The name Old Testament derives from the Christian view of the text, namely that it refers to the first covenant that God made, i.e. the older of the two covenants or testaments. The New Testament refers to the second covenant that God made, this time through Jesus. It just happens that because Christianity is derived from Judaism, the Jewish Bible is nearly the same as the Old Testament.
False. The Hebrew Scriptures form what Christians know as the Old Testament.
The Old Testament.
The book the Psalms in the Hebrew scriptures (Old Testament) was actually the "song book" for ancient Isreal.
The 5th book of the 'Old Testament'(Hebrew Scriptures) is Deuteronomy The 5th book of the 'New Testament'(Greek Scriptures) is Acts
I think that by Hebrew Scriptures you mean the Tanakh. In this case, it is Biblical Hebrew
The book of Malachi is the last book in the Hebrew scriptures, or the "old testament". Malachi was completed in the year 443 B.C.E.
It wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that they were written by Hebrews in Hebrew by any chance?
The two parts of the Bible are the Old Testament and the New Testament.
The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) are called the Torah and also known as the Pentateuch, which means "five scrolls" or "five books". They are also called the Five Books of Moses.GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomy
The Old Testament was written in Hebrew, but during the third and second centuries B.C. the Old testament was translated into the Greek Septuagint as the Hebrew language was dying out. The people needed the Scriptures in the tongue they understood.
The seventh book of the Old Testament (and Hebrew Scriptures) is the book of Judges. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy and Joshua all proceed Judges. In the categorizing of the Hebrew Scriptures in Judaism, the book of Judges is part of the Nevi'im, "The Prophets". Christian categorizing of the Old Testament has no such official categorizing.
No. Alexander the Great lived before the Hebrew scriptures were canonized as one book.