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The Old Testament is the basis of Christianity.
The holy book of Christianity is the Bible. It has two main divisions - the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament is basically the same as the Tanakh the religious book of Judaism
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Word Christianity was mentioned in the Old Testament the exact number of times that it was mentioned in the New Testament - zero.
Christianity shares the Old Testament with Judaism, and the New Testament is specific to Christianity.
The scriptures of Christianity are contained in the Bible: 39 books of the Old Testament and 27 books of the New Testament.
All look to the Old Testament as the root of their beliefs
The Old Testament was completed before the advent of Christianity, and the position of pastor is a Christian office. The Old Testament does not mention Christian pastors.
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No, the Jewish Bible is called the Tanach. The Christian Old Testament was based on the Tanach but the OT was altered to support the teachings of Christianity. Jews do not consider the OT to be a valid translation of the Tanach.
Judaism uses the Old Testament, or Hebrew Bible. Christianity uses a Bible containing both the Old Testament and the New Testament.
It started after the death of Jesus Christ.