An Introduction to the Bible

Bol Partner

A casual reader enters a bookshop looking for a Bible. However, not all the Bibles on display have the same contents! Some have more books than others, some are study editions, some use gender-free language. How did this come about? This Introduction works back through the processes by which the Bible was written, transmitted, copied and declared to be authoritative by various churches. The following topics are dealt with: What is the Bible?; How Biblical Writers Wrote; The Making of the Old Testament; The Making of the Apocrypha; The Making of the New Testament; The Canon of the Bible; The Study of the Bible; The Use of the Bible in Social, Moral and Political Questions. This updated edition takes account of developments in scholarship since the book was first published in 1999 by Penguin. The original edition has been translated into Spanish and Portuguese.

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Overviews of each Old Testament book with an introduction to the New Testament and the Gospel of Matthew. Written in an easy teaching style, it serves as a Bible resource and guided tour for readers who are new to reading the Bible, or new to Christianity. This book was written and recorded to tell the world of God’s greatness and His goodness. It was written with family and friends in mind who needed a guide through the Old Testament so that its fulfillment in Jesus would make more sense to them - and that they would see God’s hand of goodness and love on its pages. There are times that it can be challenging to understand the context of a Bible passage and to see the bigger picture on our own. It helps to have a guide. Please consider this book to be your guide.

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Pages: 74, Paperback, ISBN Canada