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Old Testament

first division of the Christian biblical canon
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Old Testament

Summary

Old Testament is a literary work[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Old Testament authored various authors[3].
  • Old Testament's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Old Testament's instance of is recorded as religious text[5].
  • Old Testament's instance of is recorded as Q64689000[6].
  • Old Testament's genre is religious literature[7].
  • Old Testament is part of Bible[8].
  • Old Testament's Commons category is recorded as Old Testament[9].
  • Old Testament's said to be the same as is recorded as Hebrew Bible[10].
  • Old Testament comprises Book of Genesis[11].
  • Old Testament comprises Exodus[12].
  • Old Testament comprises Leviticus[13].
  • Old Testament comprises Book of Numbers[14].
  • Old Testament comprises Deuteronomy[15].
  • Old Testament comprises Joshua[16].
  • Old Testament comprises Judges[17].
  • Old Testament comprises Book of Ruth[18].
  • Old Testament comprises First Book of Samuel[19].
  • Old Testament comprises Second Book of Samuel[20].
  • Old Testament comprises First Book of Kings[21].
  • Old Testament comprises Second Book of Kings[22].
  • Old Testament comprises First Book of Chronicles[23].
  • Old Testament comprises Second Book of Chronicles[24].
  • Old Testament comprises Book of Ezra[25].
  • Old Testament comprises Book of Nehemiah[26].
  • Old Testament comprises Book of Job[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Old Testament authored various authors[3].

Publication

Old Testament's genre is religious literature[7]. It is part of Bible[8].

Why It Matters

Old Testament has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

1 Maccabees Book of Job Book of Judith Book of Ruth Book of Tobit Exodus First Book of Samuel Judges Leviticus literary work Proverbs Second Book of Samuel Sirach Torah

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → old-testament
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: old-testament, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289956520|old testament (#289956520)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 11d ago · Putnik · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → senasis-testamentas
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7666]]: senasis-testamentas"
  3. 22d ago · JasterOmega · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P577]]: 1546"
  4. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → n0000001-Bible
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Catholic Encyclopedia, Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus +2
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: n0000001-Bible, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  5. 5w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Genre → religious literature
    Has edition or translation → Catholic Old Testament, Septuagint, Tanakh +9
    Instance of → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: a/antiguo-testamento, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779856745649"
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