What Is the

Bible?

Document #: TX001066
 OBJECTIVES

• Classify the Books of the New

Testament by describing their nature
and listing with their abbreviations
•
• Discuss the formation of the Gospels
by describing Jesus’ life and teaching,
the Oral Tradition and the written
gospels
 KEY TERMS

Bible, Sacred Scriptures,

Testament, Inspiration,
Inerrancy, canon
Bible
(English)
=
Biblia (Greek)
=
“Books” (Literal Meaning)
 2 Tim 3:16

“All Scripture is God-

breathed and is useful for
teaching, rebuking, correcting
and training in righteousness.”
Scriptures – “ sacred writings”

•Divinely inspired
( Biblical inspiration)
•Record of how God made
Himself known
( Dogmatic Constitution on Divine
Revelation) Dei Verbum

•The Scriptures
- “ Sacred books”
God talks with His children
The Bible is God’s Living Word

God is a His Word is a

living God Living Word
WHAT THE BIBLE IS
ALL ABOUT

-Identity
-Character
-Purpose of creating,
THE BIBLE redeeming and
IS ABOUT sanctifying us
GOD
- Ways in Calling people
1
WHAT THE BIBLE IS
ALL ABOUT

- Their story is also our

THE BIBLE
IS ABOUT
story, their message also
PEOPLE our message

2
WHAT THE BIBLE IS
ALL ABOUT

- Records almost 2000

years- Israelites
THE BIBLE - Purpose to give
IS ABOUT spiritual and religious
SALVATION significance
HISTORY

3
WHAT THE BIBLE IS
ALL ABOUT

- Provides means to
understand the meaning
THE BIBLE
of events in our lives
IS ABOUT
US
-Grow in the knowledge
of ourselves, others and
5 God
WHAT THE BIBLE IS
ALL ABOUT

- Living witness to God

- Central source of
THE BIBLE
God’s Revelation
IS ABOUT - Gift of Salvation
FAITH
To draw us to believe
and, in believing, be
4 saved
FORMATION OF THE BIBLE

Handed down Written The

from generation records Canon-
to generation final
collection
of books
The Bible
is a library
or
collection
of many
books.

© Saint Mary’s Pres/Paul Casper

 What are the main sections of the Bible?

Covenant of
© Saint Mary’s Press / Catholic Youth Bible®, Third Edition

God made with

the Israelites
How many books of the Bible can you
name?
Books of Historical T
Law Books h
The first five Sixteen books e
books of the of religious
Bible, the heart history and a W
of the Old few “historical r
Testament novellas” i
t
Prophetic t
Books Wisdom i
Eighteen books n
Books
recording the g
Seven books
warnings and s
of poetry and
promises of wise sayings
Israel’s prophets

© Saint Mary’s Pres/Paul Casper

Connect the Old Testament Books
to Their Sections

Micah
BOOKS OF LAW
2 Chronicles
Song of Songs
HISTORICAL BOOKS
Jeremiah
Deuteronomy
PROPHETIC BOOKS
Proverbs
Exodus
WISDOM BOOKS
Judges
Gospels
The story of Jesus’
life and ministry and
Pauline Letters
the start of the (Epistles)
Church, told from Fourteen letters by
four complementary Saint Paul or his
faith perspectives disciples written to
provide teaching
Acts and to correct
This books tells abuses in the early
about the early churches
Christian community
Catholic Letters Revelation
Seven letters A book written
written by Christ’s as apocalyptic
Apostles or their literature,
disciples to provide during a time
teaching and to when
correct abuses in Christians
the early churches were being
persecuted

© Saint Mary’s Pres/Paul Casper

Connect the New Testament Books
to Their Sections
GOSPELS
2 John
Mark ACTS
Galatians
John
PAULINE LETTERS
Revelation to John
Romans
NON-PAULINE LETTERS
James
Acts of the Apostles
REVELATION
Getting to the bible’s meaning

1
• Reading the Bible

2
• Praying with the Bible

3
• Studying the Bible
4. LIVING THE BIBLE
 Read Your Bible, Pray Everyday
• Read your Bible, pray everyday
• Pray everyday, pray everyday
• Read your Bible, pray everyday
• And you’ll go,grow,glow

• And you’ll go,grow,glow

• And you’ll go, grow, glow
• Read your Bible, Pray everyday
• And you’ll go, grow, glow

• Don’t read your Bible, forget to pray

• Don’t‘ read your Bible forget to pray
• ( And you’ll shrink, shrink shrink) 3x
• Don’t read your Bible, Forget to pray
• And you’ll shrink, shirnk,shirnk
Points to Remember

• The Bible is a library of seventy-three books.

• The Bible has two main sections: the Old
Testament and the New Testament.
• Testament is another word for covenant.
A covenant is a sacred vow.
• The Old Testament covenants are between
God and his Chosen People, who are called
Hebrews, Israelites, or Jews.
Points to Remember (cont.)

• The New Covenant (New Testament) shows

how the former covenants are fulfilled by the life,
death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
• The Old Testament is divided into four sections
of books.
• The New Testament can also be divided into
four sections.
• In the Bible God reveals his plan for our
salvation.