Bible Study Course: Lesson 1 - Why the Bible is the Word of God
Glossary
The Bible: The books (Greek, biblia) that are acknowledged
as canonical (authoritative) by the early Christian Church. It includes both
the books of the ancient Hebrew prophets and those of the apostolic witnesses
to Jesus Christ.
The Hebrew Bible: The books of the Old Testament.
The languages of the Bible: Mostly ancient Hebrew for the
Old Testament (Aramaic for a small portion of Daniel), ancient Greek for the
New.
The New Testament: The 27 authoritative books of the apostolic
writings: the four Gospels of Christ, Acts (a history), 21 apostolic letters
and the book of Revelation.
The Old Testament: Those books that make up the Hebrew Bible
generally accepted by Christians, Jews and to some extent Moslems. It contains
a threefold division: the Law (the five books of Moses), the Prophets and the
Writings.
Oracles: In the New Testament the term means divine utterances
and generally refers to the entire Old Testament or specific parts of it.
The Scripture(s): The divinely inspired writings of both the
Old and New Testaments. The term Scripture is used in the New Testament
to refer to both the Hebrew Bible (Luke 24:44-45) and the new apostolic writings
accepted as inspired (2 Peter 3:16; 1 Timothy 5:18).
Secularization or Secularism: The silencing of the supernatural;
an implicit denial of the miraculous in explaining human existence.
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