I have noted that there was some discussion regarding the “Old Testament” covenant and the “New Testament” covenant, with theists insisting that atheists do not know the difference between the two.

The use of the word “testament” for books was based on texts such as 2 Cor 3:14, “for to this present day the same veil remains unlifted when [the people of Israel] read the old covenant ...

The Pilgrim Feast of the Unleavened Bread which follows the sacrifice allowing the covenant people of the Old Testament to relive the theme of the redemption and judgement which the Israelite ...

The titles "Old" and "New Testament" were used by St. Paul (2 Corinthians, 2:14). The term "testament," as applied to the two parts of the Bible, means: a covenant, agreement, pact. In the ...

People of the Covenant: An Invitation to the Old Testament Dianne Bergant, CSA. Sheed & Ward, $16.95 (216pp) ISBN 978-1-58051-090-5 ...

The Old Testament was written over a period of approximately 1000 years, ... the Ark of the Covenant was built by the Israelites shortly after they fled Egypt around the 13th century BC.

And the New Testament (e.g., Hebrews 11:8-10) will repeatedly return to the covenant God made with Abraham as “our father in faith” (First Eucharistic Prayer). Covenants ( berith ...

New Testament scholar Thomas Schreiner makes it clear in 40 Questions About Christians and Biblical Law that the old has passed now that the new has come, giving us a new basis for Christian behavior: ...