Bible
Bible
Bible
St. Jerome
A.D. 382-406, St. Jerome translated the Old Testament (Hebrew) and the New Testament
(Greek) into Latin, known as the LATIN VULGATE version of the Bible.
2.The Bible is about people – The Bible consists about narratives about real men and women
who were chosen to play a role in God’s saving plan.
Their story is also our story.
3. The Bible is about salvation history – it is the story of God’s plan of salvation that began
with Israel, climaxed in Jesus Christ, and continues to our present time in the Church.
4. The Bible is about Faith – the Bible was written primarily to draw us to believe and be
saved.2 Timothy 3:16-17
5. The Bible is about us – we see ourselves in the different stories written in the Bible.
3. The Canon – refers to the complete list of books in the OT and NT recognized by the
Church as divinely inspired.
STEPHEN LANGTON
Bishop of Canterbury
It was his idea to divide each book into numbered chapters to make it easy to find
one’s way around the Bible.
This was done in 1226
The 3 Groups of Books of the OT
THE LAW/TORAH/PENTATEUCH (5)
The first 5 books of the Bible
The most sacred text to the Jews
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
2. THE PROPHETS (21) – contains the writings and speeches of the prophets.
Non-writing Prophets
Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings
Writing Prophets
Major Prophets
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel
Minor Prophets
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah,
Malachi
3. THE WRITINGS (20)– these books elaborate what a covenant with God means.
- Mostly written in poetic form
Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra,
Nehemiah, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Wisdom, Sirach, Tobit, Judith, Baruch, 1 & 2 Maccabees
THE GOSPELS (4)– records the accounts on Jesus’ redeeming life, teachings and work.
The climax is Jesus’ Paschal Mystery (Passion, Death and Resurrection).
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
The Scriptures were not written to give historical information but to deepen and strengthen
our faith in God.
When we read the Bible with faith, that is, when we completely believe all that it contains,
we allow God’s Word to touch us, to inspire us, to give us hope, and to help us find meaning,
comfort, and strength.