CHAPTER 1_THE BIBLE Flashcards
What is THE BIBLE?
“Biblia” - Greek (Little Books )
The Christian church regards both the Hebrew Testament and the New Testament as Scripture, a term designating writings that a religious group considers to be sacred and authoritative in determining the group’s belief and practice.
Sacred Scripture
ROMAN CATHOLIC BIBLE
73 (72) Books
- 46 Books (Old Testament ) (45 - Jeremiah and Lamentations - counted as one)
- 27 Books (New Testament)
PROTESTANT BIBLE
66 Books
- 39 (Old Testament)
- 27 (New Testament)
OLD TESTAMENT
- Predominantly Hebrew
- Covenant (God & Israel) - Mediated (Moses)
- Central Event: “God’s Covenant w/ Israel”
NEW TESTAMENT
- Predominantly Greek
- Covenant (God & Humanity) - Mediated (Jesus)
- Central Event: “The Resurrection”
“The Old Testament ____________ in the New Testament. The New Testament _____________-in the Old Testament. The Church teaches that both divisions are ______________”
- FINDS LIGHT
- FINDS FOUNDATION
- EQUALLY INSPIRED
OLD TESTAMENT DIVISION
- Pentatuech/ Torah/ Law
- Historical Books
- Writings/ Wisdom Books
- Prophets (Major Prophets & Minor Prophets)
Pentatuech/ Torah/ Law
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Bereshith
Shemoth
Wayiqra
Bemidbar
Debarim
Historical Books
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Tobit
Judith
Esther
1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees
Writings/ Wisdom Books
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Wisdom
Ecclesiasticus (Sirach)
Prophets
Major Prophets
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Baruch
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Minor Prophets
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
NEW TESTAMENT DIVISION
- The Gospels
- Historical
- Letters of St. Paul
- Pastoral Letters
- Apocalypse
The Gospels
Mathew
Mark
Luke
(Synoptic Gospels - viewed together/ compared in parallel fashion)
John
Historical
Acts of the Apostles
Letters of St. Paul
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philipians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Pastoral Letters
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Apocalypse
Revelation
SOURCES OF THE BIBLE
- The Texts & Versions of the Masoretic Text
- The Dead Sea Scrolls
- The Texts and Versions of the Septuagint
The Texts & Versions of the Masoretic Text
- “masar” (‘handed down’/traditional’) - hebrew
- “the traditional Hebrew text of the Bible.”
- 930 AD - 1009 AD.
- 39 books
The Dead Sea Scrolls
“the oldest manuscripts” (1947)
Qumran
100 BC to 100 AD.
Compete scroll; Isaiah
The Texts and Versions of the Septuagint
The Greek version of a Hebrew text earlier
Septuagint –> 70 ( 72 translators)
300-250 BC, 100-400 AD.
46 books.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SACRED SCRIPTURE
It is divinely inspired.
It is inerrant, or free from error.
It is defined by canon.
THE HEBREW TESTAMENT
Ta (Torah) - Teaching, Instruction, Guidance, & Law
Na (Nev’im) - Prophets
K (Kethuvim) - Writings
