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1、Unit11.Whatdoescovenantmean?describetheoldcovenantandthenew.TheOldCovenantisthefirstsectionoftheChristianBible,basedprimarilyupontheHebrewBible,acollectionofreligiouswritingsbyancientIsraelites.ItisthecounterparttotheNewCovenant,theChristianBible'ssecondsection.I
2、tincludessuchdiversematerialsaspropheticoracles,teachingsofwisemen,instructionsofpriestsandancientrecordsoftheroyalcourts.Somematerialishistorical,someislegendary;someislegalistic,someisdidactic.ThebooksoftheOldCovenantcanbebroadlydividedintoseveralsections:1)the
3、firstfivebooksorPentateuch(Torah);2)thehistorybookstellingthehistoryoftheIsraelites,fromtheirconquestofCanaantotheirdefeatandexileinBabylon;3)thepoeticand"Wisdom"booksdealing,invariousforms,withquestionsofgoodandevilintheworld;4)andthebooksofthebiblicalprophets,w
4、arningoftheconsequencesofturningawayfromGod.TheNewCovenantisthesecondmajorpartoftheChristianbiblicalcanon,thefirstpartbeingtheOldCovenant,whichisbasedontheHebrewBible.TheGreekNewCovenantdiscussestheteachingsandpersonofJesus,aswellaseventsinfirst-centuryChristiani
5、ty.AlthoughChristiansholddifferentviewsfromJewsabouttheHebrewscripturesoftheOldCovenant,ChristiansregardboththeOldandNewCovenantstogetherassacredscripture.TheNewCovenant(inwholeorinpart)hasfrequentlyaccompaniedthespreadofChristianityaroundtheworld.Itreflectsandse
6、rvesasasourceforChristiantheologyandmorality.BothextendedreadingsandphrasesdirectlyfromtheNewCovenantarealsoincorporated(alongwithreadingsfromtheOldCovenant)intothevariousChristianliturgies.TheNewCovenanthasinfluencedreligious,philosophical,andpoliticalmovementsi
7、nChristendom,andleftanindeliblemarkonitsliterature,art,andmusic.TheNewCovenantisananthology,acollectionofChristianworkswritteninthecommonGreeklanguageofthefirstcentury,atdifferenttimesbyvariouswriters,whowereearlyJewishdisciplesofJesus.InalmostallChristiantraditi
8、onstoday,theNewCovenantconsistsof27books.2.Whatisthemeaningoftheoriginalsin?Originalsin,alsocalledancestralsin,istheChristiandoctrineofhumanity'sstateofsinresu
