The Bible, lesson 1

1. THEME:
THE BIBLE – GOD’S
REVELATION
Verse:
JOHN 5:39 (CEV)
39 You search the Scriptures, because
you think you will find eternal life in
them. The Scriptures tell about me,…

2. THEME:
THE BIBLE – GOD’S REVELATION
Lesson:
INRODUCTION
ABOUT THE BIBLE

3. BIBLE
-the sacred scriptures
of Judaism and Christianity
-consists of the Old
Testament and the New
Testament

4. •For the Roman
Catholic and Eastern
Orthodox versions of the Old
Testament being slightly larger
because of their acceptance of
certain books and parts of books
considered apocryphal by
Protestants.

5. •The Hebrew Bible includes only
the books known to Christians
as the Old Testament.
• The arrangements of the Jewish
and Christian canons differ
considerably.

6. HOW was the Bible ORGANIZED?
Traditionally, the Jews have divided their
scriptures into three parts:
1. the Torah (the “Law,” or
Pentateuch)
- seen as the account of how the
Israelites became a nation and of how
they possessed the Promised Land.

7. HOW was the Bible ORGANIZED?
Traditionally, the Jews have divided their
scriptures into three parts:
2. the Neviʾim (“Prophets”)
- continues the story of Israel in the
Promised Land, describing the
establishment and development of the
monarchy and presenting the messages of
the prophets to the people.

8. HOW was the Bible ORGANIZED?
Traditionally, the Jews have divided their
scriptures into three parts:
3. the Ketuvim (“Writings,” or
Hagiographa)
- include speculation on the place of evil and death
in the scheme of things (Job and Ecclesiastes), the
poetical works, and some additional historical
books.

9. HOW was the Bible ORGANIZED?
THE NEW TESTAMENT
- shorter portion of the
Christian Bible

10. HOW was the Bible ORGANIZED?
THE NEW TESTAMENT
•The four Gospels deal with the life, the
person, and the teachings of Jesus, as he
was remembered by the
Christian community.
• The Acts of the Apostles carries the story
of Christianity from the Resurrection of
Jesus to the end of the career of St. Paul.

11. HOW was the Bible ORGANIZED?
THE NEW TESTAMENT
•The various Letters, or Epistles, are
correspondence by various leaders of the
early Christian church, chief among them
St. Paul, applying the message of the
church to the sundry needs and problems
of early Christian congregations.

12. HOW was the Bible ORGANIZED?
THE NEW TESTAMENT
•The Book of Revelation (the
Apocalypse) is the only canonical
representative of a
large genre of apocalyptic
literature that appeared in the early
Christian movement.

13. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?
The Bible centers on the one
and only God, the Creator of all
that exists.
God’s will and purpose are
viewed as just, loving, and
ultimately prevailing.

14. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?
* The Hebrew Bible starts with an
account of God’s creation of the world,
and it tells the story of the Israelites and
the Promised Land.
* The New Testament deals with the life,
the person, and the teachings
of Jesus and the formation of the
Christian church.