The Bible Research Paper
The origin of the Bible is God. The Bible is God's letter to humanity collected into 66 books written by 40 divinely inspired writers over a period of over 1,600 years. The Bible comes is comprised of from existing copies of ancient manuscripts such as the Hebrew Masoretic Text (Old Testament) and the Greek Textus Receptus (New Testament).
The history of the "Bible" begins with the Jewish Scriptures. The historical record of the Jews was written down on leather scrolls and tablets over centuries, and the authors included kings, shepherds, prophets and other leaders inspired by God. Thereafter, other scriptural texts were written and collected by the Jewish people during the next 1,000 years. About 450 BC, all of the Jewish scriptures were …show more content…
collected and arranged by councils of rabbis, who then recognized the complete set as the inspired and sacred authority of God.
Beginning as early as 250 BC, the Hebrew Bible was translated into Greek by Jewish scholars in Alexandria, Egypt.
The translation became known as the Septuagint, meaning 70, and referring to the tradition that 70 or 72 men comprised the translation team. Also the books of the Bible were arranged by topic, including history, poetry, and prophecy. In 90 AD, at the Council of Jamnia, the Jewish elders established the final Bible.
The Septuagint was also a source of the Old Testament for early Christians during the first few centuries AD. Many early Christians spoke and read Greek, thus they relied on the Septuagint translation for most of their understanding of the Old Testament. The New Testament writers also relied heavily on the Septuagint, as a majority of Old Testament quotes cited in the New Testament are quoted directly from the …show more content…
Septuagint.
The Bible is divided into two parts. The first is the Old Testament, which contains the twenty-four books of the Hebrew Bible divided into thirty-nine books. The Old Testament was written primarily in Hebrew, with some books written in Aramaic. The first five books are called the Law, which were written and/or edited primarily by Moses in the early 1400's BC. The second part is the New Testament, containing twenty-seven books. The New Testament was written in Greek. The first four books of the New Testament form the gospels which recount the life of Jesus. The fifth book is Acts of the Apostles, a history of the early Apostles after the crucifixion of Jesus. The next twenty-one books are Epistles or letters which are concerned with advice and instruction. And the Bible closes with Revelation, an apocalyptic book.
By the second century BCE Jewish groups had called the Bible books "holy," and Christians now commonly call the Old and New Testaments of the Christian Bible "The Holy Bible". The Bible was divided into chapters in the thirteenth century by Stephen Langton, who eventually became a Roman Catholic Archbishop, and later into verses in the sixteenth century by French printer Robert Estienne; the Bible is now usually cited by book, chapter, and verse.
In 1456 A.D.
Gutenberg produced the first printed Bible in Latin. In 1514 A.D. The Greek New Testament was printed for the first time by Erasmus. He based his Greek New Testament from only five Greek manuscripts, the oldest of which dated only as far back as the twelfth century. In 1522 A. D. Polyglot Bible was published. The Old Testament was in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Latin and the New Testament in Latin and Greek. In 1611 A.D. The King James Version was translated into English from the original Hebrew and Greek. In 1968 A.D. The United Bible Societies 4th Edition of the Greek New Testament was printed. This Greek New Testament made use of the oldest Greek manuscripts which date from 175 A.D. In 1971 A.D. The New American Standard Version (NASV) was published. It makes use of the wealth of much older Hebrew and Greek manuscripts now available that weren't available at the time of the translation of the KJV. In 1983 A.D. The New International Version (NIV) was published. It also made use of the oldest manuscript evidence. It is more of a "thought-for-thought" translation and reads more easily than the
NASV.
The history of the "Bible" begins with the Jewish Scriptures. The historical record of the Jews was written down on leather scrolls and tablets over centuries, and the authors included kings, shepherds, prophets and other leaders inspired by God. Thereafter, other scriptural texts were written and collected by the Jewish people during the next 1,000 years. About 450 BC, all of the Jewish scriptures were …show more content…
collected and arranged by councils of rabbis, who then recognized the complete set as the inspired and sacred authority of God.
Beginning as early as 250 BC, the Hebrew Bible was translated into Greek by Jewish scholars in Alexandria, Egypt.
The translation became known as the Septuagint, meaning 70, and referring to the tradition that 70 or 72 men comprised the translation team. Also the books of the Bible were arranged by topic, including history, poetry, and prophecy. In 90 AD, at the Council of Jamnia, the Jewish elders established the final Bible.
The Septuagint was also a source of the Old Testament for early Christians during the first few centuries AD. Many early Christians spoke and read Greek, thus they relied on the Septuagint translation for most of their understanding of the Old Testament. The New Testament writers also relied heavily on the Septuagint, as a majority of Old Testament quotes cited in the New Testament are quoted directly from the …show more content…
Septuagint.
The Bible is divided into two parts. The first is the Old Testament, which contains the twenty-four books of the Hebrew Bible divided into thirty-nine books. The Old Testament was written primarily in Hebrew, with some books written in Aramaic. The first five books are called the Law, which were written and/or edited primarily by Moses in the early 1400's BC. The second part is the New Testament, containing twenty-seven books. The New Testament was written in Greek. The first four books of the New Testament form the gospels which recount the life of Jesus. The fifth book is Acts of the Apostles, a history of the early Apostles after the crucifixion of Jesus. The next twenty-one books are Epistles or letters which are concerned with advice and instruction. And the Bible closes with Revelation, an apocalyptic book.
By the second century BCE Jewish groups had called the Bible books "holy," and Christians now commonly call the Old and New Testaments of the Christian Bible "The Holy Bible". The Bible was divided into chapters in the thirteenth century by Stephen Langton, who eventually became a Roman Catholic Archbishop, and later into verses in the sixteenth century by French printer Robert Estienne; the Bible is now usually cited by book, chapter, and verse.
In 1456 A.D.
Gutenberg produced the first printed Bible in Latin. In 1514 A.D. The Greek New Testament was printed for the first time by Erasmus. He based his Greek New Testament from only five Greek manuscripts, the oldest of which dated only as far back as the twelfth century. In 1522 A. D. Polyglot Bible was published. The Old Testament was in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Latin and the New Testament in Latin and Greek. In 1611 A.D. The King James Version was translated into English from the original Hebrew and Greek. In 1968 A.D. The United Bible Societies 4th Edition of the Greek New Testament was printed. This Greek New Testament made use of the oldest Greek manuscripts which date from 175 A.D. In 1971 A.D. The New American Standard Version (NASV) was published. It makes use of the wealth of much older Hebrew and Greek manuscripts now available that weren't available at the time of the translation of the KJV. In 1983 A.D. The New International Version (NIV) was published. It also made use of the oldest manuscript evidence. It is more of a "thought-for-thought" translation and reads more easily than the
NASV.