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the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews which is the first half of the Christian Bible- The Bible consists of the Old and New Testaments.
- The story of David and Goliath may be the most popular in the Old Testament.
- Go to the Old Testament; go to the New.Ernest J. Gaines -- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- ...for all he knows we mighta come straight out of Ethiopia durin' the Old Testament.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Well if we came out durin' the Old Testament it's too long ago to matter.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Miss Maudie's face likened such an occurrence unto an Old Testament pestilence.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Why is Job, the hero of the Old Testament book of the same name, given as a type of misery?Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Selected Essays
- There was this guy named Job in the Old Testament who was a believer but had really terrible things happen to him.Bethany Hamilton -- Soul Surfer
- The old and wise lady began to tell us a story from the Old Testament.Peter Jenkins -- A Walk Across America
- So I went back to their Old Testament, back to when their lives and ours were intertwined.Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
- First, the concept of laying a cornerstone comes from the Old Testament.Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol
- Lucy selected a book—a volume of Old Testament commentaries.E.M. Forster -- A Room With A View
- "Ah," said Adam, "I like to read about Moses best, in th' Old Testament.George Eliot -- Adam Bede
- He slapped open a copy of the Old Testament.Truman Capote -- In Cold Blood
- "The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments," he read aloud from the title-page.Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World
- But later that day Andrew Merrick too, came home, his beard grown long and bushy as an Old Testament prophet.Geraldine Brooks -- Year of Wonders
- The theology of the Old Testament prophets was a third.Boris Pasternak -- Doctor Zhivago
- They're very difficult, in the Old Testament particularly.Henry James -- The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 1
- "Did you have a nice walk?" said Alexey Alexandrovitch, sitting down in his easy chair, pulling the volume of the Old Testament to him and opening it.Leo Tolstoy -- Anna Karenina
- Led by the usher's flashlight I stumbled through the curtains into the darkened hall, found a seat and was suddenly in the middle of the Old Testament.Hermann Hesse -- Steppenwolf
Old Testament = the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews (Jews) which is the first half of the Christian Bible
Old Testament = the sacred scripture of the Hebrews which is the first half of the Christian Bible
Old Testament = the sacred scripture of the Hebrews which is the first half of the Christian Bible
Old Testament = from the sacred scripture of the Hebrews which is the first half of the Christian Bible
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