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The Holy Bible

The document discusses the structure and contents of the Bible. It begins by explaining that the Bible is derived from the Greek word meaning "The Books" and is a collection of books rather than a single book. It then outlines the sections of the Old Testament including the Torah (Pentateuch), Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings) and describes some of the key books in each section. The document also compares the Catholic and Protestant versions of the Bible and explains differences in the books included. Finally, it provides a brief overview of the structure of the New Testament.

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The Holy Bible

The document discusses the structure and contents of the Bible. It begins by explaining that the Bible is derived from the Greek word meaning "The Books" and is a collection of books rather than a single book. It then outlines the sections of the Old Testament including the Torah (Pentateuch), Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings) and describes some of the key books in each section. The document also compares the Catholic and Protestant versions of the Bible and explains differences in the books included. Finally, it provides a brief overview of the structure of the New Testament.

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The Holy

Bible
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B I B L
ETYMOLOGY
 Etymologicallyspeaking, the Bible is derived from
the Greek word Ta Biblia which means “The
Books.”
 Therefore, the Bible is not just a single book but a
collection of books.
 The term Bible is of Christian origin.
SINCE IT IS A LIBRARY OF
BOOKS, WHO COMPILED
The Bible is believed to have been

compiled by the RomanTHE BIBLE?
Catholics
during the Council of Hippo on 393
AD, and was finalized in Carthage
on 419 AD.
who translated the
bible?
St. Jerome translated the bible into
latin
 The intention of St Jerome, translating into
Latin the Hebrew of the Old Testament and
the Greek of the New Testament, was that
ordinary Christians of the Roman empire should
be able to read the word of God.
 Latin was the common language of the Roman
empire.
St. Jerome translated the bible into
latin
 The texts were mainly written in
Biblical Hebrew, with some portions
(notably in Daniel and Ezra) in Biblical
Aramaic. Biblical Hebrew, sometimes
called Classical Hebrew, is an archaic
form of the Hebrew language.
 The New Testament was written in a
form of Koine Greek, which was the
common language of the Eastern
Mediterranean from the conquests of
Alexander the Great (335–323 BC)
until the evolution of
Byzantine Greek (c. 600).
Nature of the Bible; the bible is
god’s living word for us
 The Bible is one way of
God’s revelation.
 The Bible is also called the
Scriptures, which means
“sacred writings.”
The bible is about…
• GOD
 We can get to know our
God - His identity, His
character, and His purpose
for creating, redeeming,
and sanctifying us.
 Through the Bible, God
involves Himself with us.
• PEOPLE
 The Bible is full of
characters. Every
characters have their
own role in the salvific
plan of God.
 Each character has
their own story of
success and failures.
 Theirstory of success
and failure can be
seen with the story of
our own.
• SALVATION HISTORY
 The Bible is all about
how God plans His
salvation for the
mankind. So that we
can all be saved.
• Us…
 The Bible provides us with
a unique and irreplaceable
means to understand the
true meaning of the
events of our lives.
 By reading the Bible, we
grow in the knowledge of
ourselves, others, and
God
THE STRUCTURE OF THE BIBLE
THE NEW TESTAMENT
THE OLD TESTAMENT
 In the Catholic Bible, there are 27
 The original Hebrew Bible.
books in the New Testament.
 In the Catholic Bible, there are 46  The second part of the Christian
books in the Old Testament.
Biblical canon.

• THEREFORE, there are 73


books in the Catholic Bible.
THE CATHOLIC AND THE PROTESTANT
BIBLE
 CATHOLIC BIBLE  PROTESTANT BIBLE
- There are 73 books in the - There are 66 books in the Protestant
Catholic Bible. Bible.
- There are 7 more books in - They stick with the original Hebrew
the Old Testament, these 7 books Bible of Judaism, therefore, they do not
are also called the accept the deuterocanonical books of the
“Deuterocanonical books.” New Testament.
- The Catholics accepted the - Luther, the Father of Protestantism,
Septuagint translation of the believed that the Deuterocanonical of the
Hebrew Scriptures, but did not Septuagint are not Divinely inspired, as the
accept all the books of it. Jews of the Council of Jamnia also believed.
“SO, WHAT ARE THESE
DEUTEROCANONICAL BOOKS?”
TESTAMENT- agreement or covenant.
OLD TESTAMENT- The Old Testament centers on the
covenant God made with the Israelites.
- Divided into 3 groups of books, namely THE
TaNaK…
a. Torah (Law), Pentateuch, Five Books of
Moses
b. Nevi’im, or Prophets
c. Ketuvim or writings
 TORAH (  ‫)ּתֹורה‬
ָ
- These are the first five books of
the 46 books of the Old Testament. Also
called the Five Books of Moses, namely, the Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,
Numbers and Dueteronomy.
- Etymologically speaking, the Torah in Hebrew means “teaching” or
“doctrine.”
-Later, the word “nomos” was used in the Greek translation of the Bible,
meaning norm or standard, and later Law.
• NEVI’IM OR PROPHETS (‫)נְבִיאִ ים‬
- Literally Nevi’im means the “Spokespersons.”
- These are the writings of the prophets and their speeches
about the Israelites covenant with God.
- the second main division of the Hebrew Bible.
NEVI’IM IS DIVIDED INTO
TWO:
NON-WRITING PROPHETS WRITING PROPHETS
 They contain historical  They are divided into two, namely, the
narratives that begin Major and the Minor prophets collected
immediately after the death into a single book.
of Moses.  The Major prophets are Isaiah,
 These include the books of Jeremiah and Ezekiel.
Joshua, Judges, First and  The Minor prophets are Hosea, Joel,
second Book of Samuel, First
Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum,
and Second book of Kings.
Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai,
Zechariah, Malachi.
• KETUVIM OR WRITINGS
 HISTORICAL and WISDOM books
- Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth,
Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra,
Nehemiah, First and Second book of Chronicles,
Wisdom, Sirach, Tobit, Judith, Baruch, and Maccabees.
THE NEW TESTAMENT
 It deals with the New Covenant of God’s
people with Jesus’ Christ.
 Jesus’ fulfilled the Salvific plan of God in
the Old Testament.
 The books of the New Testament are
The Gospels,
divided into four, namely:
The Acts of the Apostles,
Apostolic Letters or the Epistles
and the Book of Revelation.

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