The Old Testament and the New Scholarship

accepted according adopted already ancient appears arrangement Assyria authority Babylonian Bible called canon century chapter character Christian Church close collection composed conception contained criticism Daniel David Decalogue Divinity doctrine doxology earlier early Egypt Epistles evidence existence fact further give given Gospel Greek hand headings Hebrew Holy human hymns idea individual inspiration interpretation Isaiah Israel Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews king language later Latin letters Lord Lord's meaning Messiah method Moses nature Old Testament original passage period Persian practice Prayer present priest Prophets psalms Psalter question reason records reference regard religion represented result ritual sacred script Scriptures seems selections sense similar Song spiritual statement stone story sung supposed tablets Temple thing thought tradition translation true verse whole worship writing written Yahaweh