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The word '''Bible comes from ''' is the Greek word collection of documents acknowledged by Christians to be inspired by God. The Bible contains 66 books (Catholic and Orthodox contain 73) 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 bookhumanity through his Son, [[Jesus Christ]].

===The word Bible comes from the Greek word for book, [[Old Testamentbiblion]]===.

Three sections make up the Old Testament - The Books of the Law, History and Poetry, and the ===[[Books of the Prophets. The Old Testament is a Christian term for the original Hebrew Bible which is known as the Tanak (which is an acronym for what the OT contains Law, Prophets, and Writings). The Old Testament sets the stage for what happens in the New Testament it provides the rules, the nature of God, the promise of GOD which are fulfilled further in the New Testament.]]===

====The Bible is divided up into two main sections - the [[Books of Old Testament]] and the Law[[New Testament]]====.

The first 5 books of the Bible ====[[GenesisOld Testament]], [[Exodus]], [[Leviticus]], [[Numbers]], [[Deuteronomy]]. These five books tell us of [[Creation]], [[the Fall]], the emergence of the children of [[Israel]] and the legal codes that God gave them. ====

Three law codes The Old Testament tells the story of ancient Israel and God's intervention in their history. There are three main sections that are relevant to Christians are make up the Old Testament - The Books of the [[Ten Commandments]]Law, Shema (Love 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 LORD your 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 all your heart), their kingdom splitting into two and being conquered and exiled. The books of the prophets describe some of the visions and Love thy neighbourwords of the prophets who continually called the people to account for their abandonment of God.

====Prophets[[New Testament]]====

The Prophets take up a large body of space. They range from New Testament tells the [[Book story of Isaiah]] Jesus and the [[Book of Jeremiah]] who are classified early church. The New Testament contains different categories as well including the major prophets to [[Book of Hosea|HoseaGospels]]which describe the birth, ministry, [[Book death and resurrection of Joel|Joel]]Jesus, and [[Book the book of Acts which tells the story of the formation of Jonah|Jonah]] who are minor prophets. Prophets were divinely appointed spokesman for Godthe early church. The New Testament also contains a number of letters or [[Hebrewepistles]] word for prophet 'nabi' means spokesmanto various early Christian communities. They preached about It finishes with the corruption Book of Israel, God's judgement and His future restoration. One vital cornerstone Revelation which is apocalyptic prophecy that has bearing for us would be the coming paints a picture of the [[Messiah]]. This is mentioned in [[Isaiah 53]] in the major prophets and last chapters final victory of Zechariah in the minorChrist, calling on his followers to pesevere despite persecution.

====History and poetryExtra-Biblical texts - [[Apocrypha]]====

Writings range from the historical such as [[Book A number of books are not considered to be part of Joshua|Joshua]], the Samuels, ChroniclesBible by Protestant Christians, or Kings but are by other denominations - these books are referred to poetry such as [[Song of Solomon]], or [[Psalms]] and wisdom such as [[Book of JobApocrypha|Job]], [[Ecclesiastes]], and [[Proverbs]]. They describe the nature of God such as [[Psalm 23]apocryphal literature], the wisdom of God and man's reaction such as in [[Job]], or the History of Israel and God's involvement such as establishing [[King David]] and his legacy which led to [[Jesus Christ]] his most famous descendant of all.

====Formation of the Bible / [[New TestamentBiblical Canon]]====

The Though the Early Church used the Old Testament, the apostles did not otherwise leave a defined set of new scriptures; instead the New Testament contains different categories as welldeveloped over time. By the fourth century the books included by today's Protestants in the [[Bible]] were roughly agreed upon.

====Gospel=[[Translating the Bible]]===

[[Gospel]] is the Old English word god-spiel (good speak) the The original [[Greek]] word was [[Evangel]]. Gospel means Good News. The Good News was that [[Jesus]] had arrived and was languages of the Messiah that would fulfill the Old Testament, as Jesus himself declared various books of his death and resurrection, "As written in the Law, Prophets, and Psalms." There are Four Gospels - Bible were [[Gospel of MatthewBiblical Hebrew|MatthewHebrew]], [[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 books) and was therefore the Messiah. Luke is the only non-Jewish author in the Bible. He wrote for a [[GentileKoine Greek]] audience(for New Testament books). Luke tended to use historical context A small amount of his day such as the Census and who was in charge in [[Romebook of Daniel]] 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 originally written in which [[JesusAramaic]] 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.

====In the first few centuries after Christ the Bible was translated into a few other ancient languages (for example [[EpistlesLatin]]====) but it wasn't until the Protestant [[Reformation]] that widespread translation of the Bible into many languages (such as German and English) really began to occur.

Epistles are letters to Christian communities. The major letter writers In recent years there has been lots of activity in translating the Early Church were Paul, Peter, James, John, and Jude. Peter and Paul were Bible into many of the major missionaries in their day and they wrote letters to minor languages of the communities they preached to. Paul wrote towards Gentile communities such as Corinth, Ephesus, and Rome. He 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 likewiseworld.

====History=[[Interpreting the Bible]]===

This is seen in the [[Book of Acts]]. Acts was written by Luke and it tells Interpretation of the persecutions, the work of Peter and Paul, and provides us with Bible is a great historical context of Mediterannean culture in the 1st centurycomplex issue. It too shows GodHow a person interprets is dependant partly upon that person's hand in presuppositions about the founding of Bible. If a person comes to the Early Church Bible with the Holy Spirit coming down upon the 12 disciples and gives us our mission view that all peoples must hear it is simply an ancient text full of mythology then his interpretation will be vastly different from someone who views the GospelBible as God's revelation.

Prophecy is Some Christians hold a thread constant in literalistic or inerrant view of the Gospels and the Epistles, but it also has it's own separate book in the form of Bible. [[Book of Revelation|RevelationBiblical inerrancy]]. Revelation gives us a symbolic understanding of is the view that the Bible, as the Last Days with vivid descriptions inspired Word of the End Times. It God, is without error and is advised that one read this book carefully accurate in all aspects, including in aspects of history and with science. [[prayerBiblical infallibility]]. The main message in Revelation on the other hand is the view that [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]] the Bible is coming back for us free from errors on issues of faith and that is what we must look forward practice, but minor contradictions in history or science can be overlooked as insignificant toits spiritual purpose.

===Protestant Christians generally hold to [[ApocryphaSola Scriptura]]===which is the teaching that the Bible is the final authority on matters of faith and that it alone gives sufficient information for all matters of faith. This stands in contrast to Orthodox and Catholic Christianity which accept tradition as playing an equally important role in matters of faith.

A number of books are not considered to be part of the ==Bible by Protestant Christians, but are by other denominations - these books are referred to as [[Apocrphya|apocryphal literature]]. Below is a list of the apocryphal booksCommentaries==

===Formation of the Bible=Dictionaries==

===Translation of the * [[Easton's 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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