“Everyone will have noticed how the Old Testament seems at times to ignore our conception of the individual.” — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. -Deuteronomy xix. 21. — Bible Copy Share Image
“don’t make the mistake of skipping the Old Testament. It’s the core of all religion, I” — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New. — Benjamin Whichcote Copy Share Image
A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no mercy — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
That's what we have with the Old Testament and the New Testament: good storytelling. — Naveen Andrews Copy Share Image
One of the interesting things to me is that God grows throughout the Old Testament. He evolves, sort of matures, and becomes… — A. J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
Perhaps the best-known Old Testament example of perseverance is the story of Job. — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
“[T]he Old Testament, [...] if considered as a general rule of conduct, would lead to consequences destructive of all principles of humanity… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Scratching people where they itch and addressing their 'felt needs' is a stratagem of the poor steward of the oracles of God.… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“And our Divine Parents have been molding God Child’s soul from stardust. And They have been breathing life-breath into its nose, and… — Stefan Emunds Copy Share Image
If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“The influence of Arabic on the language of Palestine was mainly in vocabulary. Thus is seen to some extent in the text… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
“The suicide committed by Sampson was partly determined by the craftiness of Delilah and partly decided by the disobedience of Sampson. Satan… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“The only people you have to look out for in life are the people that don't care about anything or anyone. These… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“The native language of Babylonia-Assyria did no doubt influence the language of Canaan, but chiefly through Phoenician script. The language found on… — John Courtenay James Copy Share Image
Many who are convinced that God is non-violent simply dismiss the Old Testament accounts of God commanding or engaging in violence. I… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“Have you noticed the words which Old Testament people use when someone important calls them by name? They don't say "What?" or… — Walter Wangerin Jr Copy Share Image
“God is a different league of person from us, but God is a person like us, not an abstract force or a… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
The folly of Interpreters has been, to foretell times and things by this Prophecy, as if God designed to make them Prophets.… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
The first book ever written in an alphabet was the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament. And the most important passage was… — Leonard Shlain Copy Share Image
Who wrote the Bible? Current scholarship, to my knowledge, assumes that the material that constitutes the Old Testament was put together from… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The First Testament gives the baseline meaning to the gospel in the promise of God that will not be thwarted by anyone… — Tobin Wilson Copy Share Image
Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image