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Most of the Old Testament was written in Hebrew. After the Persian conquest and the return form Exile, Hebrew fell out of favour, and some late material was written in Aramaic. A few words of Persian are also included.

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The old testament waseither written in greek or Aramanic.

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What two languages were used to write the Old Testament?

Hebrew and Aramaic.


Who translated the Bible into latin?

The Old and New Testament which constitutes our bible (lit= books) were written in two basic languages. The Old Testament in Hebrew and the New Testament in Greek (with some of the sayings of Jesus in Aramaic). The first Latin translation was by St Jerome. The Venerable Bede was the 1st person to translate it into English


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Genesis and Isaiah are two books of the Old Testament.


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How many are there in the Old Testament?

Two. The Old Testament, containing the books from Genesis to Malachi and the New Testament from Matthew to Revelation.


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No as they are written by two old testament prophets.


The Bible is divided into 2 different parts. What are their names?

The Bible is divided into two sections, the Old Testament and the New Testament. the Catholic church and other denominations also recognize the Apocryphal Books that were written between the end of writing of the Old Testament and beginning of writing of the New Testament.


How many direct quotations does the New Testament have from the Old testament?

There are about 294 quotations in the New Testament from the Old Testament. But of these you will seldom find exactly the same words in the two quotations because the Old Testament was written in Hebrew and the New Testament in Greek originally; and through many translations the words also change somewhat. There are also, besides these, about 633 allusions to Old Testament Scriptures in the New Testament.


How many Books of Chronicals are there in the Old Testament?

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Two main parts of the Bible?

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Give the two parts of The Bible?

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