The Bible-Our English''Bible'' comes from the greek word biblios, meaning ''a book'' Mathew 1:1,.''The book (biblios)of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.'' Also from the latin word ''Ta Biblia,'' meaning 'the books'. .TheBible is also called scripture, scriptures,holy writings, holyscriptures,the word of God. The bible is mainly divided in to two sections known as the old and new testament. The word ''testament '' was originally translated ''covenant'' it signifies the thought that each is acovenant which God made with his people(the Jews ) . The old testament comprises thirty nine books while the new testament comprise twenty seven books.The old testament books are divided into four sections. The first is the law or the torah or pentateuch (five books) Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The second was the Prophets. The prophets are divided into two the major and the minor prophets. The major prophets are Isaiah, Jerimiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, etc. The minors are Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zeechariah, Malachi . The writings are called poetical books and they are Psalms, Proverbs, Job, song of songs, Lamentation, Ecclesiastes, and Esther. The last is the historical books and they are Ezra, Nehemiah and Chronicles. The new testament books are mainly divided by the gosple, narrative, and epistles and the apocalyptic. The gosple are Matthew, Mark, Luke, John,. The narative is only one book and it is the book of acts. The Epistles are divided into two the general and the personal epistle. The general epistles are the Romans, I-IICorinthians, Ephesians, Philippians,Galatians, and the I-II Thessalonians. The personal epistles are James, I-II Timothy , Titus , I-II-III John and Jude. The last is the Apocalyptic and it only contain one book the Revelation. Apocryphal Books. Apocrypha means hidden ,spurious, heretical. It is applied to the writings with questionable authorship. Some books are ascribed to authors who did not write them(The Gospel of Peter, Judas , Philip,Thomas etc.) - called pseudepigrapha. These writings were kept from public circulation not because of their questionable value. Deuterocanonical Books (Catholic Bible) - are books not include in the sixty six books of the protestant Bible. Tobit, Bel and Dragon, etc. Then how do we know the bible is true. We can know that the bible is true. First reason it is true because of its fulfilled prophecies. Second reason we can know it's true because of its unique historical accuracy. Third reason we can know the bible it's true is because of its scientific accuracy. The fourth reason why we can know the bible is true is because of its unique structure. The last reason why we can know that the bible is true is because of it's unique effect.
The Bible
The Bible-Our English''Bible'' comes from the greek word biblios, meaning ''a book'' Mathew 1:1,.''The book (biblios)of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.'' Also from the latin word ''Ta Biblia,'' meaning 'the books'. .TheBible is also called scripture, scriptures,holy writings, holyscriptures,the word of God. The bible is mainly divided in to two sections known as the old and new testament. The word ''testament '' was originally translated ''covenant'' it signifies the thought that each is acovenant which God made with his people(the Jews ) . The old testament comprises thirty nine books while the new testament comprise twenty seven books.The old testament books are divided into four sections. The first is the law or the torah or pentateuch (five books) Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The second was the Prophets. The prophets are divided into two the major and the minor prophets. The major prophets are Isaiah, Jerimiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, etc. The minors are Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zeechariah, Malachi . The writings are called poetical books and they are Psalms, Proverbs, Job, song of songs, Lamentation, Ecclesiastes, and Esther. The last is the historical books and they are Ezra, Nehemiah and Chronicles. The new testament books are mainly divided by the gosple, narrative, and epistles and the apocalyptic. The gosple are Matthew, Mark, Luke, John,. The narative is only one book and it is the book of acts. The Epistles are divided into two the general and the personal epistle. The general epistles are the Romans, I-IICorinthians, Ephesians, Philippians,Galatians, and the I-II Thessalonians. The personal epistles are James, I-II Timothy , Titus , I-II-III John and Jude. The last is the Apocalyptic and it only contain one book the Revelation. Apocryphal Books. Apocrypha means hidden ,spurious, heretical. It is applied to the writings with questionable authorship. Some books are ascribed to authors who did not write them(The Gospel of Peter, Judas , Philip,Thomas etc.) - called pseudepigrapha. These writings were kept from public circulation not because of their questionable value. Deuterocanonical Books (Catholic Bible) - are books not include in the sixty six books of the protestant Bible. Tobit, Bel and Dragon, etc. Then how do we know the bible is true. We can know that the bible is true. First reason it is true because of its fulfilled prophecies. Second reason we can know it's true because of its unique historical accuracy. Third reason we can know the bible it's true is because of its scientific accuracy. The fourth reason why we can know the bible is true is because of its unique structure. The last reason why we can know that the bible is true is because of it's unique effect.
