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The 'parchments old and new' are explicitly identified as the Old and New Testaments.
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New Testament
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Paul is presented as the real founder of Christianity because he is the New Testament figure with the Hellenized Jewish toolkit needed to synthesize Hebrew, Greek, and Roman materials.
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Jiang says the Christian New Testament treats the Hebrew Bible as the Old Testament promise fulfilled in Jesus, and that the Quran later arises from an interpretation of the Bible.
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"...history. He is credited with most of the writing of the New Testament. About a third of the New Testament, which is the Christian..."
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"...this is the Hebrew Bible. And then we get to the New Testament, which is something that only Christians believe. Alright, so Jewish people..."
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"...Islam. So eventually we'll do all three, the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Koran. We'll start with the Old Testament, the Hebrew..."
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"...really describing here um i remember in the bible in the new testament the samaritan woman and jesus said if you follow me i..."
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"...it into two parts. The first part, Old Testament, and another, New Testament. So some people believe in God, some people believe in Jesus...."
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"...Genesis, um, it's pure literature. Um, and then, um, um, the New Testament, um, like the Gospel of Mark is also pretty divine as..."
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"...about Paul that's really important is that if you read the New Testament, a third is either written by Paul or about Paul, okay?..."
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"...before the Bible. It came before the Old Testament and the New Testament. You argue about things you know, but why do you argue..."
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