Testament


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A testament is a document that the author has sworn to be true. In law it usually means last will and testament.

Testament or The Testament can also refer to:

Books

  • Testament (comic book), a 2005 comic book
  • Testament, a thriller novel by David Morrell 1975
  • Testament, a novel by Nino Ricci 2002
  • fr:Le Testament (Maupassant) 1882
  • Le Testament (also, Le Grand Testament), a collection of poems by medieval French author François Villon 1461
  • Lenin's Testament, the name given to a document written by Vladimir Lenin 1922-3
  • Old Testament, the large, first section of the holy scriptures of Christianity, incorporating the Jewish Scriptures (the Tanakh)
  • New Testament, the smaller, final section of the holy scriptures of Christianity including the Gospels, epistles of Paul, and other writings
  • Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, the additional and alternate scriptures of Mormonism, translated from Reformed Egyptian
  • Testament: the Bible and History, a book by John Romer
  • Testament phonographe (Phonograph Testament), poetry book by Léo Ferré, 1980
  • The Testament (Grisham novel), 1999
  • The Testament (Lustbader novel), a novel by Eric Van Lustbader, completing a novel by Robert Ludlum
  • The Testament (Wiesel novel), 1981
  • The Testaments (2019), Margaret Atwood's sequel to The Handmaid's Tale (1985)

Films and television

  • Testament, a 1975 Yugoslav film directed by Milos 'Misa' Radivojevic
  • Testament (1983 film), a 1983 American film about the aftermath of a nuclear war on a family
  • Testament, a 1988 a Ghana / UK film by John Akomfrah
  • Testament, a 1988 television series based on John Romer's book
  • Testament (2004 film) (Arabic Ten'ja) French-Moroccan film by Hassan Legzouli with Roschdy Zem and Aure Atika
  • The Testament (Testamentet), a 2011 Danish documentary that won the documentary prize at the 65th Bodil Awards

Games

  • Testament (Guilty Gear), a character from the video game series Guilty Gear
  • Testament (video game), a 1996 first-person shooter for the Amiga
  • Testament (Xenosaga), characters from the Xenosaga SciFi video game series

Music

Artists and labels

  • Testament (band), an American thrash metal band
  • Testament Records (UK), a classical music record label
  • Testament Records (USA), an American roots music record label

Albums and operas

Classical

  • "Testament", a composition for chamber orchestra by Jonathan Cole
  • "Testament", a composition for chamber orchestra by Brett Dean
  • "Testament", a French art song by Henri Duparc

Songs

  • "Testament" (song), a 2012 song by Matt Fishel
  • "Testament", a song by Axium from the album Blindsided (2003)
  • "Le Testament", a song by Léo Ferré from the album L'Été 68 (1969)

See also

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