the New Testament
noun
: the second part of the Christian Bible that describes the life of Jesus Christ and the lessons that he taught
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Like the adult Jesus of the New Testament, this apocryphal Christ child often works wonders to help others in need.
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Mary Dzon, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
Looking through a glass darkly like the apostle Paul in the New Testament, the New York rhymer and enigma muses on hopelessness on this highlight from his ninth album, Golliwog.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Godspell had approached the New Testament in a fresh way, Children of Eden reworked Genesis for a new take on family life, and The Prince of Egypt explored the Exodus story from the standpoint of the brother relationship between Moses and Ramses.
—CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
Nathan leans heavily into his own Orthodox Coptic Christian upbringing and borrows liberally from the rather obscure text of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas with material absent from the New Testament.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
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Mary Dzon, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
Looking through a glass darkly like the apostle Paul in the New Testament, the New York rhymer and enigma muses on hopelessness on this highlight from his ninth album, Golliwog.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Godspell had approached the New Testament in a fresh way, Children of Eden reworked Genesis for a new take on family life, and The Prince of Egypt explored the Exodus story from the standpoint of the brother relationship between Moses and Ramses.
—CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
Nathan leans heavily into his own Orthodox Coptic Christian upbringing and borrows liberally from the rather obscure text of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas with material absent from the New Testament.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
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