The Old Testament in the Bible is a collection of 39 books, written in Hebrew and Aramaic, between 1446 B.C. and 425 B.C. They were then translated into a Greek manuscript called the Septuagint between the second and third centuries B.C. Jesus referred to the Hebrew manuscripts as the Law, the Prophets, and Psalms, which is part of the Hebrew manuscripts called the Writings. The Greek translation was used by the Apostles in the first century to help them in their writings of the New TestamentThe New Testament is a collection of 27 books, all written in Greek within the first century A.D. Twenty three of these books were written by the Apostles of Jesus Christ, two were written by Dr. Luke a Christian medical doctor who traveled with the Apostle Paul, and two books were written by James ... More. The ChristianAccording to the Bible, Christians are those that put their faith in Jesus Christ and follow him as Lord and King of their lives. To reject that Jesus is not equal in nature with God or reject the teaching of the Trinity of God would forfeit anyone's claim to be called Christian. (Acts 11:26, 26:28;... More church compiled the Hebrew manuscripts and added them to the Bible to form the Old Testament. (Luke 16:16; Matthew 5:17; Luke 24:44)
