the Old Testament
noun
: the first part of the Christian Bible that tells about the Jews, their history, and God's words to them in the time before Jesus Christ was born
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One More World is rife with references to and poems written ‘after’ – among others – Celan, Buber, Lermontov, Auden, Borges, Heaney, the Old Testament, and Rose Ausländer, who Hoffman has elsewhere translated.
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Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
The next seven levels, like the seven above, are occupied by other Hebrew women of the Old Testament, each defining the lateral layers of the rose.
—Mary Jo Bang
july 9, Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
At roughly 2,000 years old, the Dead Sea Scrolls are thought to be some of the earliest surviving fragments of the Old Testament.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2025
The movement's emphasis on the Old Testament is significant, Clarkson said, because in it, major figures are warriors.
—Odette Yousef, NPR, 21 June 2025
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Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
The next seven levels, like the seven above, are occupied by other Hebrew women of the Old Testament, each defining the lateral layers of the rose.
—Mary Jo Bang
july 9, Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
At roughly 2,000 years old, the Dead Sea Scrolls are thought to be some of the earliest surviving fragments of the Old Testament.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2025
The movement's emphasis on the Old Testament is significant, Clarkson said, because in it, major figures are warriors.
—Odette Yousef, NPR, 21 June 2025
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