the Old Testament
noun
: the first part of the Christian Bible that tells about the Jews, their history, and God's words to them in the time before Jesus Christ was born
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Cut to: Hampton reading from The Book of Jonah, a section of the Old Testament perhaps best known for the titular prophet getting swallowed by a whale.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2025
Who would have predicted 40 years earlier that his last great work, published in 2009, would be a faithful illustration of the entire Book of Genesis, the decadent Mr. Natural replaced by the moral force of the Old Testament God?
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025
The Canaanites were the original inhabitants of the Levant and were descended from Noah's grandson Canaan, according to the Old Testament.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The Ten Commandments bill would require schools to display the Old Testament’s Ten Commandments on a poster board.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 14 Feb. 2025
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2025
Who would have predicted 40 years earlier that his last great work, published in 2009, would be a faithful illustration of the entire Book of Genesis, the decadent Mr. Natural replaced by the moral force of the Old Testament God?
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025
The Canaanites were the original inhabitants of the Levant and were descended from Noah's grandson Canaan, according to the Old Testament.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The Ten Commandments bill would require schools to display the Old Testament’s Ten Commandments on a poster board.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 14 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the Old Testament
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