What does the Old Testament focus on?

Answer 1

A:The Old Testament contains many accounts that appear to be based on the earlier legends of other nations in the ancient Near East. The Book of Proverbs contains fragments of material about Lady Wisdom, a spirit/goddess known to have been venerated in the post-Exilic period and who was possibly the Hebrew goddess of wisdom in earlier times. Proverbs also contains wisdom sayings some of which parallel much earlier Egyptian wisdom sayings.

Some of the supposed historic material in the Old Testament has come under scrutiny and scholars no longer accept it as necessarily true. References to God's intervention in the affairs of the Israelites are unprovable and unlikely to be true where the associated events are not actually historical. But the Old Testament also contains some material that is historically true, especially regarding the late monarchy and the period following the Return from the Babylonian Exile.

Biblical scholars generally regard books such as Daniel and Esther as early Jewish novels.

Answer 2

Before Jesus Christ