the Old Testament
noun [S]Definition
› the first of the two main parts of the Christian Bible, which records the history of the Jewish people before the birth of Jesus → Compare the New TestamentThe Bible - people, events and places
(Definition of the Old Testament noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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