The document discusses the origin and development of the Bible. It explains that bibliology is the study of the Bible, including its origin, inspiration, canonicity, and interpretation. The Bible's inspiration comes from God through the Holy Spirit guiding the human authors to record his revelation without error. The canonicity of the Bible was determined based on apostolic authorship, widespread acceptance, and orthodoxy. While copies contained errors, the original manuscripts were inerrant.
In order to understand the story of Scripture and read the world from the Bible’s perspective, we must “play the game” on the Bible’s field and follow the Bible’s
rules.
Instead of a pagan view of time and eternity (primarily based on Plato and Greek philosophy), the Bible presents time linearly. A simple timeline can be used to describe redemptive history in a two-age manner (“this age” and “the age to come”), separated by a climactic day called the Day of the LORD.
In order to understand the story of Scripture and read the world from the Bible’s perspective, we must “play the game” on the Bible’s field and follow the Bible’s
rules.
Instead of a pagan view of time and eternity (primarily based on Plato and Greek philosophy), the Bible presents time linearly. A simple timeline can be used to describe redemptive history in a two-age manner (“this age” and “the age to come”), separated by a climactic day called the Day of the LORD.
2 Timothy 3:16
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
When people speak of the Bible as inspired, they are referring to the fact that God divinely influenced the human authors of the Scriptures in such a way that what they wrote was the very Word of God. In the context of the Scriptures, the word “inspiration” simply means “God-breathed.”
Inspiration means the Bible truly is the Word of God and makes the Bible unique among all other books.
This presentation examines the character of the Bible - its inerrancy, sufficiency, authority, and more, and also exposes various myths and confusion concerning the Scripture's inerrancy.
Biblical literacy is more than just reading the Bible- it is also about reading the Bible for all it is worth! This workshop will unpack a simple and practical for-part method for group Bible study that will enliven, enrich and transform how you and your study group encounter the Bible. The Bible will never be the same!
Part Two of Understanding the Bible - using the historical critical method - examines the Jewish and Christian writings which did not make the canon of the Bible.
Bible King James Version with Concise Commentaries.pdfhide46
It is a Bible with concise commentaries which are series of notes explaining of passages of scripture. They may explain the language used in the section of text or they may explain the historical background of it. Since it is written by human authors, it reflects their beliefs and perspectives.
Commentaries are widely used in personal Bible study. One caution concerning Bible commentaries is that they should not be used instead of personal study; rather, they are designed to use in addition to personal study. Since commentary itself is not scripture, it's important to the reader to weight what he reads against other sources, as well as his Spirit led analysis. As the product of fallible people, commentaries are not necessarily correct in every word. Hence, trust only the word of God.
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Commentaries are widely used in personal Bible study. One caution concerning Bible commentaries is that they should not be used instead of personal study; rather, they are designed to use in addition to personal study. Since commentary itself is not scripture, it's important to the reader to weight what he reads against other sources, as well as his Spirit led analysis. As the product of fallible people, commentaries are not necessarily correct in every word. Hence, trust only the word of God.
2 Timothy 3:16
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
When people speak of the Bible as inspired, they are referring to the fact that God divinely influenced the human authors of the Scriptures in such a way that what they wrote was the very Word of God. In the context of the Scriptures, the word “inspiration” simply means “God-breathed.”
Inspiration means the Bible truly is the Word of God and makes the Bible unique among all other books.
This presentation examines the character of the Bible - its inerrancy, sufficiency, authority, and more, and also exposes various myths and confusion concerning the Scripture's inerrancy.
Biblical literacy is more than just reading the Bible- it is also about reading the Bible for all it is worth! This workshop will unpack a simple and practical for-part method for group Bible study that will enliven, enrich and transform how you and your study group encounter the Bible. The Bible will never be the same!
Part Two of Understanding the Bible - using the historical critical method - examines the Jewish and Christian writings which did not make the canon of the Bible.
Bible King James Version with Concise Commentaries.pdfhide46
It is a Bible with concise commentaries which are series of notes explaining of passages of scripture. They may explain the language used in the section of text or they may explain the historical background of it. Since it is written by human authors, it reflects their beliefs and perspectives.
Commentaries are widely used in personal Bible study. One caution concerning Bible commentaries is that they should not be used instead of personal study; rather, they are designed to use in addition to personal study. Since commentary itself is not scripture, it's important to the reader to weight what he reads against other sources, as well as his Spirit led analysis. As the product of fallible people, commentaries are not necessarily correct in every word. Hence, trust only the word of God.
New Testament with Concise Commentaries KJV.pdfhide46
It is a Bible with concise commentaries which are series of notes explaining of passages of scripture. They may explain the language used in the section of text or they may explain the historical background of it. Since it is written by human authors, it reflects their beliefs and perspectives.
Commentaries are widely used in personal Bible study. One caution concerning Bible commentaries is that they should not be used instead of personal study; rather, they are designed to use in addition to personal study. Since commentary itself is not scripture, it's important to the reader to weight what he reads against other sources, as well as his Spirit led analysis. As the product of fallible people, commentaries are not necessarily correct in every word. Hence, trust only the word of God.
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ABTI Hermeneutics 3 - Text, Canon, and Translation
1.
2. Where did our bible come
from?
Text, Canon, andTranslation
3. 19 And we have the prophetic word more fully
confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention
as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day
dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
20 knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of
Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation.
21 For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of
man, but men spoke from God as they were carried
along by the Holy Spirit.
— 2 Peter 1:19-21 (ESV)
4. What is bibliology?
BIBLIOLOGY is the study of the bible.
Bibliology can be broken down into four areas:
Origin » Inspiration » Canonicity » Interpretation
5. What is bibliology?
BIBLIOLOGY is the study of the bible.
Bibliology can be broken down into four areas:
Origin » Inspiration » Canonicity » Interpretation
6. What is bibliology?
BIBLIOLOGY is the study of the bible.
Bibliology can be broken down into four areas:
Origin » Inspiration » Canonicity » Interpretation
8. The Doctrine of Revelation
The bible describes two types of revelation:
• General revelation - God’s witness to Himself through creation,
history, and the conscience of man (Romans 1 & 2).
• Special revelation - God’s disclosure of Himself in salvation history
preeminently in the person of Jesus and in the inspired Word of
Scripture.
9. The Doctrine of General Revelation
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all
ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their
unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about
God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his
invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature,
have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in
the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
— Romans 1:18-20 (ESV)
10. The Doctrine of General Revelation
14 For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the
law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not
have the law. 15They show that the work of the law is written on
their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their
conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them 16 on that day when,
according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
— Romans 2:14-16
11. The Doctrine of General Revelation
14 For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the
law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not
have the law. 15They show that the work of the law is written on
their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their
conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them 16 on that day when,
according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
— Romans 2:14-16
12. What is Inspiration?
Inspiration is the act of God by which He
superintended (guided) the human authors of the
bible so that using their own individual
personalities they composed and recorded
without error His revelation to man in the words
of the original manuscripts.
13. Theories of Inspiration (Plummer)
• Intuition theory - the writers of the bible exhibit a natural religious
intuition.
• Illumination theory - the Spirit of God impressed Himself upon the
consciousness of the biblical writers in the same way that the Holy
Spirit influences people today.
• Dynamic theory - God gave definite, specific impressions or
concepts to the biblical authors but allowed them to communicate
those concepts in their own words. The phrasing is by human choice,
while the content is from God.
14. Theories of Inspiration (Plummer)
• Dictation theory - God dictated the exact words to the human
authors (like court stenographers).
• Verbal-Plenary theory -The bible is inspired verbally (the very
words, not just the ideas) and completely (“plenary” means
“unqualified, absolute”) — see 2Tim 3:16. Also called the “dual
authorship” theory or “verbal” theory.
15. Theories of Inspiration (Plummer)
• Dictation theory - God dictated the exact words to the human
authors (like court stenographers).
• Verbal-Plenary theory -The bible is inspired verbally (the very
words, not just the ideas) and completely (“plenary” means
“unqualified, absolute”) — see 2Tim 3:16. Also called the “dual
authorship” theory or “verbal” theory.
16. The Doctrine of Inerrancy
“The inerrancy of Scripture means that Scripture in the original manuscripts does not
affirm anything that is contrary to fact.” —Wayne Grudem
17. Important definitions
• Inerrant - the bible is completely truthful in all things that the biblical
authors assert—whether in geographic, chronological, or theological
details. God superintended the writing process such that every word
written was according to His will. The words were guarded from all error.
• Infallible - the bible is “incapable of error.” Also refered to as limited
inerrancy. Infallibility means that the bible is error-free in matters of
theology or faith, but that the bible may contain errors in matters of
science and history.
• Inspired - God was behind the writing of Scripture. (See views of
inspiration above.)
18. Qualifications of inerrancy
• Inerrancy applies only to the original autographs.
• Inerrancy respects the authorial intent of the passage and the literary
conventions under which the author wrote. Literal and figurative
language should be understood accordingly.
• The gospel authors were not intending to give strict chronological
accounts of Jesus’ ministry.
• Inerrancy allows for partial reporting, paraphrasing, and
summarizing. (Important for harmonizing the synoptic gospels.)
19. Qualifications of inerrancy
• Inerrancy allows for phenomenological language.
• Inerrancy allows the reporting of speech without the endorsement of
the truthfulness of that speech.
• Inerrancy does not mean that the bible provides definitive or
exhaustive information on every topic.
• Inerrancy is not invalidated by colloquial or nonstandard grammar or
spelling.The issue is the truthfulness of the speech (Grudem).
20. Variations on the Doctrine of Inerrancy
• Absolute Inerrancy
• Affirms verbal-plenary inspiration while distancing itself from a mechanical
dictation view.
• Affirms the accuracy of the bible in all matters including science and history
“to a great degree of precision.”
• Critical (Natural) Inerrancy
• Affirms the truth of everything in the bible to the degree of precision
intended by the author.
• Usually regards biblical references to scientific as phenomenal.
• Does not seek to harmonize every detail of Scripture because it recognizes
that the authors wrote for different purposes.
21. Variations on the Doctrine of Inerrancy
• Limited Inerrancy
• Affirms that the bible is inerrant in all matters of faith and practice, as well as
matters that can be empirically verified.
• Inspiration does not grant modern understanding, hence the bible may
contain errors of science or history.
• Nuanced Inerrancy
• Affirms that how one understands inerrancy depends on the type of biblical
literature under consideration.
22. Variations on the Doctrine of Inerrancy
• Functional Inerrancy
• Affirms that the purpose of the bible is to bring people to salvation and
growth in grace. The bible accomplishes its purpose without fail.
• Affirms that the bible is sufficiently accurate in factual matters to accomplish
its purpose, but seeks to avoid describing the inerrancy of Scripture primarily
in terms of facticity. Instead, it speaks of the bible in terms of
trustworthiness and faithfulness.”
• Spontaneous Inerrancy
• An expression of simple trust and faith in the bible.
• Often marked by little, if any, awareness of, or interest in scholarly
discussions of the doctrine of inerrancy.
23. Understanding errors in manuscripts
• The field of studying manuscripts and their transmission to ascertain
the original text is called textual criticism.
• There are more than 5,600 known Greek manuscripts of the New
Testament with more being discovered every day.
• There are over 19,000 early manuscripts written in Latin, Syriac,
Coptic, and Aramaic.
• The NewTestament has been quoted more than one million times by
early Church fathers.
24. Understanding errors in manuscripts
• There are more than 400,000 variants in NT manuscripts. Most of these
variants are errors in spelling and punctuation.
• The NewTestament accuracy is 99.5% and as more manuscripts are
discovered, our understanding of the NewTestament becomes more
accurate.
• Any passages in question are clearly marked in the footnotes of modern
translations (John 7:53-8:11, Mark 16:9-20).
• No uncertain passages affect any foundational Christian doctrine.
• The majority of the NewTestament was written beforeAD 70.
27. Approaches to biblical translation
There are two primary approaches to rendering the bible in modern
English:
• Translation - starts with the best available manuscripts and
translates the text into modern English.
• Paraphrase - not concerned primarily with accurately translating the
text word-for-word; instead focuses on freely wording the meaning
of the biblical text.
29. Understanding the Biblical
Canon
“Why did some books make it into the bible when others didn’t?
Wasn’t there some sort of ‘conspiracy’ to keep ideas out of the bible?”
30. The Canonicity of the Bible
“For Protestant Christians, the canon is not an
authorized collection of writings (in that the church
conferred its authority or approval upon a list of
books). Rather, the canon is a collection of
authoritative writings.”
— Plummer, 57
31. OldTestament Canon
• Some books of the OldTestament canon were recognized instantly
on the basis of their self-authenticating nature or a prophetic word
being fulfilled.
• Other books may have taken some time to be edited or fully
recognized.
• The NewTestament affirms the canon of OldTestament Scripture.
• Jesus quoted from 24 OldTestament books.
• The NT as a whole quotes from 34 OT books.
• The only books that are not quoted in the NT are Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther,
Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon.
32. NewTestament Canon
The early church used the following three criteria for identifying the
NewTestament canon:
• Apostolic - written by or tied closely to an apostle.
• Catholic - widely, if not universally, recognized by the churches.
• Orthodox - not in contradiction to any recognized apostolic book or
doctrine.
33. NewTestament Canon
T.C. Hammond, quoted in Plummer (61), provides a helpful summary
of the recognition of the NewTestament canon.
• The NewTestament books were written during the period A.D. 45-
100.
• They were collected and read in the churches A.D. 100-200.
• They were carefully examined and compared with spurious writings
A.D. 200-300.
• Complete agreement was obtained A.D. 300-400.
34. Discussion Questions
• What impact does the doctrine of inerrancy have on our
interpretation of the bible?
• What impact does the canonicity of Scripture have on our
interpretation of the bible?
• How would you respond to a critic who suggested that the modern
bible cannot contain the original text because it is a “translation of
translations?”
Editor's Notes
Not “revelation” like the last book of the bible. “Revelation” in a broader sense.
We looked at the doctrine of special revelation in 2 Peter 1.
We looked at the doctrine of special revelation in 2 Peter 1.
We looked at the doctrine of special revelation in 2 Peter 1.
Some passages of Scripture are dictated. The bible says, “Thus says the LORD” or “the word of the LORD” came to someone more than 3,000 times in the Bible.
The most common evangelical position is the verbal plenary theory of inspiration.
J.I. Packer notes that questions of inerrancy and questions of interpretation must be kept separate. “Medievals allegorized, Reformers interpreted literally, but both maintained inerrancy.”
Critical/Natural inerrancy - Does the bible say that pi equals 3?http://creation.com/does-the-bible-say-pi-equals-3
Nuanced Inerrancy - Ten Commandments appear to be mechanical dictation. Epistles seem to be verbally inspired. Psalms need a dynamic view.
Modern versions of the bible use the best possible manuscripts when making interpretive decisions regarding translations. The ESV, for example, relies on the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible and the Greek text found in the GNT and Novum Testamentum Graece, but in difficult cases , the Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, and other ancient sources were consulted to ensure that the translators had the best representation of the original text possible.
Modern English translations fall on a spectrum between formal equivalence and dynamic equivalence.
According to the criteria for canonicity (apostolic, catholic, orthodox), it is impossible for any text written after the 1st Century to meet those criteria and to be accepted as canon.