Intro to bible (july2007)

Let us pray:

Dear Lord, once you said; when there are two or three gathered in your name, there you are in the midst of us. Today, we ask the Spirit of wisdom to direct our minds in knowing you through the Holy Scripture-the Word of life. Inspire our hearts that we may be able to share with others the fruits of our knowledge of Your Word that we may become truly faithful to you in all our actions.

All these in Jesus Name…Amen.

Prepared by Mr. Chester Roxas Cruzado

L – The highest Catholic worship

LITURGY

I – God was made flesh and dwelt among us

INCARNATION

B -- These are Sermon of Jesus on Mount

BEATITUDES

E – A Sacrament , w/c means “Thanksgiving”

EUCHARIST

B – A Sacrament of Initiation BAPTISM

BIBLE


Introduction

to the Scriptures


Divine Revelation

- the act by which God makes Himself known to man

- God’s act of offering a loving relationship to man


--Faith

- man’s response to God’s invitation to a loving relationship with Him

- is the person’s total “yes” to God’s

total gift of Self in Christ.


Who wrote the Bible?


Theories on the authorship of the Bible

Divine Dictation

Negative Assistance

Subsequent Approbation

Bible = 100% divine

Bible = 100% human

Bible = 50% divine 50% human


BiblicalInspiration

- the direct influence of the Holy Spirit under which the sacred writers wrote all that God

wanted them to write- includes the compiling, editing and the

preserving of the Scriptures

100% divine 100% human


Is the Bible perfect? Is it

free from errors?

Are there discrepancies in

the Bible?


BiblicalInerrancy

the Holy Scriptures teaches firmly, faithfully and without error that truth which God

wanted to put into sacred writings for the sake of our salvation

(Dei Verbum II)


The Holy

Bible


How many books does the Bible have? Why are there more books in the Catholic Bible than the

Protestant Bible?Who put chapters in the Bible?

What are the meanings of numbers in the Bible?Was the world created twice?

Did Adam and Eve really exist?Was there an earthly paradise in the beginning of the

world?Who did Cain, the son of Adam and Eve, marry?

Did Noah’s ark really exist?Was Yahweh or Jehovah the God of Israel?


Did the Old Testament people live so long?Was the Tower of Babel ever built?

What is the origin of the Ten Commandments?Did Moses permit “an eye for an eye,

and a tooth for a tooth”?How did the walls of Jericho collapse?

Did God bid Hosea to marry a prostitute?Did Isaiah live for 300 years?

Does the Bible prohibit the creation of images?Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute?

What are apocryphal books?Does the ark of the covenant look

like the ark of Noah?In what year was Jesus born?


Catholic FaithScriptures

- divinely inspired

Word of God

Traditions –the

History of the Christian community’s efforts

to communicate the Good News


Biblebiblia

byblos

books

papyrus


The Bible is all about…

God people

salvation history faith

us


Divisions

NewTestament

Old Testament

testamentum

HebrewLiterature

ChristianLiterature

46 books

27 books


History of the Bible


Oral Tradition

handing down of stories, beliefs and customs through word of mouth

Literary Genresongs narrativesprayers poemslegends speeches

sayings oracleslaws mythsparables epics


Languages

Hebrew

Greek

Aramaic


Chapter Divisions

Verse Divisions

Stephen LangtonArchbishop of

Canterbury

circa 1220

legend:the horse

Roberto Stefano circa 1555Protestant publisher


Canon of the Scripturescomplete list of books in the Bible, recognized

by the Church as divinely inspired

written during the incarnation

period

coherence with the Gospel

teachings

constant use in Church’s worship

universal significance

apostolic origin


Collection I: The TaNaK (39 books) of the Homeland Palestinian Jews

Jewish Collections of the Holy Scriptures

Collection II: The Septuagint (LXX) (46 books) of the Jews outside of Palestine

Torah (Law) 550 BCE

Nebiim (Prophets) 200 BCE

Ketubim (Writings) 100 BCE

Pentateuch

Historical books

Prophetic books

Wisdom books

300-200 BCE


OLD TESTAMENTPentateuch

Historical Books

Wisdom Books

Prophetic Books

GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbers

Deuteronomy

LamentationsJoshua1 & 2 ChroniclesJudgesRuth1 & 2 Samuel1 & 2 Kings

EzraEsther1 & 2 MaccabeesJudithTobitNehemiah

PsalmsProverbsJobSirachSong of songs

Book of Wisdom Ecclesiastes

IsaiahEzekielJeremiahDanielHoseaAmos

Joel Obadiah

HabakkukMicahNahumZephaniahZechariahHaggaiJonahMalachiBaruch


NEW TESTAMENT

Gospels

Acts of the Apostles

Apostolic Letters

Revelation

MatthewMarkLuke

John

RomansGalatiansEphesiansColossians1 & 2 Timothy

Hebrews 1 & 2 Corinthians

1 & 2 ThessaloniansTitusPhilemonPhilippiansJames1, 2 & 3 John1 & 2 PeterJude


Catholic Bible & Protestant BibleNumber of books (deuterocanonicals)

Latin notations

imprimatur

nihil obstat

JudithTobitWisdomEcclesiasticus (Sirach)Baruch1 Maccabees2 Maccabees


youngest book in the OT

Malachioldest book in the Bible

Jobyoungest book in the NT

Revelation

most number of copies printed

BIBLE

translated in most number of

languages

GREATEST LOVE LETTER EVER

WRITTEN IN THE WORLD

middle verse of the Bible

Psalm 118:8contains all letters of the alphabet except j

Ezra 7:21

longest verse in the Bible

Esther 8:9

no word/name of more than 6 syllables can be found in the Bible

Trivia

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