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Explain why the teacher compares the Old Testament to a film.
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The Old Testament is like a film because it moves the story forward from the beginnings in Genesis to the rebuilding of the nation in Ezra and Nehemiah.
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Because like a film for some scene the need to add extra details on it so that the audience get the message. The same with Old Testament, there are move story but also the author want to bring more details in order to deliver the points.
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He compares the Old Testament to a film because it is sliced together with many different stories from different times that move the story along while also having stories that bring color to the stories that move the story along. These “color” stories give us more details and important information that we wouldn’t otherwise have for the “time” stories.
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The Old Testament is compared to a film to show the differences between it and a movie. It does not follow the traditional outline of a movie going from beginning to end so we should understand that when we are reading it and that will help with our understanding.
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The teacher uses this analogy, comparing the Old Testament to a film, because the Old Testament Books tell the story of God’s gift of salvation. He calls seventeen of the Books narrative books that tells God’s story. Then he describes other Books as “time” books that move the story forward (like a movie). And “color” books that add intrigue to the story. Each Old Testament Book adds to another Book, keeping the story (film) moving forward to the conclusion.
