the bible

Question 1

Who is the Author of Scripture?

Answer 1

Humans and the Divine

Question 2

How was the Bible written?

Answer 2

The Holy Spirit guided the writers in such a way that their writings were of God.

Question 3

When was the Bible put together?

Answer 3

(The Old Testament was put together during the first century), (and there wasn’t a Bible for the first 350 years of Christianity) ,but THE REST OF THE BIBLE was completed in 393 at the Council of Hippo, then again in 397 in Carthrage. (THE ENTIRE HEBREW BIBLE WAS PUT TOTERHT IN 100 C.E.

Question 4

Literary Genres in the Bible are…?

Answer 4

Poetry, Epistle, narrative, history, myths, prophecy, religious text, etc. . .

Question 5

What’s the difference between True and Factual?

Answer 5

Factual means that certain events literally took place at exact times, dates, etc, while true means that, since God was communicating a message through a story, even if it was a myth that did not happen, the story still holds weight, and therefore is true.

Question 6

The 2 Types of Jewish Scripture:

Answer 6

Septuagint and Masoretic Text

Question 7

The Septuagint

Answer 7

The Sacred Scripture written in Greece by Greek Jews.

Question 8

The Masoretic Text

Answer 8

The Sacred Scripture written in Hebrew by Jews in Jerusalem.