ANCESTRY OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting

and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly

equipped for every good work.2 Timothy 3:16-17

Biblical Backgrounds

Terms

Papyrus: material used to write onCodex: pages of __________ arranged in book formParchment: ______________Vellum: calf skinPalimpsest: copying processManuscript: (MSS) hand written document

papyrusanimal skin

Terms

Autographs: original manuscriptsPointed Text: Hebrew ________ systemUncial: letter type – all CAPSMinuscule: letter type – all lower casePolyglot: document written with 2 or more languagesAramaic: dialect of __________Canon: authoritative Scripture

vowel

Hebrew

Terms

Scribal Gloss: errors made by scribes during the copying process

Homophony: substitution of similar sounding words

Haplography: scribe writes a word or phrase once when it should have been written twiceDittography: scribe writes a word or phrase twice when it should have been written once

Codex Sinaiticus

The oldest complete text of the NT.

Beautiful uncial script. A chunk of John.

Marginal notes•Small corrections in or above text•Large corrections in margin

Vellum (parchment)

Codex SinaiticusThe corrector caught a missing phrase and marked it with dots. The scribe made a unique mark (squiggle with 2 dots) at the error and beside the correction.

Scripture: Nature of The Bible

Definition: a library of sacred books which comprise one book = 66 books total

Purpose: To redeem the ________ Redemption of ________ ________ the redeemed

worldman

Instruct

It’s Character Inerrant: totally ___________, without

error Infallible: totally _____________ for life

instruction

consistenttrustworthy

Divisions of The Bible Old Testament – 39 Books

Law: Torah or Pentateuch or Five Books of Moses

Prophets Five Major: Isaiah - Daniel Twelve Minor: Hosea - Malachi

Writings Historical Poetry

Divisions of The Bible New Testament

Gospels Epistles

Pauline Epistles General Epistles

Apocalyptic

Divisions of The Bible Identifying the Inspired Writings?

____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

AuthorityAuthorship

AliveAcceptance

Authenticity

2 Timothy 3:15-1615 … from childhood you have known the Holy

Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

15 heira grammata

16 pasa graphe

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

2 Timothy 3:16-17

God Wrote A Book