The Bible

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The Bible
WPC College Sunday School April 9, 2006
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The Bible

• Whats in the Bible?
• How did we get the Bible?
• Can we trust the Bible?

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Whats in the Bible?
Habakkuk Zepahiah Haggai Zechariah Malachi Matthew
Mark Luke John Acts Romans 1 Corinthians 2
Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Coloss
ians
Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of
Solomon Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Danie
l Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum
Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy
1 Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians 1 Timothy 2
Timothy Titus Philemon Hebrews James 1 Peter 2
Peter 1 John 2 John 3 John Jude Revelation
Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2
Kings 1 Chronicles 2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Esth
er
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Whats in the Bible?
Habakkuk Zepahiah Haggai Zechariah Malachi Matthew
Mark Luke John Acts Romans 1 Corinthians 2
Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Coloss
ians
Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of
Solomon Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Danie
l Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum
Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy
1 Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians 1 Timothy 2
Timothy Titus Philemon Hebrews James 1 Peter 2
Peter 1 John 2 John 3 John Jude Revelation
Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2
Kings 1 Chronicles 2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Esth
er
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Whats in the Bible?
Habakkuk Zepahiah Haggai Zechariah Malachi Matthew
Mark Luke John Acts Romans 1 Corinthians 2
Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Coloss
ians
Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of
Solomon Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Danie
l Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum
Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy
1 Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians 1 Timothy 2
Timothy Titus Philemon Hebrews James 1 Peter 2
Peter 1 John 2 John 3 John Jude Revelation
Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2
Kings 1 Chronicles 2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Esth
er
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Whats in the Bible?

• How many Old Testament books?
• How are they arranged?

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Whats in the Bible?
Habakkuk Zepahiah Haggai Zechariah Malachi
Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of
Solomon Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Danie
l Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum
Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy
Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2
Kings 1 Chronicles 2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Esth
er
Five Sections 1. Law 2. History 3. Poetry 4.
Major Prophets 5. Minor Prophets
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Whats in the Bible?

• How many New Testament books?
• How are they arranged?

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Whats in the Bible?
Matthew Mark Luke John Acts Romans 1
Corinthians 2 Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Phil
ippians Colossians 1 Thessalonians 2
Thessalonians 1 Timothy 2 Timothy Titus Philemon
Hebrews James 1 Peter 2 Peter 1 John 2 John 3
John Jude Revelation
5 Sections 1. Gospels 2. Acts 3. Pauls
Letters 4. General Letters 5. Revelation
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Whats in the Bible?

• What types of literature are in the Bible?
• History (prose narratives)
• Laws
• Poetry
• Prophecy
• Letters (a.k.a. epistles)
• Apocalyptic Literature

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The Bible

• Whats in the Bible?
• How did we get the Bible?
• Can we trust the Bible?

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How Did We Get the Bible?

• Original Documents
• Copies
• Modern Translations and Paraphrases

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How Did We Get the Bible?

• Original Documents

• OT Example
• Isaiah
• written in Hebrew by Isaiah in approx. 700 BC

• NT Example
• Galatians
• written in Greek by Paul in approx. 49 AD

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How Did We Get the Bible?

• Original Documents
• Copies

• OT Example
• Isaiah
• written in Hebrew by Isaiah in approx. 700 BC
• copied by scribes into Hebrew Latin

• NT Example
• Galatians
• written in Greek by Paul in approx. 49 AD
• copied by Christians into Greek Latin

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How Did We Get the Bible?

• Original Documents
• Copies

• OT Example
• Isaiah
• Dead Sea Scrolls

• NT Example
• Galatians
• Codex Vaticanus

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How Did We Get the Bible?

• Original Documents
• Copies
• Modern Translations and Paraphrases

• OT Example
• Modern scholars translate oldest most accurate
  Hebrew or Latin copies into modern languages

• NT Example
• Modern scholars translate oldest and most
  accurate Greek or Latin copies into
  modern-languages

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How Did We Get the Bible?

• Original Documents
• Copies
• Modern Translations and Paraphrases
• What are some good modern translations?
  Paraphrases?
• http//www.moodymagazine.com/articles.php?actionv
  iew_articleid159

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How Did We Get the Bible?

• Original Documents
• Copies
• Modern Translations and Paraphrases

Amplified Bible
NAS/NASB
TNIV
ESV
NIV
Message
NLT
RSV
NRSV
literal versions
dynamic equivalence
paraphrases
accuracy
readability
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The Bible

• Whats in the Bible?
• How did we get the Bible?
• Can we trust the Bible?

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Can We Trust the Bible?

• Internal Evidence
• External Evidence
• Bibliographic Evidence

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Can We Trust the Bible?

• Internal Evidence
• 2 Timothy 316-17
• Nehemiah 913-14
• 2 Samuel 231-3
• Jeremiah 16-9
• 2 Peter 120-21
• 2 Peter 315-16
• fulfilled prophecies from OT and NT

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Can We Trust the Bible?

• Internal Evidence
• External Evidence
• Black Obelisk
• House of David Inscription
• Josephus

And there arose about this time Jesus, a wise
man for he was a doer of marvelous deeds. He
led away many Jews and also many of the Greeks
when Pilate had condemned him to the cross on his
impeachment by the chief men among us, those who
had loved him at first did not cease even now
the tribe of Christians so named after him has
not yet died out. --from Josephus Antiquities
of the Jews, written approx. 65 AD
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Can We Trust the Bible?

• Internal Evidence
• External Evidence
• Black Obelisk
• House of David Inscription
• Josephus
• Tacitus

Nero charged and tortured some people hated for
their evil practices--the group popularly known
as Christians. The founder of this sect,
Christ, had been put to death by the governor of
Judea, Pontius Pilate when Tiberius was
Emperor. --from Tacitus Annals, written
approx. 100 AD
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Can We Trust the Bible?

• Internal Evidence
• External Evidence
• Black Obelisk
• House of David Inscription
• Josephus
• Tacitus
• Pliny the Younger Roman, Seutonius Roman, the
  Mishnah Gemera Jewish

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Can We Trust the Bible?

• Internal Evidence
• External Evidence
• Bibliographic Evidence

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Can We Trust The Bible?
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Can We Trust the Bible?

• Internal Evidence
• External Evidence
• Bibliographic Evidence

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The Bible
WPC College Sunday School April 9, 2006