lesson 5 Flashcards
Is the Bible one book?
no, BUT A
LIBRARY OF
73 BOOKS
how many books are there in the Bible?
73
how many men wrote the books of the bible?
Written by over 40 men
Over a period of
—- Years
1400 —- to 110
—-
Over a period of
1500 Years
1400 B.C. to 110
A.D.
The Forty Writers of the Bible were
- Shepherds
- Kings
- Fishermen
- Peasants
- Doctors
- Tax-collectors
The Forty Writers of the Bible are From
- Rome
- Jerusalem
- Babylon (Iraq)
- Persia (Iran)
- Greece
- Turkey
The bible is almost years
1500
there are over events in the bible
10,000
there is story in the bible
one
Of the 73
books, – were
written before
the birth of
Jesus
46
How many books are there in the old testament?
46
Of the 73
books, – were
written soon
after the death
of Jesus
27
How many books are there in the new testament?
27
“Testament” means
“covenant or agreement”
The Old Covenant is an
agreement that God made
with the nation of
ISRAEL
The Old Testament was
written in ——-– the
language of Israel
hebrew
AD stands for
Anno Domini, Latin for “in the year of the Lord”
BC stands for
“before Christ”.
The New Covenant is an
agreement that God has
made for
all nations
The New Testament was
written in
greek
is attributed
with writing the
first five books of
the Bible
Moses
The first five books of the bible are sometimes called
Torah
Torah means
law
how many books are there in Torah
5
Books in Torah
GENESIS
EXODUS
LEVITICUS
NUMBERS
DEUTERONOMY
- Creation of the world
- First human family
- Spread of evil
- World wide flood
- Division of humankind
into nations and languages
The First Book
GENESIS – Chapters 1-11
- God chooses the
FATHERS of the future
nation of Israel - Four Generations –
grow from 1 couple to
70 people
The First Book
GENESIS – chapters 12-50
Tells about the
beginning of the nation
And how God gave
them His Laws
Books 2-5 (Moses)
EXODUS, LEVITICUS,
NUMBERS,
DEUTERONOMY
ARE BOOKS OF HISTORY
WRITTEN BY VARIOUS
AUTHORS
1400 – 80 B.C.
Possession of their land,
the establishment of the
kingdom, the captivity and
return to their land
Books 6-17
ARE BOOKS OF POETRY
AND WISDOM
Job is about man’s
question about suffering
Psalms is a collection of
poems put to music
Proverbs is a collection of
short wise sayings
Ecclesiastes tells how to
live life in a world where
all is vanity
Song of Solomon is a
poem about true romantic
love
Books 18-22
Throughout the history
of Israel, various
prophets predicted that
SOMEONE from Israel
will one day be a
SAVIOR & KING of the
world
Even the Fathers of the
nation of Israel were told
by God that one of their
descendents would one
day be born and bless the
entire world
Books 29-46
THE STORY OF THE OLD
TESTAMENT
someone is coming
Anoint –
Messiah –
Christ -
Anoint – English
Messiah – Hebrew
Christ - Greek
THE MESSAGE OF THE
PROPHETS OF THE OLD
TESTAMENT
The Christ is coming
All 27 books written
after the death of
Jesus.
First four tell an
independent account
of the life, death, and
resurrection of Jesus
new testament
- Called the four gospels (gospel is a Greek
word for “good news”) - Named after the authors – Matthew, Mark,
Luke, John. Three were eyewitnesses, Luke
knew many of the eyewitnesses. - Jesus lived & died in 30 A.D., all 27 New
Testament books were written while
eyewitnesses were alive
The New Testament
The First Four Books
The Four Gospels
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
- Tell the purpose of Jesus’ coming
- Reveal his perfect life and service
- Gives the true source of his teaching
- Gives evidence that he is the Son of God
and deserves our worship - Help us understand why his own nation
killed him
The Four Gospels
written by
Luke tells the
story of the first
30 years of
Christianity
Fifth Book –
Acts
Fifth Book –
Acts
New Testament
Are letters written
by apostles and
prophets in the
church to various
churches and
individuals
Instruction in
Christian living
found here
New Testament –
books 6-26
A prophecy of the
destruction of
Jerusalem and the
fall of the Jewish
Nation in 70 A.D. at
the hand of the
Roman Empire
New Testament – Book
27
