Old Testamental

English

Adjective

Old Testamental

1. Of or relating to the Old Testament.

   Synonyms: (rare) paleotestamentary, vetero-testamentary

   Coordinate terms: neo-testamentary, New Testamental

   • 1991, James Yeong-Sik Pak, “[Ungodliness or Idolatry and God's Wrath (Rom 1,18-21; OrSib Fr III,41-49)] The Wrath of God against All Ungodliness and Wickedness of Men (Rom 1,18-21)”, in Paul as Missionary: A Comparative Study of Missionary Discourse in Paul's Epistles and Selected Contemporary Jewish Texts (European University Studies: Series XXIII, Theology; 410), Frankfurt am Main, Bern, New York, N.Y., Paris: Peter Lang, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 36:

     Paul's discourse is rooted in the Old Testamental belief in the Creator who is present in his creatures (Ps 8; 18,2ff; 19; 29; 104; Job 12,7-9; 38 - 41)³³.

   • 1992, Karl F[rederick] Morrison, “[Case 2. Herman-Judah’s Account] Introduction”, in Conversion and Text: The Cases of Augustine of Hippo, Herman-Judah, and Constantine Tsatsos, Charlottesville, Va., London: University Press of Virginia, →ISBN, page 62:

     The lines of implication are complete when the flesh of the eaten is transformed into the body of the eater, a fact on which rested the whole weight of Old Testamental laws against dietary pollution.

   • 1993, Eva Ibbotson, chapter 8, in The Morning Gift, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 86:

     She nodded, still visibly upset, and, realizing that she had retreated into her Old Testamental world of omens and disasters, he left her alone.

Translations

of or relating to the Old Testament — see vetero-testamentary