Your basic guide to our Catholic Bible

Our Bible

By Carley Dawson 2009

“All things desirable to men

are contained in the bible”

Abraham Lincoln

The bible comes from the GREEK word BIBLION

meaning roll or book

Languages

Original bible languages are Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic

Aramaic is the language of Palestine

and the language spoken by Jesus.

It is present in the Old and New Testament

Some important Bible Terms

• B.C.E- before common era• C.E- Common Era• B.C- Before Christ• A.D- Anno Domini “Year of

the Lord”

Bits of important info…..

• The Bible has great problem solving advice• Contains very important stories used by

three major monotheistic religions: Christians, Jewish and Muslim

• God choose people to write the scriptures. He inspired their writings

BibleFacts

Total number

of books 66

Books in the Old

Testament.. 39

Books in the New

Testament.. 27

Approx. number

of authors.

40

Period the Bible

Was writtenover.. 1500

•Called the Old Testament•1400- 400 BCE

•Written on leather of papyrus•Had to be hand copied

•Written in Hebrew or Aramaic•Deals with God’s chosen people and their

relationship•Links to the blood line of Jesus

•Has laws, history and prophecies

Hebrew Scriptures

400 YEAR GAP BETWEEN TESTAMENTS…

50- 90 CE•Deals with the life death and

resurrection of Jesus•The Messiah or anointed one•Tells of the First Churches in Greece, Italy and Asia Minor

•Often written as letters (Epistles) to Churches

New Testament

Bible has poems, prophecies,

history, songs, biographies &

maps

GOSPEL: means Good News

which is the life, death and

resurrection of Jesus

There are different translations and

interpretations for the Bible*King James* Gutenberg

* New American Standard

The Bible is broken into two parts: Hebrew Scriptures and New

Testament

The Hebrew scriptures tells the story of God’s chosen people

The New testament deals with the life, death and resurrection of

Jesus

The Least you need to know….