Theology and Religious Study: Detailed FAQs on the Old Testament

This homework assignment from a Theology and Religious Study course presents answers to twenty frequently asked questions about the Old Testament. The assignment covers a range of topics, including the number of books in the Old Testament, Elmer Towns' writing style and approach, the content and message of the Old Testament, the difference between the Old and New Testaments, the overall story of the Old Testament, and how the theme is explained. The assignment also explores the Old Testament's role in guiding readers, its historical approach, and its significance in understanding the development of God's relationship with his people. It also references several books including works by Balmer, Beek, Duvall & Hays, Fromm, and Pounds.

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Twenty Frequently Asked Questions of Old Testament
1) The Old Testament consists of how many books?
Answer: The Old Testament consists of thirty nine books.
2) What style does Elmer follows while writing?
Answer: Elmer’s style of writing is more of academic, but not scholarly, which is difficult to
comprehend for the layman.
3) What does the Old Testament contain?
Answer: Elmer Towns’ non fictional narrative, “A Journey through the Old Testament: The
Story of how god developed his people in the Old Testament helps in guiding us correctly,
interpreting and reading the most dominant events and people’s survival, which occurred
throughout the first half in the Bible, that is, the Old Testament.
4) Points of Old Testament includes-
Answer: The Old Testament gives the readers a clear idea of how it has been set up and more
specifically, it will help in facilitating many occurrences that are recorded inside the New
Testament. It also includes the appearance of Jesus and more. It will also allow the people to
conceptualize the previous or earlier times in comparison to the recent times. In many
aspects, the author did not maintain any central plot, which runs synonymously.
5) The message of Old Testament-

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Answer: The Old Testament consists of a number of chapters as well as elements of the
character’s life is portrayed from the scriptures and within certain chapters; the author
devotes equal attention to the description of raw events and deeds affecting a person and the
interpretation or analysis of the deeds.
6) How does Elmer Towns recreate the Old Testament?
Answer: Elmer Towns have uniquely recreated the Old Testament sequentially. He has
placed the influential events in a chronological manner. The book presents various events
through the lives of fifty individuals, such as, Lucifer, Adam, Malachi, Zechariah and others.
7) Comment on the approach of the Old Testament.
Answer: The book mainly follows a historian approach and the struggle between good and
the bad.
8) What is the major difference between Old Testament and New Testament?
Answer: The New Testament gives a brief explanation of the new relationship received by
the God and the Old Testament records all the dealings of God with Israelites.
9) What is the overall story of the Old Testament?
Answer: The overall story of the Old Testament is the preparation of Christ’s coming.
10) What does the book of Elmer describes?
Answer: The description of Elmer’s book, establishes in detail the beginning of heavens and
earth, the man’s creation and also the establishment of the God’s covenant among the chosen

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people, along with various tribulations and trials, which went all throughout for the
preservation of faith in the sanctity.
11) The Old Testament comprises:
Answer: The books of Old Testament consist of different songs, laws, poems, ethics and the
common historical books.
12) How is the theme being explained?
Answer: The theme is being elucidated more in a structured manner, where the influential
events are placed chronologically.
13) The book can be divided into:
Answer: The book can be divided into three broad categories; world religions, indigenous
religions and new religious movements.
14) What do world religions mean?
Answer: World religions refer to international faiths.
15) What do indigenous religions mean?
Answer: Indigenous religions refer to smaller or nation specific religious groups.
16) What do new religions movements mean?
Answer: New religious movements which refer to the faiths and beliefs that recently
developed.
17) What does the Old Testament include?

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Answer: The Old Testament includes the appearance of Jesus and more. It will also allow the
people to conceptualize the previous or earlier times in comparison to the recent times.
18) Description of Elmer’s book.
Answer: The description of Elmer’s book, establishes in detail the beginning of heavens and
earth, the man’s creation and also the establishment of the God’s covenant among the chosen
people, along with various tribulations and trials, which went all throughout for the
preservation of faith in the sanctity.
19) What is the major facet of the narrative of the Old Testament?
Answer: A major facet of the narrative is, the book offers some people’s chronological
perspectives, who are directly influenced by the most important events in Old Testament.
20) The Old Testament helps in guiding us by:
Answer: Old Testament helps in guiding us correctly, interpreting and reading the most
dominant events and people’s survival, which occurred throughout the first half in the Bible.

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References
Balmer, R. (2014). Mine eyes have seen the glory: A journey into the evangelical subculture in
America. Oxford University Press.
Beek, M. A. (1960). A journey through the Old Testament. Harper.
Duvall, J. S., & Hays, J. D. (2012). Grasping God's Word: A hands-on approach to reading,
interpreting, and applying the Bible. HarperCollins Christian Publishing.
Fromm, E. (2013). You shall be as gods: A radical interpretation of the Old Testament and its
tradition. Open Road Media.
Pounds, W. (2013). Christ in the Old Testament. Genesis, 12, 1-4.