The Old Testament: The Hebrew Scriptures

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The writer's primary concern was showing authority and organizing pieces of literature. "In various ways, it is argued that God's governance is to maintain an order that cannot be mocked, disregarded, or nullified, however, while this function contains an important religious affirmation, it also lends itself to ideological use by those in positions of power"( Brueggemann,1985). According to the attending section in unit 1, "The Old Testament has been the sacred scriptures of Judaism and Christianity for over 2,500 years and are one of the most important collections of texts in the Western World"(Tullock,& McEntire,2012). Nevertheless, The Old Testament is also referred to as The Hebrew scriptures. According to the video part 2 " The Old