Meanings
- Of or relating to the Old Testament.
She nodded, still visibly upset, and, realizing that she had retreated into her Old Testamental world of omens and disasters, he left her alone.
1993, Eva Ibbotson, chapter 8, in The Morning Gift, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 862 more examples
Paul's discourse is rooted in the Old Testamental belief in the Creator who is present in his creatures (Ps 8; 18,2ff; 19; 29; 104; Job 12,7-9; 38 - 41)³³.
1991, James Yeong-Sik Pak, “[Ungodliness or Idolatry and God's Wrath (Rom 1,18-21; OrSib Fr III,41-49)] The Wrath of God against All Ungodliness and Wickedness of Men (Rom 1,18-21)”, in Paul as Missionary: A Comparative Study of Missionary Discourse in Paul's Epistles and Selected Contemporary Jewish Texts (European University Studies: Series XXIII, Theology; 410), Frankfurt am Main; Bern; New York, N.Y.; Paris: Peter Lang, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 36The lines of implication are complete when the flesh of the eaten is transformed into the body of the eater, a fact on which rested the whole weight of Old Testamental laws against dietary pollution.
1992, Karl F[rederick] Morrison, “[Case 2. Herman-Judah’s Account] Introduction”, in Conversion and Text: The Cases of Augustine of Hippo, Herman-Judah, and Constantine Tsatsos, Charlottesville, Va.; London: University Press of Virginia, →ISBN, page 62Synonyms: paleotestamentary, vetero-testamentary
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or relating to the Old Testament.
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