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The word Bible comes from the Greek word for book, [[Bible (EBD)|Easton's Bible Dictionary entry on the Biblebiblion]].

===[[Scripture (EBD)|Easton's Books of the Bible Dictionary entry on Scripture]]===

The Bible is the collection of documents acknowledged by Christians to be inspired by God. It contains 66 books and is divided into the ====[[Old Testament]] and the [[New Testament]]. It tells of the story of the [[creation]] of the universe and [[man]] by [[God]], the rebellion of man against God and his rescue plan for humanity through his Son, [[Jesus Christ]].====

The word Bible comes from Old Testament tells the Greek word story of ancient Israel and God's intervention in their history. There are three main sections that make up the Old Testament - The Books of the Law, History and Poetry, and the Books of the Prophets. The books of the Law tell the very early story of the history of Israel and lay out the covenant or agreement between God and his people with their laws for living. The books of history and poetry continue the story of the people of Israel starting with their invasion into Canaan and ending with their kingdom splitting into two and being conquered and exiled. The books of the prophets describe some of the visions and words of the prophets who continually called the people to account for booktheir abandonment of God.

====[[Old New Testament]]====

Three sections make up The New Testament tells the Old Testament - The Books story of the Law, History Jesus and Poetry, and the Books of the Prophetsearly church. The Old New Testament is a Christian term for the original Hebrew Bible which is known contains different categories as well including the Tanak ([[Gospels]] which is an acronym for what describe the OT contains Lawbirth, ministry, Prophetsdeath and resurrection of Jesus, and Writings)the book of Acts which tells the story of the formation of the early church. The Old Testament sets the stage for what happens in the New Testament it provides the rules, the nature also contains a number of God, letters or [[epistles]] to various early Christian communities. It finishes with the promise Book of GOD Revelation which are fulfilled further in is apocalyptic prophecy that paints a picture of the New Testamentfinal victory of Christ, calling on his followers to persevere despite persecution.

====Extra-Biblical texts - [[Books of the LawApocrypha]]====

The first 5 A number of books are not considered to be part of the Bible [[Genesis]]by Protestant Christians, but are by other denominations - these books are referred to as [[Exodus]], [[LeviticusApocrypha|apocryphal literature]]. Although not considered canon by Protestants, generally they are not regarded as [[Numbers]], [[DeuteronomyHeresy|heretical]]either (although there are exceptions). These five The reasons some of the apocryphal books tell us of [[Creation]]were omitted from the original Hebrew Bible used by the Jews, was due to their original language not using the Hebrew Script (as Hebrew and Aramaic does). The [[the Fall]], the emergence Books of the children of [[IsraelMaccabees]] and the legal codes that God gave themwas written in Greek so it was regarded as divinely inspired but not scripture.

Three law codes that are relevant Protestants generally point to Christians are the fact that [[Ten CommandmentsJesus Christ]]did not approve of the 46 canonical books used in the Old Testament, Shema (Love neither did He ever quote from the LORD your God with all your heart), additional 7 apocryphal books. Catholic and Orthodox Christians place less value on Scripture and Love thy neighbourinstead Tradition which is why this fact doesn't seemingly bother either of those Christian branches.

====ProphetsFormation of the Bible / [[Biblical Canon]]====

The Prophets take up Though the Early Church used the Old Testament, the apostles did not otherwise leave a large body defined set of spacenew scriptures; instead the New Testament developed over time. They range from All New Testament scripture was wrote during the [[Book of Isaiah]] and first century AD. By the fourth century the [[Book of Jeremiah]] who are classified as books included by today's Protestants in the major prophets to [[Book of Hosea|HoseaBible]]were roughly agreed upon and officially in 382 AD, the [[Book Council of Joel|Joel]Rome], and [[Book of Jonah|Jonah]] who are minor prophets. Prophets were divinely appointed spokesman for God. The [[Hebrew]] word for prophet 'nabi' means spokesman. They preached about was held which canonized the corruption of Israel, God's judgement and His future restoration. One vital cornerstone that has bearing for us would be Bible as having 66 total books: 39 in the coming of Old Testament (which the [[Messiah]]. This is mentioned in [[Isaiah 53]] Jews agreed upon in the major prophets 4th century BC), and last chapters of Zechariah 27 in the minorNew Testament.

====History The dispute over the Old Testament would wage on for over a millennia and poetry====the Catholic Church agreed at the end of the [[Council of Trent]] in 1563 that the Old Testament would be comprised of 46 books with some books being added onto. The books officially added included the following: [[Book of Tobit|Tobit]], [[Book of Judith|Judith]], [[First book of Maccabees|1 Maccabees]], [[Second book of Maccabees|2 Maccabees]], [[Wisdom of Solomon|Wisdom]], [[Book of Sirach|Sirach]], and [[Book of Baruch|Baruch]]; and the books altered are [[Book of Esther|Esther]] ([[Additions to Esther|additions]]) and [[Book of Daniel|Daniel]] ([[Additions to Daniel|additions]]). The controversial decision at Trent was brought upon due to the [[Protestant Reformation]], which created [[Protestantism]]. All branches of Protestantism don't recognize the decision that was made during the Council of Trent.

Writings range from the historical such as [[Book of Joshua|Joshua]], the Samuels, Chronicles, or Kings to poetry such as [[Song of Solomon]], or [[Psalms]] and wisdom such as [[Book of Job|Job]], [[Ecclesiastes]], and [[Proverbs]]. They describe the nature of God such as [[Psalm 23]], the wisdom of God and man's reaction such as in ===[[Job]], or Translating the History of Israel and God's involvement such as establishing [[King David]] and his legacy which led to [[Jesus ChristBible]] his most famous descendant of all. ===

===The original languages of the various books of the Bible were [[Biblical Hebrew|Hebrew]] (for Old Testament books) and [[Koine Greek]] (for New Testamentbooks). A small amount of the [[book of Daniel]] was originally written in [[Aramaic]]===.

The New Testament contains different categories In the first few centuries after Christ the Bible was translated into a few other ancient languages (for example [[Latin]]) but it wasn't until the Protestant [[Reformation]] that widespread translation of the Bible into many languages (such as wellGerman and English) really began to occur.

===[[Gospel]] is the Old English word god-spiel (good speak) the original [[Greek]] word was [[Evangel]]. Gospel means Good News. The Good News was that [[Jesus]] had arrived and was the Messiah that would fulfill the Old Testament, as Jesus himself declared of his death and resurrection, "As written in the Law, Prophets, and Psalms." There are Four Gospels - [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]], [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]], [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]], and [[Gospel of John|John]]. Mark is the oldest Gospel and the most barebones of all the Gospels, he wrote in AD 60 and served as a secretary for Peter. After Peter's death he wrote the first account of Jesus' life and times. Matthew was written towards a Jewish audience, he constantly emphasised how Jesus fulfilled the prophecies laid out in the Old Testament and was therefore the Messiah. Luke is the only non-Jewish author in Interpreting the Bible. He wrote for a [[Gentile]] audience. Luke tended to use historical context of his day such as the Census and who was in charge in [[Rome]] and [[Palestine]] during Jesus' day to back up his claims that Jesus was the Saviour. Because Matthew, Mark, and Luke contain similar stories and sayings they are known as the [[Synoptic Gospels]] (Gk for to-be-seen-together). John is slightly different. It contains Jesus' I AM statements in which [[Jesus]] testifies that He is the Saviour. These four books tell the story of Jesus and show why He came to Earth. To die on the Cross and to rise again so that our sins were taken away and we would be made right with GOD.===

Epistles are letters to Christian communities. The major letter writers in Biblical '''[[Hermeneutics]]''' is the technical term for the Early Church were Paul, Peter, James, John, study of interpreting and Jude. Peter and Paul were understanding the major missionaries in their day Bible and they wrote letters applying it to today's context. It is closely related to '''[[exegesis]]''' which is the study of understanding what the communities they preached to. Paul wrote towards Gentile communities such as Corinth, Ephesus, Biblical author's meant and Rome. He what their audience would talk about Jesus Christ, how Christians should act, and advise them on certain issues such as eating meat, dealing with others, and how to behave in worship. Peter and James also wrote likewisehave understood.

This is seen in the Protestant Christians generally hold to [[Book of ActsSola Scriptura]]. Acts was written by Luke and it tells of which is the teaching that the persecutions, Bible is the work final authority on matters of Peter faith and Paul, and provides us with a great historical context that it alone gives sufficient information for all matters of Mediterannean culture faith. This stands in the 1st century. It too shows God's hand contrast to Orthodox and Catholic Christianity which accept tradition as playing an equally important role in the founding matters of the Early Church with the Holy Spirit coming down upon the 12 disciples and gives us our mission that all peoples must hear the Gospelfaith.

====Prophecy==Bible Commentaries==

Prophecy is a thread constant in the Gospels and the Epistles, but it also has it* [[Matthew Henry's own separate book in the form of [[Book of Revelation|Revelation]]. Revelation gives us a symbolic understanding of the Last Days with vivid descriptions of the End Times. It is advised that one read this book carefully and with [[prayer]]. The main message in Revelation is that [[Jesus|Jesus ChristConcise Bible Commentary]] is coming back for us and that is what we must look forward to.

===Apocrypha=Bible Dictionaries==

===Formation of the * [[Easton's Bible=== ===Translation of the Bible=== ===Sola Scriptura===Dictionary]]

: ''Thomas Huxley'': The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and oppressed. The human race is not in a position to dispense with It.

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