The Bible
A collection of writings that Christians consider uniquely inspired by God and authoritative. This book consists of many smaller books, or literary works, and is divided into two main sections, the Old and New Testaments.
What is the Bible?
Is a closed and restricted list of books that Christians view as uniquely authoritative and inspired.
What is the canon?
*comes from the Greek kanon originally meaning reed, measuring rod and later meaning norm or rule. The first person to use the term canon was Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria around A.D. 352. Adopted officially by the church in A.D. 363.
Completed in the year 1611, this incredibly famous translation was named after an English king who ordered its creation.
What is the King James Version, KJV?
This book is the longest in the Bible and is filled with songs, poems, and prayers written to God.
What is Psalms?
God put a beautiful rainbow in the sky after the Great Flood to serve as a lasting symbol of this.
What is to never flood the earth again?
The number of books or literary works contained in the Bible.
What is sixty-six?
The number of books included in the Old Testament canon.
What is 39?
Before English translations existed, the Bible was translated into this language of the ancient Roman Empire, which became the official language of the church for centuries.
What is Latin?
*First translated into Latin by Jerome and is known as the Vulgate. (He replaced Yahweh for Dominus - Jewish readers would have never said Yahweh outloud they would say Adonai the equivelant of Dominus, nations/ethnics to Gentiles)
This famous list of 10 rules given to Moses on Mount Sinai is a major part of the Bible's Law genre.
What are the Ten Commandments?
When reading a Bible passage, you always want to know who this person is—the one who actually sat down to write it.
Who is the author?
*Dual-authorship! Human authors consciously wrote even as God mysteriously superintended the writing of every word. This is called the Verbal Plenary view of inspiration!
The languages in which the Old and New Testaments were originally written.
What are Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic?
These books or letters were all written between the period A.D. 45~100.
What is the New Testament?
Long before modern paper was invented, ancient scribes translated and wrote the scriptures on scrolls made from this dried river plant.
What is papyrus?
The prophetic books are divided into two main groups based on the length of the books, known as these.
What are the Minor and Major Prophets?
The name "Immanuel" is given to Jesus in the book of Isaiah, and it translates to this comforting 3-word phrase.
What is "God with us"
The three major groupings of Old Testament Scripture. Jesus spoke about them in Luke 24 on the Road to Emmaus.
What are the Law (Torah), Prophets, and Writings?
Additional books that some Christian sects include in their Old Testaments that Protestants do not consider Scripture.
What is the Apocrypha or the deuterocanonical books (secondly canonical)?
Some Bibles are translated word-for-word, while others try to translate this-for-thought to make it simpler to read.
What is thought-for-thought?
Word for Word examples: ESV, NASB, KJV
Thought for Thought: NIV
Jesus frequently used this specific type of short, fictional story about everyday objects to teach deeper spiritual lessons.
What is a parable?
When God told Abraham to leave his home and travel to an unknown land, Abraham obeyed, which is why he is interpreted as a prime example of this quality.
What is trust/faith in God?
Known as autographs and no longer available to us today, though we have thousands of copies.
What are the original copies of the books of the Bible?
This is the name of the Jewish Bible (Old Testament).
What is the Tanakh?
*The Tanakh contains the same books as the Christian Bible, but arranged in different order and numbered differently.
He was the first person to translate the entire Bible into English, even though the church leaders at the time did not want him to do it.
Who is John Wycliffe?
*Wycliffe died from a stroke in 1384. in 1415, the Council of Constance declared him a heretic. In 1428 his remains were dug up and burned as ordered by Pope Martin V.
This major prophet wrote a book predicting that Jesus would be born to a virgin and would be called Immanuel.
Who is Isaiah?
God gave the Israelites a strange bread called "Manna" that appeared only one day at a time to teach them to do this daily.
What is trust God to provide for them day by day?