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How The Scripture Came To Us

The Bible evolved from oral tradition to collections of written scriptures, and then to the current biblical canon. We'll also look at how the Bible was translated into other ancient languages, such as English, from Hebrew and Greek.

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How The Scripture Came To Us

The Bible evolved from oral tradition to collections of written scriptures, and then to the current biblical canon. We'll also look at how the Bible was translated into other ancient languages, such as English, from Hebrew and Greek.

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How the Scripture

Came to us?

Presented by:
Alejandrina M. Torres, LPT
INTRODUCTION
The word Bible means “book,” but in
reality, the Bible is comprised of many
books.
For Jews, the Bible (also called Tanak or
Mikra—what Christians call the Old
Testament) is made up of Hebrew and
Aramaic books.
For Christians, the Greek New
Testament is also part of the Bible.
INTRODUCTION
Now, the Scripture certainly
has more than enough
content to be interrogated,
considering that it's
comprised of 66 books, 1,189
chapters, 31,173 verses, and
774,746 words.
Why should we
have some
understanding of
how the Bible
came to us?
The Bible did not just
simply drop from the
sky, but it came into
being through a
fascinating, but
complicating process.
Ancient Writing Materials

Thousands of years ago (when the Bible was


being written), it was not very easy to write
or print things. The following materials were
used in writing the Scriptures
Common Clay

Clay had many qualities that made it


a good writing material. It was easy to
write on. When clay is moist, it is soft
and can be engraved easily using a
stone or stick.
Stone

The Ten Commandments were


written on stone
(Ex. 31:18; 34:1, 28).
Wood

The tablets mentioned in Isaiah


30:8 and Habakkuk 2:2 were
probably wooden.
Papyrus

After gluing many of the reeds together, a rock


was needed to smooth the surface of the papyrus
so that people could write on it just like paper.
The ink, made from plants or dyes, would be
applied to the finished sheet using a sharp stick,
quill, or other “pen-like” instrument
Leather

Many times the ancient


writers dyed the skins purple
and used gold ink to write on
them.
Vellum or Parchment

The two most valuable New


Testament manuscripts,
the Vatican and Sinaitic
manuscripts are made of
high-quality vellum.
Paper
The secrets of papermaking,
though, were not widely made
known until the middle of the
eighth century when Arabs
captured some Chinese men who
were skilled in making paper. By
the time of the thirteenth-
century paper was being used in
much of Europe.
Genuine
Authenticity
Divine Authority
Inspiration

APOCRYPHA CANON
The Apocrypha
consists of 15 Holy Scripture
books of Jewish
literature written the definitive list of
writings were during the the books which
“‘hidden’ or intertestamental are considered to
period. be divine revelation
withdrawn from
common use and included
therein.

APOCRYPHA CANON
Jews

Christians

Roman Catholic
Protestant
Which Books Belong in the Bible?
Evangelicals believe that there are 66 books in
the Christian Bible

The Old Testament


The New Testament
contains 39 books
contains 27 books.
talk
talk

talk

ORAL WRITTEN
Hebrew

Greek

Latin

English
WEST EAST

Greek Persian

Roman Babylonian
Assyrian
WHERE DOES
THE NAME
“BIBLE” COME
FROM?
The word Bible comes from
the Greek βιβλια—Biblia,
meaning "books", which in
turn is derived from
βυβλος—Byblos meaning
"papyrus", from the
ancient
Phoenician city of Byblos
exported papyrus.
Throughout the ages, men and women from
many different time periods and many
different countries have put their lives in
danger so that we can read the Bible in our own
language. We have seen how the Bible started
out on materials such as stone tablets, clay,
wood, leather, parchments, vellums, papers
and scrolls of papyrus.
It was originally written mostly in Hebrew,
Greek, and Aramaic languages that very few
of us who speak English can understand. Yet
careful scribes copied and translated the
Bible so that it could be passed from one
generation to the next. Many of these ancient
copies have been preserved until now, and
we can compare them to ensure that we have
the words of the inspired writers.
Each book in the Bible has been carefully
examined to make sure that it was inspired
by God, rather than being written by an
uninspired person. Without a doubt, the
Bible that we have today is the Word of God.
No other book has influenced the thinking of
humankind and the molding of their
character as the Bible. The Bible is for sure
the Greatest Monument of Humankind!
@Teacher Aj :-)

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