Old Testament

Etymology
From, calqued from. Old refers to ancientness, not to obsolescence. Equivalent to a retronym, by comparison with the.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The first major part of the Christian Bible, covering events before the coming of Christ, corresponding roughly to the Jewish Tanakh. Usually subdivided into the categories of law, history, poetry (or wisdom books), and prophecy.

Usage notes

 * Old Testament is the most common English term used by Christians to refer to the first major part of the Christian Bible. Old means “ancient”, “having great(er) age” here, not “superseded” or “obsolete”.
 * In Biblical scholarship the term is preferred nowadays.
 * The use of this term is considered offensive by some Jews, based on the misconception that Old suggests that the Tanach has been superseded by Christian scriptures.
 * The corresponding adjective is.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: اَلْعَهْد اَلْقَدِيم
 * Armenian: Հին կտակարան
 * Asturian: ,
 * Belarusian: Стары Запавет
 * Burmese: ဓမ္မဟောင်းကျမ်း
 * Catalan: Antic Testament
 * Cebuano: Daang Tugon, Daang Saad
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 舊約聖經, 舊約全書, 舊約
 * Mandarin: 舊約聖經, ,
 * Cornish: Testament Koth
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Malnova Testamento
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ძველი აღთქმა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: Παλαιὰ Διαθήκη
 * Hausa: Attaura
 * Hindi: पुराना नियम
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: Gamla testamentið
 * Ido: Anciena Testamento
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: Sean-Tiomna
 * Old Irish: fetarlicc
 * Italian: Antico Testamento
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: ^구약 ^성서(舊約聖書)
 * Latin: Vetus Testāmentum
 * Latvian: Vecā Derība
 * Macedonian: Стар за́вет
 * Malay: Perjanjian Lama
 * Maltese: It-Testment il-Qadim
 * Maori: Kawenata Tawhito
 * Persian: عهد عتیق
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: (The Old Testament)
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: Seann Tiomnadh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Ста̑ри за́вет, Ста̑ри за́вјет
 * Roman: Stȃri závet, Stȃri závjet
 * Shan: ၵျၢမ်းၵဝ်ႇ
 * Slovene: Stara Zaveza
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: Stary Testament
 * Spanish: Antiguo Testamento, veterotestamentario
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: Gamla testamentet
 * Tagalog: Lumang Tipan
 * Telugu: పాత నిబంధన
 * Ukrainian: Старий Завіт, Старий Заповіт
 * Urdu: عَہَد نامَہ قَدِیم
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: Diatek Vönik
 * Welsh: