A Glimpse of the Bible

BIBLEBIBLE- God’s Word- One of the channels by

which God’s revelation of Himself is taking place.

BIBLEBIBLE- Came from biblia- books

Byblos- papyrus, a reed with which the Egyptians prepared writing materials.

BIBLEBIBLE- Two major divisions:Old Testament and New

Testament

The Books of the Old The Books of the Old TestamentTestament

The PentateuchThe Pentateuch

The Historical BooksThe Historical Books

The Wisdom BooksThe Wisdom Books

WISDOMSIRACH

The Prophetic BooksThe Prophetic Books

The Books of the New The Books of the New TestamentTestament

The Acts of the Apostles The Acts of the Apostles (Acts)(Acts)

The Pauline LettersThe Pauline Letters

The EpistlesThe EpistlesLetters Written by the Letters Written by the

Apostles to a More Apostles to a More Universal GroupUniversal Group

The Revelation or The Revelation or ApocalypseApocalypse

The DeuterocanonicalsThe Deuterocanonicals

TobitJudith

Wisdom or Wisdom of Solomon

 Sirach or EcclesiasticusBaruch

1 Maccabees2 Maccabees

HEBREW BIBLEHEBREW BIBLETANAK- Torah

- Neviim- Ketubim

GREEK EDITIONGREEK EDITIONSEPTUAGINT- seventy- Added 7 books (not

accepted by Jewish scholars)

THE CATHOLIC EDITIONTHE CATHOLIC EDITION- Follows the Septuagint

or the Greek Edition- 73 books- 46 OT- 27 NT

THE PROTESTANT THE PROTESTANT EDITIONEDITION

- Follows the Hebrew Bible

- 66 books- 39 OT- 27 NT

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