Old Testament

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Old Testament. See also prophets; sacred books
ascribes responsibility for everything to God (148:5.4) (156:5.4)
books named. See Deuteronomy, Book of; Ecclesiastes; Enoch; Exodus, Book of; Ezekiel; Ezra (Prophet); Isaiah (first); Isaiah (second); Jeremiah; Job, Book of; Proverbs, Book of; Psalms; Zechariah
Cain’s emigration to land of Nod (74:8.8)
conversations between Abraham and God (93:9.7)
editing
battle between Ahab and Shalmaneser deleted (97:9.18)
differing stories on David being made king (97:9.8)
en masse editing in Babylon (93:9.6-8)
God or Satan provoked David to number Israel (142:3.9)
Melchizedek edited out (93:9.9)
Ganid’s quotes from (131:2sec)
genealogies confused months and years (77:2.11)
intellectually dishonest teachers of (159:4.10)
invoked to support contending views of Messiah (136:1.1)
Jesus
appropriated cream of O.T.; repudiated lesser (159:5.1-9)
came to fulfill law and prophets (140:6.2)
constantly appealed to (167:5.5)
Jesus gave Greek translation to Nazareth synagogue (126:5.6) (150:8.1)
Jesus given Greek translation (123:0.3)
knowledge of (122:5.4) (125:6.2)
Messianic prophecies distorted to fit Jesus (122:4.4)
possession of Greek translation brought truth seekers to Jesus’ home (123:3.1)
quoted from (148:5.5) (149:4.2) (149:5.2-3) (150:5.2-3) (152:5.3) (165:4.8) (190:5.4)
selected passages so comment unnecessary (127:3.8)
talk with Nathaniel concerning (159:4sec)
narratives concerning Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph (93:9.8)
not sealed books of mystery (159:4.9)
not written as book of supposedly infallible teachings (97:7.3)
origin
creation account written long after Moses (74:8.7)
faulty; altogether human in origin (142:3.9) (159:4.3,6)
inscription of Psalms on stone (95:1.10)
not in existence before Abraham (159:4.2)
Ptolemy translated story of creation into Greek; used 70 scholars (74:8.12)
real beginning was secret writing of Elijah, Amos, and Hosea (97:9.20)
written to bolster Jews’ courage in captivity (74:8.9-11) (78:7.3) (93:9.9) (97:7.1-3)
profound influence on Occidental peoples (74:8.12)
reflected herder mores (84:3.2)
relics of barbarism (70:10.8)
directions for making wives of women captives (69:8.4)
full of things clean and unclean (89:1.3)
marital guilt test (70:10.6)
records Lord approving of human sacrifice (89:6.3,6)
women considered as property in (82:4.3) (84:3.2)
renaissance of Judaism dates from Greek translation (121:6.2) (195:2.7)
sacred and profane history (97:8sec)
sacred record of men seeking God (159:4.4)
Sadducees acknowledged only 5 Books of Moses (174:3.4)
shows growth in God concept (142:2.2) (142:3sec)

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