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Bible Origin Etymology Known as the Good Book, a It is often called Scripture, the collection of many small books Scripture, or Holy Scripture which written over a peri...

Bible Origin Etymology Known as the Good Book, a It is often called Scripture, the collection of many small books Scripture, or Holy Scripture which written over a period of more than 2 means sacred of divine writings thousand years. It means two things: The Hebrew Bible, known as the 1. Word of God set down in writing Christians, as Old Testament, 2. It is the Writing contains 24 books of narrative, legal It is now being supplemented by an material, poetry and prophecy. older source of information— Christians added the New material objects left behind by Testament. Most Protestant Bibles ancient cultures contains 66 books (39 from Old and Archeologists discover and interpret 27 from New Testament). Roman these material remains of man’s Catholics, most Eastern churches, past and some Protestants, however, Purpose include a number of additions to the Old Testament list, and these It emphasized in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 extra books are known as the “All Scripture is God-breathed and Apocrypha is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in Etymology righteousness, so that the man of The word Bible comes from the God may be thoroughly equipped Greek word ‘ta biblia’ means the for every good work.” books. When it was taken over into 1. The Bible is useful in telling the Latin, it became singular, the Bible. truth The word Bible means little books. It 2. The Bible is useful for rebuking is derived from the Greek term (pagsabdong) our sins ‘biblion’, the diminutive of Byblos, 3. The Bible is useful for correction which mean papyrus or book. This 4. The Bible is useful for training in usage in turn comes from the righteousness ancient Phoenician city of Byblos, where the papyrus plant was cut and dried in strips for use as writing paper The testament is derived from a Latin word testamentum which means covenant—a sacred agreement between God and His people (John Mark Terry) It is made with Israel through Abraham and fulfilled by Jesus  Importance Old Testament It is the most important book that Historical Books (12) has ever written. It is unique and 1. Joshua – the conqueror of Canaan. divinely inspired record of God’s It tells about the conquest of redemptive revelation of Himself Canaan and His will. 2. Judges – the book of deliverance 1. It explains man’s origin and the 3. Ruth – exemplifies true friendship purpose of his existence as a 4. I & II Samuel – the book of the rational being founding of the kingdom of Israel 2. It gives guidance to the daily 5. I & II Kings – the book of the divided lives of Christians kingdom of Israel 3. It points out condemned man to 6. I & II Chronicles – tells the story of the Redeemer and sorrowing Judah man to the only Comforter who 7. Ezra – drastic reformer. It tells can meet his needs about Judaism after exile 4. It is a book of knowledge—it 8. – the practical man of affairs, the reveals the nature of God and builder his Redemptive purpose (Viertel, 9. Nehemiah – a historical romance 2-4) written to explain the origins of the Jewish feast of Purim Old Testament Poetical Books (5) Law/Pentateuch Books (5) 1. Job – the book of the ways of God 1. Genesis – means the beginning. 2. Psalms – the Hebrew handbook of It tells about the creation of the personal religion world and mankind 3. Proverbs – concise sayings. It 2. Exodus – means the going out. It conveys truth about societal, is the book of deliverance and spiritual, and moral life of man the birth of the nation 4. Ecclesiastes – words of the 3. Leviticus – the book of ritual or preacher (Solomon) the guidebook of the priests 5. Song of Songs – songs of the wise 4. Numbers – the book of Major Prophets/Prophecy (5) wanderings 1. Israel – the prophet of holiness, 5. Deuteronomy – means second statesman, the prophet of world law book mission. It emphasizes holiness 2. Jeremiah – the crying prophet, the prophet of the inwardness of religion 3. Lamentation – the book of lament or sorrow 4. Ezekiel – the prophet of reconstruction of the prophet of remaking the nation 5. Daniel – the book of hard times  Old Testament New Testament Minor Prophets/Prophecy (12) Pauline Letters/Epistles (13) 1. Hosea – the prophet of love. It 1. Romans – tells of man’s need of portrays the allegorical love of redemption, new life in Christ God to His people and Christian conduct 2. Joel – the prophet of the day of 2. I &II Corinthians – tells of the Yahweh Corinthian church 3. Amos – the prophet of 3. Galatians – the Magna Charta of righteousness Christian Liberty 4. Obadiah – the prophet of the 4. Ephesians – tells of Jesus Christ resentment against Edom as the clue to all history 5. Jonah – the prophet of God’s 5. Philippians – tells of the Christ- universal love centered life 6. Micah – the prophet of the poor 6. Colossians – tells of the Cosmic 7. Nahum – the prophet who Christ prophesized against Ninevah 7. I & II Thessalonians – the first 8. Habakkuk – tells about Babylon and second book of the NT to be as God’s agent in punishing written down Judah’s sins, but in the end 8. I & II Timothy – Pastoral letters Babylon will be returned 9. Titus – Pastoral letters because of her pride 10. Philemon – fairly wealthy man 9. Zephaniah – the prophet of the won to Christianity by Paul restoration of Jerusalem General Letters (8) 10. Haggai – the prophet of the 1. Hebrews – tells about the rebuilding of the temple of priesthood of Christ Jerusalem 2. James – tells about the practical 11. Zechariah – the prophet of the rules for Christian life restoration of Jerusalem 3. I Petter- epistle of hope 12. Malachi – the prophet of revival 4. II Peter – last NT book to be written. Tells about the New Testament knowledge of Jesus Christ and a warning against false teachers Gospels (4) or scoffers 1. Matthew – the most influential 5. I John – epistle of life. It tells gospel about the believers’ privilege of 2. Mark – the earliest written spiritual knowledge, the duty of gospel fellowship and brotherly love 3. Luke - the most beautiful and 6. II John – shortest book in NT. It is best written gospel a warning against heresy and 4. John – the best loved gospel, the false teachers spiritual gospel 7. III John – apostolic letter of History (1) commendation written to Gaius 1. Acts – the historical book 8. Jude – tells about complete loyalty to the Christian faith 9. Revelation – known as the apocalypse Writers of the Old Testament Writers of the New Testament Through the centuries, God spoke Late second-century Church through many individuals. Their traditions attributed various messages were brought together to Gospels and letters to prominent become our Old Testament. Many early disciples and apostles, most of the people who spoke the words of the texts make no claims of of God did not record their own authorship. The conspicuous messages. Other people recognized exceptions are Paul’s letters, the importance of the messages written between (about) 50 and 62 and preserved them - sometimes C.E. (of the common era) to newly after the messages had been founded Christian churches in such passed orally from one generation cities as Corinth, Thessalonica, to another (Lea, 22). Philippi, and Rome. Although the The authors are unknown and author of Luke-Acts may have been typically anonymous a Gentile (non-Jew), all other Bible Moses was regarded as the author writers were Jewish, members of of the Pentateuch the Israelite nation (Harris) Most of the narrative books – Nine people served as writers of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, and various books of the New Testament Chronicles – are the work of – Matthew (1 book), Mark (1 book), nameless priests, scribes, and Luke (2 books), John (5 books), Paul archivists, but it was believed that (13 books), James (1 book), Peter (2 Amos, Isaiah, Micah, and others books), Jude (1 book), and the delivered their message orally author of Hebrew (1 book) is (Harris, 1) uncertain Jeremiah dictated many of his messages to his scribe, Baruch Jeremiah 36 tells how the first scroll of Jeremiah came to be written King Jehoiakem cut the words with his knife and tossed them into the fire, thus God said to make another scroll