Testament

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

• 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
• Testament: the Bible and History, a book by John Romer
• Le Testament (also, Le Grand Testament), a collection of poems by medieval French author François Villon 1461
• fr:Le Testament (Maupassant) 1882
• Lenin's Testament, name given to a document written by Vladimir Lenin 1922-3
• Testament phonographe (Phonograph Testament), poetry book by Léo Ferré, 1980
• The Testament (Elie Wiesel novel) 1981
• The Testament (John Grisham novel) 1999
• The Testament (Van Lustbader novel), a novel by Eric Van Lustbader, completing a novel by Robert Ludlum
• Testament, a thriller novel by David Morrell 1975
• Testament, a novel by Nino Ricci 2002
• Testament (comic book), a 2005 comic book

Film 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 (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
• Testament, a 1988 television series based on John Romer's book

Games

• Testament (Guilty Gear), a character from the video game series Guilty Gear
• Testament (Xenosaga), characters from the Xenosaga SciFi video game series

Music

Classical

• "Testament", French art song by Henri Duparc (1848-1933)
• "Testament", composition for chamber orchestra by Brett Dean (b.1961)
• "Testament", composition for chamber orchestra by Jonathan Cole (b.1970)
• Le Testament de Villon (opera) an opera by Ezra Pound

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

• Testament (album), by All Saints
• Testament, album by Talley Trio
• Testament, album by Toroidh 2005
• The Testament (album), by rapper Cormega
• Das Testament (E Nomine album), an album by E Nomine

Songs

• "Le Testament", a song by French singer-songwriter Léo Ferré from his album L'Été 68 (1969)
• "Testament", a song by Axium from Blindsided (2003)
• "Testament" (Matt Fishel song), a song by Matt Fishel (2012)
• "Testament" (Nana Mizuki song), a song by Nana Mizuki (2017)

See also

• Testimony