HRE101_U1-L1 Background to Scripture - PEREIRA 2023 PDF

Unit One: SCRIPTUR E The BIBLE: BACKGROUN D Background to Scripture Let’s see what you already know Game PIN: Introduction: 🞆 The Bible is not one book 🞆 Library of 73 books 🞆 Written by over 30 people 🞆 1400 B.C to 110 A.D 🞆 Over a period 1500 years 4...

Unit One: SCRIPTUR E The BIBLE: BACKGROUN D Background to Scripture Let’s see what you already know Game PIN: Introduction: 🞆 The Bible is not one book 🞆 Library of 73 books 🞆 Written by over 30 people 🞆 1400 B.C to 110 A.D 🞆 Over a period 1500 years 4  What is the Bible? 🞆 Bible means “the books” 🞆 The Bible was written by many different authors who were guided by God’s spirit ( the Holy Spirit) 🞆 It is divided into major parts: 🞆 the Old Testament - 🞆 the New Testament - What does the word testament mean? 🞆 It means covenant or promise  Written Before Jesus’ time Written Before Jesus’ time The Old Testament PROPHECY LAW (PENTATEUCH) HISTORY POETRY Almost ¼ of the First 5 books 16 historical books Nearly ⅓ of the Bible Laws of Moses Occupation of the 1st testament Divided: God’s laws on how Promise Land written in poetry Major/Minor to live The time of the 7 poetic books Prophets They are: Genesis, Judges, Israel's Ponders: love, Minor prophets Exodus, Leviticus , Kings, fall of two pain, wisdom and are shorter - not Numbers and kingdoms, and a God less important Deuteronomy return to Jerusalem. 46 BOOKS IN THE FIRST 7 TESTAMENT  Some books in Old Testament: The Old Testament Ge 🞆 Christians call books written before Jesus’ time the Old Testament 🞆 These books are based on the Jewish religion 🞆 The Hebrew Scriptures make up most of the Old Testament, which describe God’s love for the Hebrew people (also known as the Israelites, or the Jews). 🞆 The Old Testament It is concerned with showing God’s love for us 🞆 These were the books Jesus was taught from 🞆 All of the Apostles also followed these books 🞆 Our Christian faith stays rooted in these scriptures. We can trace these roots back 4000 years  Books written after the coming The New Testament of Jesus HISTORY / PROPHECY CATHOLIC LETTERS & GOSPELS ACTS LETTERS APOCALYPSE First four books The Acts of the 13 letters to Paul of Only one prophetic Separate portraits of Apostles sequel to the Tarsus or a disciple of book : REVELATION Jesus Gospel of Luke Paul Written by the Apostle They are: Mark, Luke, History of the Early One personal letter: John (same as Bible) Matthew, and John Church Philemon Seven letters to After Jesus’ They are: Romans, Churches Resurrection Corinthians 1&2, etc... Visions about God 27 BOOKS IN THE SECOND TESTAMENT 9 9 New Testament- Focus on Jesus Life & Teachings  The New Testament 🞆 The story of Jesus as He reveals God’s love for us through his life, death and resurrection. 🞆 It is concerned with showing Jesus’ love for us. 🞆 It also tells the story of the early followers of Jesus and how the Holy Spirit formed them into a people of God (story of the early Church) 🞆 It includes the Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, the letters, and Revelation Is Scripture Really True?Q1 🞆 Catholics believe in 2 principles: 1. Divine Inspiration: This refers to a divine influence upon humans. It resulted in the writing of the Scriptures. The Scriptures were written through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Scripture reveals truths. 2. Inerrancy: There are minor errors in Scripture (eg. dates and names) but there are NO errors in the messages. Scripture and Truth Everything in the Bible reveals the truth because it was inspired by God. However, it is crucial to read and interpret the Bible carefully and prayerfully in order to clearly understand the message it’s trying reveal. The Catholic Church reminds us that this can only be achieved by being attentive to what the authors truly wanted to affirm and to what God wanted to reveal to us by their words. Where did the Bible come fro How Did the Bible Develop? The Bible grew out of: 🞆 The religious experience of the people of Israel. It shows their developing understanding of their relationship with God. 🞆 The Bible has three types of history; Oral History: stories told, songs sung, history recounted and memorized. Written History: written stories, history recorded, instructions, guides. Edited History: selected the best of what was written and told. All three types of history happened at the same time. The Bible - Our Love Story The Spirit of God worked in, through and with the People to bring about the writings, to preserve them and to have them recognized by the People as sacred and inspired. The Bible, therefore, is the work of both the Holy Spirit and of the People of God. The Bible - Our Love Story 🞆 The Bible is our story, about our relationship with God, and God’s relationship with us, over time. 🞆 The Bible is our love story because it is the story of God’s deep love for each and everyne of us. 🞆 The creation stories in Genesis were written to help us understand God’s ability to create from nothing, the fundamental goodness of God’s creation and the way that God has called us to take part in creation. The Teaching of the Church on the Bible 🞆 It should not be surprising that the People of God today, that is, the Church, has a responsibility towards the Bible. The Church is responsible to God and to mankind for making the Word of God known and for giving guidance on how it should be properly interpreted. 🞆 Church guidance gives proper interpretation of Bible 🞆 At the same time the Church recognizes that the Bible is the Word of God - reverence & devotion 🞆 The Spirit of God speaks to our spirit through his Word. 🞆 Reason alone cannot grasp everything that is in the Word of God found in the Bible. 🞆 The Word of God is meant to reach to the core of our being; it is meant to touch our lives. Guidance of the Church Responsibility: We Must Study… The Church's 🞆To God and humans approach is this: 🞆 Bible is an old book reflecting for making ‘Word of interpreting & cultures God’ know. HELP US 🞆 Church is to interpret Bible 🞆Giving Guidance on understanding 🞆 Use our hearts in prayer and proper interpret the Bible. we contemplation (Liturgical Prayer) (reason/spiritual) are to use our 🞆 We must “do” the Word of God. 🞆Church holds that heads, our 🞆 By doing, we experience what God given hearts and our (love, forgiveness, faith, etc) intelligence feet. means. The Word of God is meant to reach to the core of our being; it is meant The Teaching of the Church on the Bible Church’s approach is this: in interpreting and understanding the Bible we are to use our heads, our hearts and our feet. Overview of the Entire Place your screenshot here Bible Christianity Engaged YouTube Channel David Erhart | 17 mins 22 HOW TO LOCATE A BIBLE PASSAGE  HOW TO FIND A SCRIPTURAL REFERENCE The Bible is Composed of Books, Each Books is composed of Chapters, Each chapter is composed of Verses 🞆 A Scripture passage provides all the information you need to find a particular passage. Take for example the reference; Genesis 1:31 🞆 The name of the book comes first. Here the name Genesis (Often Abbreviated Gen or Gn) 🞆 The Chapter number appears directly after the name of the book. The example gives the number 1, meaning Chapter 1. 🞆 The last number, separated from the chapter number by a colon, indicates the verse. The example refers to Verse 31.  Scriptural references generally contain more detailed information. Here are some examples: Gen 1:1 – 8 Genesis, Chapter 1 Verses 1 through 8 Gen 1:3,6,9 Genesis, Chapter 1, Verses 3,6, and 9 Gen 2: 8-10, 18-25 Genesis, Chapter 2, Verses 8 through 10 and Verses 18 though 25 Gen 1-3 Genesis, Chapter 1 through 3 Independent Work time... WORK TIME 1) Complete “How to Find a Bible Passage Reference Sheet - fill in blanks” 2) Complete “BIBLE INSTRUCTIONS ACTIVITY” independently or with a partner (divide and conquer) :)  via GIPHY How to Read the Bible  Is the Bible Really True? - MINDS ON - RECALL…… As Catholics we believe two important principles: Inspiration – A divine influence upon human beings as that resulted in the writing of the Scriptures. Since all of the Bible is the word of God and it was written through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the Bible reveals the truth. Inerrancy – While there are minor errors in the scriptures (dates, names, etc.) there is NO ERROR in the message itself. You will delve into this further with today’s reading How Do We Interpret the Bible ? Literal Approach - Literal means “every word” Reading the Bible word for word Every sentence is taken to mean exactly what it says. Contextual Approach The words are put in context. We consider the culture, time, and place. This approach tries to determine what the authors were saying to the people of the ir own time. Sometimes we have to “interpret” the passage to understand what the author was saying. Interpret the following statements.