the Old Testamentnoun [ S ]
uk/ˌəʊld ˈtes.tə.mənt/us/ˌoʊld ˈtes.tə.mənt/the first of the two main parts of the Christian Bible, which records the history of the Jewish people before the birth of Jesus
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The Bible - people, events & places
- Adam
- annunciation
- apocalypse
- Armageddon
- bible
- Goliath
- gospel
- Jesus Christ
- Judgment Day
- Madonna
- psalm
- resurrection
- the ark
- the Beatitudes
- the Blessed Virgin
- the New Testament
- the Second Coming
- the Ten Commandments
- the Torah
- verse
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Examples from literature
- In the Bible the very first story in the Old Testament tells us about the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden, whose price is a loss of innocence and the promise of death.