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

• 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
• 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

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

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

• Testimony