From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!presby!aron
Newsgroups: net.religion
Title: "Old" Testament
Article-I.D.: presby.172
Posted: Sun Feb  6 09:10:52 1983
Received: Mon Feb  7 00:28:35 1983

The term "Old" Testament is inherently offensive to Jews.  It implies
that the Jewish Bible is outmoded, that the Jewish people's Covenant with
God has been superseded by Christianity and the "New" Testament.  The
appropriate terms to use (in English) are the Jewish Bible and the
Christian Bible.

				aron shtull-trauring
				harpo!seismo!presby!aron