Biblical canon

After studying a passage of Scripture, it’s important that we connect what we learned to the rest of Scripture. Which is when the correlation study comes in. This is an important step when you are studying a specific passage of the bible. There are 66 books in the Bible and over 30 different authors all writing about the same scenario . Because of this there is bound to be some overlap in content. Sometimes there are entire sections that are repeated in different places, and other times there…

critical questions about the epistemological value of the scriptures. In his book Divine Revelation and the Limits of Historical Criticism, William Abraham quotes the philosopher Basil Mitchel on his account of the epistemological nature of the Christian Canon on the assumption that it is, in fact, divinely inspired. Basil Mitchel states: “Although if I do not know you I can learn a certain amount about you by observing and responding to your behavior, unless I am very familiar with the work you…

When imagining what the future may look like, for many the Bible is the last place they would look. Yet for many Christians it has always been the first and foremost source of vital information. Why is this still the case after more than two thousand years? After the age of enlightenment and the subsequent ages of Post Modernism, Post Christianity and Post Truth? Are we so far advanced that reading such an outdated piece of literature could be relegated to the library section of folktales and…

When thinking about the nature of the Bible in terms of authoritative, inerrant, or divinely inspired, I personally find the Bible to be authoritative. At the beginning of this course I thought that the Bible had to be inerrant in order to be true. If the Bible were to be considered inerrant it would mean that the bible is without error in every aspect. This cannot be true though because some of the scientific and historical claims within in the Bible have been proven to be inaccurate. Therefore…

Throughout history the Bible, one of the oldest and longest lasting books in history (Akin et al., 2014), has undergone extreme scrutiny and diligent study. The efforts are usually to determine the validity of the claim that the Bible is inspired God. Scholars are seeking to determine the historicity of the stories, miracles and people interactions with the goal of asserting or denying the self-witnessing nature of the Scriptures. First and foremost, Christians believe and trust in the Bible as…

Sometimes we will find a word in a manuscript written in a similar language, with another meaning that fits the Biblical context better. For example, in Davies An Analytical Approach, he states, “Somehow, some of Jesus’ words spoken in the Aramaic language around 30 CE appear in different form in the Greek language about sixty years later in the Gospel of Luke.” (Davies…

This weeks reading covered the introduction to the Old Testament, the different types of languages it was written in and the different types of language used such as poetry. Then the archeology of the Old Testament and the geography and information about early civilizations from the Fertile Crescent to Palestine. Reading also included canonization of the Old Testament, the various translations that have arisen from different sources, the textual criticism that lead to these different…

This is called canon. Book had been included s scripture gradually, but some other had distinctions and evidence that did not allow them to be considered scripture. In chapter fifteen the author writes about the Apocrypha, or books that are not included in the Old Testament. There are four types of literature which include historical, legendary, prophetic and ethical. The books that are not accepted are not included because they have not been accepted in the past in the Hebrew canon of the Old…

Patriarchy, by definition, is the idea in which men hold a status of power among all and this power is continually passed down through paternal lineage. However, the term “patriarchy” is very loose and often changes regarding the situation at hand. This broad idea of patriarchy is portrayed in the Bible through language such as “he,” “him,” and most importantly, “man” or, “men.” The male powered society can also be viewed in referring to the position of power men played in the culture of Israel…

Thus, I’d say the curriculum supports the main claims of the publisher: “Deep Truth, Bold Faith, and Changed Lives.” It accomplishes this because each lesson prints the biblical passage, summarizes and explains the passage, poses questions to students for further theological reflection, confronts students to make practical applications to life, and encourages student to have deeper fellowship with God daily by its supplemental…