veterotestamentary

veterotestamentary (comparative more veterotestamentary, superlative most veterotestamentary)

1. Alternative form of vetero-testamentary
   • 1961, André Grabar, “The First Steps”, in Christian Iconography: A Study of Its Origins (The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts; Bollingen Series; XXXV.10), Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →OCLC, page 11:

     But whether the Christians knew, at the beginning, image-signs of Jewish making or only Jewish prayers with the formula: Save me as you have saved Noah, etc., the great proportion of veterotestamentary salvations in the catacombs and on the sarcophagi, but especially in the catacombs, makes it very probable that there was some initial Jewish contribution.

   • 1995, François Bovon, “The Importance of Meditations in Luke’s Theological Plan”, in Jane Haapiseva-Hunter, transl., New Testament Traditions and Apocryphal Narratives, Eugene, Or.: Pickwick Publications, Wipf and Stock, published 22 October 2008, →ISBN, page 57:

     One can go even further and remark that it is in the infancy stories, just where the humanity of the Messiah appears, that Luke picks up the veterotestamentary themes of the actual presence and the voice of God and applies them to Jesus.

   • 2013, Alexandra F. Vukovich, “Motherhood as Authority in the Life of Queen Helen by Archbishop Daniel II”, in Sini Kangas, Mia Korpiola, Tuija Ainonen, editors, Authorities in the Middle Ages: Influence, Legitimacy, and Power in Medieval Society, Berlin, Boston, Mass.: Walter De Gruyter, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 263:

     The veterotestamentary analogies embody a constitutional and moral value whereby the Nemanjid dynasty is granted historical and charismatic legitimacy.