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CFE 101 - Module 1 - Lesson 1 - General Introduction To The Bible

The document provides an introduction to sacred scripture. It discusses making daily Bible reading part of prayer life. The Bible contains the story of God's relationship with his people. It is comprised of books that were inspired by God and useful for teaching righteousness. The Bible is a special communication from God that provides moral guidelines. Its authors were guided by the Holy Spirit without impairing their freedom. The scriptures are without error in matters of faith and salvation. There are two versions of the biblical canon - the Alexandrian and Palestinian canons, which differ by several deuterocanonical books. The Bible is divided into the Old and New Testaments. Careful exegesis, not subjective eisegesis, should be used

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CFE 101 - Module 1 - Lesson 1 - General Introduction To The Bible

The document provides an introduction to sacred scripture. It discusses making daily Bible reading part of prayer life. The Bible contains the story of God's relationship with his people. It is comprised of books that were inspired by God and useful for teaching righteousness. The Bible is a special communication from God that provides moral guidelines. Its authors were guided by the Holy Spirit without impairing their freedom. The scriptures are without error in matters of faith and salvation. There are two versions of the biblical canon - the Alexandrian and Palestinian canons, which differ by several deuterocanonical books. The Bible is divided into the Old and New Testaments. Careful exegesis, not subjective eisegesis, should be used

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MODULE 1

LESSON 1
INTRODUCTION TO THE SACRED
SCRIPTURE
READING THE BIBLE
• Make reading the BIBLE part of your daily prayer life.
• Reading these inspired words, you grow deeper in your
relationship with GOD and come to understand your
place in the community God has called you to in
Himself.
• The Bible is the story of God's relationship with the
people he has called to himself.
WHAT IS THE BIBLE ALL ABOUT?

• etymologically, the word “Bible” is derived from the Latin term


“Biblia,” which means “books.”
• collections of written materials were called “biblia” by the Greeks.
• “Biblia” denotes all the books of the Old and New Testaments.
• Bible is God’s revelation, meaning God’s word in written form.
All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for
refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that one who
belongs to God may be competent, equipped for every good work
(2 timothy3:16-17).

The Bible is special communication of God.


The Christian Scriptures provide basic guidelines of moral conduct.
DIVINE INSPIRATION

1) In composing the sacred books, God chose men and while


employed by him,
2) they made use of their powers and abilities, so that with him acting
in them and through them,
3) they, as true authors, consigned to writing everything and only
those things which he wanted (Dei Verbum 11).
4) The books of the Scripture must be acknowledged as teaching
solidly, faithfully, and without error that TRUTH which God
wanted put into sacred writings
5) for the sake of salvation.
Biblical inspiration is derived from a word
which means “breathed in” –God himself
guided The human authors who wrote the
books of the Bible whose intellects were
enlightened directly by the action of Holy
Spirit to write what God wanted them to
write without, however, impairing their
freedom (Hahn, 2004, p. 7).
God is the principal author of Scripture, and
the human authors also as real authors
because they acted as free and intelligent
instruments of the Holy Spirit.
INERRANCY OF SACRED SCRIPTURE
The Bible contains no error.
•literally, “inerrant” means does not err. This means,
according to Hahn (2004), that “Scripture teaches
truth, never error”
•“the Bible, according to Knox (2011), is free from
error in those religious affirmations that are made for
the sake of our salvation.”
B. CANON OF SACRED SCRIPTURE

Books of the Bible are often


referred to as canonical books.
•canon is the Greek for “rule” or
“norm.”
•The word “canon” also came to
mean “list.” The canon is the list
of books, both the Old testament
and New testament, that the
Church recognizes as inspired
necessary to our faith.
TWO VERSIONS OF THE SCRIPTURES:

1. ALEXANDRIAN CANON OR
SEPTUAGINT:
• the Greek translation of the Hebrew.
• the Catholic Church accepted all the
books of the Septuagint as canonical
that constitute the Old Testament
(Knox, 2011, pp. 93 – 94).
• it has a total of forty-six (46) books.
2. PALESTINIAN CANON
• This canon excluded books that were written in Greek
or Aramaic. it has thirty-nine (39) books. This is still
the canon accepted by Jews today. When the
protestants in the 16th century started making
translations from the original Hebrew, they used the
Palestinian canon (Knox, 2011, p. 94).
DEUTEROCANONICAL BOOKS

• These are seven (7) books that make up the


difference between the Alexandrian canon and
Palestinian canon
• ”Second canon”—to show that they are not
accepted in the Jewish canon. (1 and 2 Maccabees,
Judith, Tobit, Baruch, Sirach, And Wisdom). Many
protestant editions of the bible, however, include
these books at the end under the title “apocrypha.”
C. DIVISIONS OF THE BIBLE

1. Old Testament 2. New Testament


This part of the Bible contains
historical writings, stories, poetry, The word comes from the Latin
“testamentum”, meaning “formal
songs, writings on human wisdom, agreement, or covenant between two
writings on prophecy that span the (2) parties. “Old Testament” was first
whole extent of the Jewish life. The introduced by Tertullian (ca 200 ad) to
Old Testament is also called the refer to the Jewish Scripture and “New
Jewish Scripture. Testament” to the Christian Scripture.
D. INTERPRETATION OF Approaches of Interpreting the
SACRED SCRIPTURE Sacred Scriptures
1. Exegesis
• exegesis is the exposition of a text based
on a careful, objective analysis.
• exegesis literally means “to lead out of.”
that means that the interpreter is led to
his conclusions by following the text.
• exegesis is an act of love. It is loving
God enough to stop and listen carefully.
2. Eisegesis
It is the interpretation of a passage based on a
subjective, non-analytical reading. the word eisegesis
literally means “to lead into,” which means the
interpreter injects his own ideas into the text, making
it mean whatever he wants.
FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN INTERPRETING
SACRED SCRIPTURES (CFC 92-96):

1. The inspired human author’s intention


2. The text itself
3. The reader of the text
4. The common horizon connecting the original
community context of the text with our community
reading today.

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