Why is the Old Testament an Old Testament?
Keywords
Old Testament, covenant theology, biblical interpretation
Abstract
The Old Testament literally means Old Covenant or Former Covenant. What is the covenant found in the pages of the Old Testament and what is the New Covenant that appears in the New Testament that replaced the former covenant?
The largest section of the canonized scripture is the Old Testament comprising some 39 separate books filling 1184 printed pages in the LDS King James Version printing. The Old Testament can bewilder us: the expanse of time, the sprawling geography, the innumerable cast of characters, the wide-ranging literary styles, the apparently inscrutable ancientness of the text. So vast is the Old Testament, it seems, that we may be lulled into believing that this compilation of the Word of God is beyond our grasp, outside our comprehension.
Original Publication Citation
Why Is the Old Testament an Old Testament?, Taylor Halverson and Jon Gee, Meridian Magazine, January 2, 2018.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Halverson, Taylor, "Why is the Old Testament an Old Testament?" (2018). Faculty Publications. 10063.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/10063
Document Type
Other
Publication Date
2018
Publisher
Meridian Magazine
Language
English
College
Marriott School of Business
Department
Marketing
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