4th lesson nature_of_the_bible_

Comunicación y Gerencia

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1.) Specify the relationship of Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition;

2.) Explain the Bible as Word of God, an inspiration, its canonicity and inerrancy;

3.) Fervently pray to the Holy Spirit for the inspiration in reading the Bible.


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-comes from the Greek word (plural) “ta’ biblia”

Latin (singular)- biblia

1.) A library

-a collection of many different books which are divided into 2 large groupings.

a) Old Testament (O.T.)

b) New Testament (N.T.)


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-comes from Latin word “testamentum”

covenant

A collection of books which tells us about the covenant which God made with Israel through Moses (O.T.) and which he fulfilled in Jesus (N.T.)


2.) A Scripture

meanings:

a) It is the Word of God set down in writing.

b) The Writings which are the Word of God for us and not the events or words spoken before they were composed.


1.) O.T. – common to both Jews and Christians but with some differences.

a) Jews & Protestants

-have 40 books written in Hebrew

b) Catholics

-have 40 books and 6 extra books


-Protestants call them “APOCRYPHAL BOOKS” (following St. Jerome’s use of the Hebrew canon)

-Catholics call them “DEUTERO-CANONICAL BOOKS” (accepting the canon of the Greeks by the Palestinian rabbis in 90 A.D.)


2.) N.T.

-common, identical to all Christians

-has 27 books

-written in common Greek language “koine”.


1.) Jewish Christian Equivalent

a) Torah - Pentateuch

b) Nebiim - Prophets

c) Kethubim - Writings

2.) Christian

a) Pentateuch (Law) c) Prophetic Books

b) Historical Books d) Wisdom Books


CHOSE 1 OBJECT THAT CAN DESCRIBE YOUR LIFE WITH GOD.

The many books connote different revelations of God to his people, what’s your realization of the many chapters of your own life in connection with God?


1.) O.T. = written in Hebrew and few in Aramaic

All consonants; no vowels


7th century – Jewish scholars (massoretes) fixed the meaning of a text by adding vowels

Ex. YHWH = YAHWEH

**Hebrew Text = known as Massoretic text

3rd cent. B.C. O.T. was translated into Greek in Alexandria


THE SEPTUAGINT


When Ptolemy Philadelphus II (285–247 BCE)of Egypt wanted a Greek translation of

the Jewish scriptures he asked the chief priest of Jerusalem for aid. Seventy-two

translators were duly sent to Egypt, six from every tribe, where they worked

independently for seventy-two days on seventy-two versions. When the scholars had finished and their versions compared,

they were all identical and the Greek version was as divine as the Hebrew.



A.) Terminology

A1. Author

i.) Sacred – the special connection of the SS with God by reason of Divine Authorship. “SS is the speech of God as it is put down in writing under the breath of the Holy Spirit” (DV9)

-it is not simply a fruit of human effort, rather it is a divine action.

Divine Origin of SS


A.) Terminology

ii.) Canonical-that the SS has an authoritative character as regulative of the Church’s faith and conduct. It is by Apostolic Tradition that the Church discerned which writings are to be included in the list of sacred books (canon). (DV8; CCC120; CFC 88)

Divine Origin of SS


A.) Terminology

ii.) Canonical -it is necessary to list down the canon to counter Marcion (OT) and the Reformers (ND 211-213 Trent; ND 216, 218 Vat.II)

Divine Origin of SS


A.) Terminology

ii.) Canonical 3 Norms Used (CFC88):

a.) Apostolic origin b.) Coherence with the Gospel

message c.) Constant use in the Church’s

liturgy

Divine Origin of SS


A.) Terminology

A2. Inspiration

i.) “written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit”

i.a) What is inspiration?

Divine Origin of SS

Inspiratio (Latin noun) & inspirare (verb)

Latin prefix “in” (inside, into) + verb “spirare” (to breathe)

“to blow into”


A.) Terminology

**canonicity-comes from the Greek word “kanon”

Divine Origin of SS

The collection of writings acknowledged by the Church as rule or norm of faith and life

Means that the Church describes the dignity of a book, which has a divine authority and such in the list of sacred book.


A.) Terminology

**canonicity-comes from the Greek word “kanon”

Divine Origin of SS

Incluces:-46 books in the OT (ND 211)-27 books in the NT (ND 211)

-not an immediate acknowledgement, but rather a gradual recognition through an implicit revelation


Sacred Scripture was produced by a special intervention by God.

God uses human author in all his capacities.

God is involved in the word used.

Comunicación y GerenciaDivine Origin of SS

Inspirare- used to translate the Greek term “pneo”

Jerome (347-420 DC) was asked by Pope Damasus to translate the Greek text of the SS to the common language of the people of Lantium (region of central western Italy). In 2Tim 3:16-17, he translated “theopneustos” as “divinitus inspirata”

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God”


A.) Terminology

A2. Inspiration

i.) “written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit”

i.b) Biblical Inspiration

Divine Origin of SS

-inspiration is a unique divine influence on the sacred writers by virtue of which there are 2 effects:

1.) The work is called a written Word of God2.) God is said to be the author of the writing

(DV 11; CFC 85; CCC 105-106)


Reflection:

1.) What instance of your life that God uses you as an instrument to

convey His message to others?(pinpoint that experience and

elaborate)2.) compose a prayer asking the Holy Spirit for an inspiration to read the Sacred Scripture.


1.) What books belong to:

a) the Pentateuch? b) the Historical Books? c) the Prophetic Books? d) the Wisdom Books? e) the Gospels? f) the Epistles of Paul? g) other N.T. books?

2.) How do these books get their title?

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