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Stephen,
The Old Testament is not primarily
a history of the Jews. Along with
the New Testament,
the entire Bible
records the history of salvation.
That is a theological point.
As I've
pointed out to you before, the
Bible is not a history or science
textbook. It contains some human
history, but using various literary
devices and constructs. It unfolds
God's plan for saving man.
The Old Testament points to Jesus
Christ. It is full of prophecy, which
is fulfilled only in Jesus Christ.
The Jewish people are our older
brothers in the faith of Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob. If you bothered
to read the New Testament, you'd
know that. Jesus tells us, God is
the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Therefore to be anti-Semitic is to
set yourself against God.
We accept the entire Bible, because
St. Paul tells us (in his First
letter to Timothy) that:
All Scripture
is inspired by God! (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
The Catechism of the Catholic Church,
tells us that the New Testament is
hidden in the Old and the Old Testament
is fulfilled in the New.
There was a heretic by the name of Marcion circa 150 A.D. who proposed
eliminating
the Old Testament. He
was quickly condemned so you're
not the first to propose this heresy.
John
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