07-12-2023, 06:08 PM
Old Testament is the most common English term used by Christians to refer to the first major part of the Christian Bible. Old means “ancient”, “having great(er) age” here, not “superseded” or “obsolete”.
From testārī (“to testify”) + -mentum (noun suffix). The biblical sense came about as a confused rendering of Ancient Greek διαθήκη (diathḗkē, “covenant, or (alternatively) will, testament”
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Old_Testament
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/testamentum#Latin
From testārī (“to testify”) + -mentum (noun suffix). The biblical sense came about as a confused rendering of Ancient Greek διαθήκη (diathḗkē, “covenant, or (alternatively) will, testament”
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Old_Testament
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/testamentum#Latin