The Bible

Question 0

Old Testament written in

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Hebrew. - Hebrew Scriptures

And Aramaic

Question 1

What is the Bible

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Collection of 66 books written by different people in different styles over more than 1000 years

Sacred book of Christians
Inspired by word of God

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New Testament written in

Answer 2

Greek

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Old Testament contains

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The Law
The Prophets
The writings

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The law OT

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First 5 books ie Genesis, exodus follows themes of people obeying God’s Law from Creation, the birth of Jewish nation under Abraham, slavery in Eygypt etc

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The Prophets OT

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Eg Isaiah , Jeremiah who declared the message of God. Theme is warning to those who turn their backs on God that there will be a time of judgement
Also reassurance that God continues to love them and wants them to return to him

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The Writings OT

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Included Psalms ( a collection of hymns and prayers used in worship) And the Books of Wisdom (eg Proverbs - popular sayings and rules for living)

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New Testament

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The Gospels (Good News)
The Acts of the Apostles
The Epistles
Revelations

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What does Testament mean

Answer 8

Covenant or contract

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The Four Evangelists

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M,M,L, and J

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When OT written

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Job oldest book in the Bible, written by unknown Israelite about 1100BCE others think Genesis dates from 1450BCE
Book of Malachi is the youngest - about 400bC

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When NT written

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Oldest probably James - 45 AD

The Book of Revelation probably 95AD

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What is a Canon

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Comes from Hebrew word meaning measuring rod

Refers to the boys of writings which have been officially measured according to a standard and recognised as authoritative eg inspired by God a church or religious community

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When was NT canonised

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Agreed at Synod of Carthage Around 375 AD

Books were included according to what was helpful; written by the Apostles or based on their teachings; readable and truthful

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Inerrant and infallible

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Inerrant’ means there are no errors; ‘infallible’ means there can be no errors

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Inerrancy

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Biblical inerrancy is the doctrine that the Bible, in its original manuscripts, is accurate and totally free from error of any kind

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Bible in Public worship

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Readings, psalms for singing/chanting, New Testament honoured in some rituals eg procession in Orthodox Church

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Bible in private worship

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Private study for meditation and and education
Simple reading because it is God’s Word - homeschooling
Stimulus for action
Guidance
Comfort
Challenge

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The Gospels

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M,M,L, and J tells the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.

Gives an account of his life and teaching through the eyes of the faith

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The Acts of the Apostles

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Also written by Luke, tells history of the early Church.

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The Epistles

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Letts, mainly written by St Paul to Churches around the Mediterranean. Give insight into the early church, the problems it faced and how they dealt with.

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Revelations

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A description of a series of visions or revelations had by John. They are apocalyptic ie to do with the end of all things

Question 22

Why Bible contains OT and NT

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To understand NT need to understand the scriptures that he referred to in the OT
OT is the word of God and contains his first agreement with humanity
NT not something different but a fulfilment of the OT - Jesus said “I didn’t come to replace the Law but to fulfil it”
OT contains references about the Messiah to come
OT valuable resource as words of prophets contain insights that people can learn
Virtually everything we know about life and teachings of J come from NT

Question 23

Apocrypha

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To be done

Question 24

How do Christians use the Bible

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Look for underlying principles. Verses sum up a key principle. They are an example of a principle that Christians believe runs throught the Bible. Say for example

” Christians believe that life is sacred. The Bible supports this view in many ways, for example, the 6th commandment say ‘you shall not kill’ “.