The Bible

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The Bible

• -is respected as a holy book by Muslims,
  Christians and Jews
• -is a book of religious truth
• -is a source for literature

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The Bible

• Divided into two main parts
• Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures)
• New Testament

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Old Testament

• Pentateuch
• Historical Books
• Wisdom Books
• Prophetical Books

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Pentateuch

• The first five books of the Bible
• Torah (Jewish law)
• Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and
  Deuteronomy
• Covers the time of prehistory
• Prehistory is the time before humans recorded
  their actions

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Historical Books

• Tells the story of the Jewish people
• Mostly focuses on the main players in Jewish
  history (David, Solomon)
• Is mostly constructed from folktales and
  eyewitness accounts
• Few records
• Not like modern history

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Wisdom Books

• Provides lessons for everyday life
• Offers advice for people
• Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Song of Songs,
• Ecclesiastes

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Prophetical Books

• Warned the people of Israel to remain faithful to
  one god no idol worship
• Warned against mistreatment of the poor
• Promised the coming of the messiah

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New Testament

• Gospels
• Acts
• Letters
• Revelation

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Gospels

• Details the activities and teaching of Jesus
  Christ
• Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

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Acts of the Apostles

• Details the activities of the closest followers
  of Jesus after his death and resurrection.

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Letters(Epistles)

• Mostly written by Paul
• Letters written to new Christian communities (ex.
  Romans)

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Revelations

• Also known as the book of the Apocalypse
• Written in symbolic code
• Foretells the kingdom of God
• Mostly interpreted as the description of the end
  of the world

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Who Wrote the Bible?

• Divinely Dictated
• Divinely Inspired
• Human Creation

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Who Wrote the Bible?

• Divinely Dictated
• God directly told the authors of the Bible what
  to write down
• No room for error

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Who Wrote the Bible?

• Divinely inspired
• God, through dreams, visions etc inspired those
  to write the Bible
• Small errors in fact but not in faith

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Who Wrote the Bible?

• Human Creation
• Was created by humans to explain their world
• Wanted their people to follow laws and created a
  god to help enforce these laws