Old_Testament

Old Testament Old Testament The Christian name for the Hebrew Bible. It is the sacred scripture of Judaism and the first portion of the Christian@Bible. According to Jewish teachings, it is made up of three parts: the Law (also known as the Torah or Pentateuch), comprising the@first five books (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy), which describes@the origins of the world, the covenant@@between the Lord and Israel, the exodus and entry into the promised land, and the various rules governing social and religious behavior;@the Prophets , including the former prophets (Joshua, Judges, Samuel 1-2, Kings 1-2) and the latter prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah,@Ezekiel, and the 12 minor prophets), which describes the history of the Israelites, the stories of heroes, kings, judges, and wars, and the@choosing of David as leader of the Israelites; and the Writings (including Psalms, Job, Song of Solomon, and Ruth, among others), which@describes the reactions of the people to the laws and covenant! s, as well as prayers and praises of the covenant. Some books of the Old@Testament regarded as sacred by the Jews are not accepted as such by Christians; among Christians there are differences between@Roman Catholics and Protestants about the inclusion of some books, the order of the books, testament, jesus, old, new, life, god, books, written, christian, ot, national, bible, prophets, nt, people, mainly, laws, jewish, history, about, writings, world, various, teachings, sacred, religion, portion, nation, kings, judges, jews, israelites, instead, including, himself