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bible means books

1 book, the bible; 2 books withing, old/ new testament
old testament/ Hebrew scriptures- Roman catholic have 46;;;

protestant/jews have 39
new testament/ Christian scriptures; 27 books in NT. (4 gospels)
the bible is used for moral insight, religious instruction,
meditation and prayer, liturgy, swearing in, primary source of

theology
Most important/popular book of all time ; Bible
Both Judaism and Christianity see the bible as containing the

foundation story of faith

Judaism;
Believes the bible is gods revelation to them and through them

to the rest of humanity

Christianity
Similar to Judaism with a greater emphaisis on NT
Islam- considers it a historical and prophetic text as background

to understand Muhammad
Divinely Inspired- does not mean God dictated t to the
writer, short answer; it believes god is speaking through the
text, longer answer; Christianity believes that the text is true(not
in scientific sense) and consistent with gods will. It is a religious
truth, the essence is truth(context), collection of memories or

family story. Belief that it is true for all times, this is a challenge
Scripture means writings
Testament means covenant; a sacred agreement between 2

parties
Cannon means; measuring stick/rule; bible is a measure of faith
insofar as they are regarded as authoritative for Christian belief/

prayer/ praxis
Historical context; written between 1200-150 BCE(history back to
circa 1800 BCE) . there was a long era of oral tradition before
written down.

Abraham lived post exilic Judaism

Christians retained Hebrew scriptures because it was shared

history
3 divisions of Hebrew scriptures
The Torah( the law/ Pentateuch)
The neviim ( the prophets)
The khetuvim(the writings)

How to study the bible;

Fundamentalist approach; literally read the word and interpret

it
Historical-critical method- considers different forms of
criticism. Asks the question what was going on historically at the
time the events occurred or when they were written down. Keep
peeling back layers to discover more

-Source criticism- not many because they were oral stories that
were eventually written down
- form criticism- what is the literary form of the text(oral tradition or
facts)
-textual criticism- what was the original wording of the text, how
was it translated, what does it actually say. Bible translated from
Hebrew>arameic>greek>latin>English. Most bibles translated
differently
-redaction criticism- looks at how the material was edited to meet
the needs of the audience.
Create levels/ layers of meaning; exegesis is the goal
5 themes in Hebrew scriptures

God is a personal being who is concerned with human affairs

The primary way Israel learned about god was through the

things god did for Israel

God is not only great and holy, but tender and loving

God constantly (faithfully) calls Israel back into a right/

covenant relationship
Hebrew scriptures sets the context into which Jesus is born

Biblical citations

: differentiates between a chapter and verse

-uses to indicate passage/ through-ness
;indicates beginning of a new passage