![]() ![]() “ All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” 2 Timothy 3:16-17 ![]() I hope you can use this little introduction to jumpstart your own diligent and systematic reading of the Bible itself, and that as you read it you may begin to reap its benefits. Nothing that I say about the Bible, however, is as important as what the Bible itself has to say. ![]() This short introduction to its scope and contents will help you avoid getting lost or confused when you open and read it for what may be the first time. I hope that you will take the time to read your own copy for yourself to hear God’s voice as He speaks with you. I want you to experience the Bible’s blessings too. It is like a sword 5 and a hammer 6 and it gives sweetness 7 and food 8. I have read and studied the Bible and found it to be everything that it claims to be: truth 1, light, guidance 2, comfort 3, and cleansing 4. The division is not always wisely made, yet it is very useful.I have been a Christian for many years. The system of verses for the New Testament was introduced by Stephens in 1551, and generally adopted, although neither Tyndale's nor Coverdale's English translation of the Bible has verses. Our modern system of chapters for all the books of the Bible was introduced by Cardinal Hugo about the middle of the thirteenth century (he died 1263). The ancient Jews divided the Old Testament into certain sections for use in the synagogue service, and then at a later period, in the ninth century A.D., into verses. The division of the Bible into chapters and verses is altogether of human invention, designed to facilitate reference to it. The New Testament consists of (1) the historical books, viz., the Gospels, and the Acts of the Apostles (2) the Epistles and (3) the book of prophecy, the Revelation. The period of New Testament revelation, extending over a century, began with the appearance of John the Baptist. Between the Old and the New Testament no addition was made to the revelation God had already given. (3) Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and 1 and 2 Chronicles. (2) Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther, called the five rolls, as being written for the synagogue use on five separate rolls. These were ranked in three divisions:, (1) The Psalms, Proverbs, and Job, distinguished by the Hebrew name, a word formed of the initial letters of these books, emeth, meaning truth. The Hagiographa, or holy writings, including the rest of the books. ![]() The Prophets, consisting of (1) the former, namely, Joshua, Judges, the Books of Samuel, and the Books of Kings (2) the latter, namely, the greater prophets, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel, and the twelve minor prophets. The Law (Torah), consisting of the Pentateuch, or five books of Moses. The Old Testament is divided into three parts:, 1. There is a break of 400 years between the Old Testament and the New. 1:2), "the law" (John 12:34), "the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms" (Luke 24:44), "the law and the prophets" (Matt. The names given to the Old in the writings of the New are "the scriptures" (Matt. It is divided into the Old Testament, containing thirty-nine books, and the New Testament, containing twenty-seven books. The Bible consists of sixty-six different books, composed by many different writers, in three different languages, under different circumstances writers of almost every social rank, statesmen and peasants, kings, herdsmen, fishermen, priests, tax-gatherers, tentmakers educated and uneducated, Jews and Gentiles most of them unknown to each other, and writing at various periods during the space of about 1600 years: and yet, after all, it is only one book dealing with only one subject in its numberless aspects and relations, the subject of man's redemption. Bible, the English form of the Greek name Biblia, meaning "books," the name which in the fifth century began to be given to the entire collection of sacred books, the "Library of Divine Revelation." The name Bible was adopted by Wickliffe, and came gradually into use in our English language. ![]()
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