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* [[Hebrew]], [[Aramaic]], [[Koine Greek]]
* [[Formation and translation of the Bible]], [[Distribution of the Bible]]
* [[Biblical inerrancy]], [[Sola Scriptura]]
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[[Image:Biblewithlight.jpg|thumb|center|An open Bible.]] |
subtopics = [[Books of the Bible]] - [[Old Testament]], [[New Testament]]
* [[Ancient Languages Index]]; - [[Hebrew]], [[Aramaic]], [[Koine Greek]]* [[Ancient Texts Index]] - [[Apocrypha]]* [[Translating the Bible]]* [[Intepreting the Bible]] - [[Hermeneutics]], [[Exegesis]], [[Biblical inerrancy]], [[Sola Scriptura]]
* [[Bible Commentary Index]] - [[Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible|Matthew Henry Commentary]]
* [[Bible Terms Index]], [[Bible Dictionaries Index]] - [[Easton's Bible Dictionary|Easton's]]
* [[Timeline of Biblical History]], [[Historical accuracy of the Bible]], [[Biblical criticism]]
* [[Characters of the Bible]], [[Biblical Places Index]] |
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The New Testament tells the story of Jesus and the early church. The New Testament contains different categories as well including the [[Gospels]] which describe the birth, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus, and the book of Acts which tells the story of the formation of the early church. The New Testament also contains a number of letters or [[epistles]] to various early Christian communities. It finishes with the Book of Revelation which is apocalyptic prophecy that paints a picture of the final victory of Christ, calling on his followers to pesevere despite persecution.
====Extra-Biblical texts - [[Apocrypha]]====
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]].
====Formation of the Bible/ Biblical Canon====
===[[Translating the Bible]]===
The original languages of the various books of the Bible were [[Hebrew]] (for Old Testament books) and [[Koine Greek]] (for New Testament books). A small amount of the [[book of Daniel]] was originally written in [[Aramaic]].
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 German and English) really began to occur.
In recent years there has been lots of activity in translating the Bible into many of the minor languages of the world.
===[[Interpreting the Bible]]===
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