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The Five Books of the Law
:fulfilled, which were written in the ''law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms'', concerning me. (KJV)
The term ''Old Testament'' itself is a translation of the Latin ''Vetus Testamentum'', from the Greek η Παλαια Διαθηκη Ἡ Παλαιά Διαθήκη (hē Palaia Diathēkē), all meaning "The Old Covenant" (or "Testament"). The Latin rendered testament in English originally came from the Latin for "witness" and from there expanded to mean "to make a will"; thus, though it is purported to be synonymous with "covenant," it has a distinct legal flavoring. Further semantic extensions in English have made the English term more ambiguous[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/testament].
The Orthodox Church also numbers among the genuine books of the Old Testament the so-called ''apocryphal'' books, literally meaningthe meaning the "secret" or "hidden" writings. A less Protestant-biased term for these parts of Scripture is the ''[[Deuterocanon|deuterocanonical writings]]''.
== The Five Books of the Law ==
The '''Five Books of the Law''' are the first five books of the Old Testament, known jointly as the ''[[Pentateuch]]'' (Gr. Πεντάτευχος, literally ''Pentafive volumes''), and they describe God's creation of the world, the rebellion of [[Adam and Eve]] and the fall of man. These books are also called the '''Books of Moses'''. These books describe God's creation of the world, the rebellion of [[Adam and Eve]] and the fall of man. They detail the early history of God's people of Israel from the days of Abraham (ca. 2000 BC) right through to the era of [[Moses]] (ca. 1250 BC).
The Five Books of the Law are:
#[[III Maccabees]] (English bible)
In the [[Holy Scripture|canon]] of the Orthodox Church, which Church—which is generally that of the [[Septuagint]], the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, 1 and Bible—1 & 2 Samuel are called 1 and & 2 Kings, ; and 1 and & 2 Kings are called 3 and & 4 Kings. Also, the so-called apocryphal books, listed above (I Esdras, II Esdras, Tobit, Judith, I Maccabees, II Maccabees, III Maccabees, IV Maccabees), are considered by the Orthodox as genuine parts of the Bible. The Old Testament apocrypha is a body of writings considered by the non-Orthodox to be of close association with the Bible, but not actually part of its official canonical contents.
The historical books of the Bible were written well after the events described in them actually took place.
==External links==
* [http://www.biblicaltraining.org/classesold-testament-survey/otsdouglas-stuart/frame.html leadership Old Testament Survey], by Douglas Stuart (seminary class)* [http://207.44.232.113/%7Ebible/reference/ot_intro/intro-Index.html An Introduction to the Old Testament], by Raymond B. Dillard and Tremper Longman III* [http://207.44.232.113/~bible/ot/main.htm Old Testament Studies]
* [http://st-takla.org/pub_Deuterocanon/Deuterocanon-Apocrypha_El-Asfar_El-Kanoneya_El-Tanya__0-index.html About the Deuterocanon (Second Canonical Books)]
*[[Wikipedia: Old Testament]]
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