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Old Testament
Vetus Testamentum la ܕܝܬܝܩܝ ܥܬܝܩܬܐ arc
First division of the Christian biblical canon
- Also called OT
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What it tells
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Two clocks, kept apart
Overview
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Stories and families in it
Each on its own page, where this text is one account among others.
Figures
Who appears in it
Gods and people whose own records say they appear in this work.
What this means
Read from the other end: computed from those records, not from this one. A figure appearing here does not make this the only account of them, and a relationship attested in this work holds in this work.
Parts
Works within it
Works recorded as part of this one. Each date is that work’s own, on the source clock.
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Book of Genesis
first book of the BibleWritten no date recorded -
Exodus
second book of the BibleWritten no date recorded -
Psalms
book of the Bible, has five booksWritten no date recorded -
Torah
first five books of the Hebrew BibleWritten no date recorded -
Leviticus
third book of the BibleWritten no date recorded -
Deuteronomy
fifth book of the Torah and Christian Old TestamentWritten no date recorded -
Book of Numbers
fourth book of BibleWritten no date recorded -
Ecclesiastes
book of the BibleWritten no date recorded -
Joshua
sixth book of the BibleWritten no date recorded
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Judges
seventh book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old TestamentWritten no date recorded -
Book of Ruth
book of the BibleWritten between 550 and 330 BCE -
Song of Songs
book of the BibleWritten no date recorded -
Proverbs
book of the BibleWritten no date recorded -
Book of Daniel
book of the BibleWritten no date recorded -
Isaiah
book of the BibleWritten no date recorded -
Book of Esther
book of the Hebrew BibleWritten no date recorded -
Book of Job
book of the BibleWritten no date recorded -
Ezekiel
book of the Hebrew BibleWritten no date recorded -
Jeremiah
book of the BibleWritten no date recorded -
Book of Ezra
book of the BibleWritten no date recorded -
Book of Nehemiah
book of the BibleWritten no date recorded -
Lamentations
book of the Hebrew BibleWritten no date recorded -
Book of Wisdom
Deuterocanonical sapiential book of the BibleWritten no date recorded -
Books of Kings
book of the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Kings) in the Christian Old TestamentWritten no date recorded -
Books of Samuel
a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books in the Christian Old TestamentWritten no date recorded -
Books of Chronicles
book of the Hebrew Bible, divided into two books in the Christian Old TestamentWritten no date recorded -
Pentateuch
first five books of the BibleWritten no date recorded -
deuterocanonical books
books of the Bible which are considered non-canonical by Protestant denominationsWritten no date recorded -
Twelve Minor Prophets
book or collection of books in the BibleWritten no date recorded -
Historical books
one of four divisions in the Christian Old TestamentWritten no date recorded -
Sapiential Books
subset of the books of Septuagint: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, Wisdom, SirachWritten no date recorded -
prophetic books
division of the Old Testament; a group of textsWritten no date recorded
Connections
How Old Testament connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Identification 1
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
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Sources and evidence
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Review
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Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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