Tanach in ways to make their new fictional book kinda look like a part of it..
2007-04-08 08:29:58 · answer #8 · answered by XX 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
jews dont share OT with christians jews say it was corrupted
2007-04-08 08:29:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
its the story of time before it was recorded anywhere else.
simple, easy to remember.
2007-04-08 08:30:40 · answer #10 · answered by jasenbenn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋