Old Testament
Etymology
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Etymology
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- (religion, chiefly, Christianity) The first major part of the Christian Bible, covering events before the coming of Christ, corresponding roughly to the Jewish Tanakh. Usually subdivided into the categories of law, history, poetry (or wisdom books), and prophecy.
- Coordinate term: New Testament
- The Old Testament says that eating shellfish is a sin.
- French: Ancien Testament
- German: Altes Testament
- Italian: Antico Testamento
- Portuguese: Antigo Testamento
- Russian: Ве́тхий Заве́т
- Spanish: Antiguo Testamento, veterotestamentario (attributive)
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