Reading the Old Testament

The Old Testament and the Bible itself have been studied extensively for centuries. Archeologists and scholars have tried to interpret the texts of their clues. It does not matter how many times the Old Testament is studied. In the book entitled "How to Read the Old Testament: Introduction", author Lawrence Boy introduces some of the various authors of the Old Testament.

The Old Testament itself has great value as a word of God. Reading the Old Testament as a Christian does not mean that she wants to find a reality pointing directly to Jesus and Christian. Indeed, for Christians all the Old Testament economies are moving to Christ; if the Old Testament is read according to Christ, then a person can trace some of this movement at that time. But as it is a movement through a historical process, a slow and difficult progress, each event and each text is located at a specific point along the way, more or less from the edge I will. Reading back through the eyes of Christians means that you can feel the movement of Christ and the distance, premise and difference with Christ. On the contrary, the New Testament can not completely understand the Old Testament.

Gnostic Christianity is distinguished from the original orthodox in the reading of the Old Testament. The rejection of the scriptures by Marcion is not enough to avoid Gnosticism. People need to read the Old Testament and find the people it prove. Nice Creed insists that the Creator of the Old Testament is the father of Jesus. Today, Christian interpretation of the Old Testament begins from there. How is the New Testament? Emile Brunner believes that "our understanding of the Old Testament is crucial to our understanding of the New Testament." 4 Only the New Testament will allow us to reject the Old Testament. Only New Testament Christians receive little protection from Gnostic Christianity.

In most Christians, the Old Testament is rarely read compared to the Old Testament. In addition, most readings are often distorted by prejudice. Whereas the Old Testament frequently represents only the principles of justice and revenge, the New Testament is thought to represent a new contract of love and compassion. Even sentences like "Love your neighbor as yourself" are thought to come from the New Testament, not the Old Testament. Alternatively, the Old Testament is thought to be written in the spirit of a completely narrow nationalism, not including super-national ones. Universalism is a feature of the New Testament.