Old Testament

Details

Instance of

literary work, religious text, Q64689000

Part of

Bible

Has parts

Book of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Book of Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Book of Ruth, First Book of Samuel, Second Book of Samuel, First Book of Kings, Second Book of Kings

Author

various authors

Said to be the same as

Hebrew Bible

Genre

religious literature

described by source

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Catholic Encyclopedia, Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6

different from

New Testament

has edition or translation

Catholic Old Testament, Septuagint, Tanakh, Gamla Testamentet öfversatt af O. F. Myrberg, Biblia Hebraica, Mikraot Gedolot, Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, Benedictine Vulgate, Q130612855, Q130612899, Seraglio Octateuch, Q118278038

narrative motif

flood as punishment, descent of human from animals, human made from clay (earth), creation of first woman from man's rib, paradise lost, paradise lost because of forbidden fruit (drink), confusion of tongues, phoenix, animal executed for crime, forbidden tree, tabu: building too high a tower, magic mandrake

short name

GT, GT, GT, GT, AT, AT, AT, AT, VT, VT, MT, OT

studied by

Old Testament theology, Hebrew Bible studies

topic has template

Template:Old Testament, Q6822204

topic's main category

Category:Old Testament

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