The Story of the Bible
Answering Doubting Thomas and Davinci
The story’s table of contents
-The Story of the Bible-
The Build Up: The Old Testament
The Climax: The New Testament
The Falling Action: Doubting Thomas & DaVinci
-Stories within the Story-
Ancient Languages & Translations
Ancient Writing & the Materials
used
Author, Text, & Reader (interpretation)
The Story of the Bible!
Story of the Bible - The Build Up: The Old Testament
The canon of scripture begins with the Old Testament.
What do we mean by the word canon?
“The term ‘canon’ comes from the Greek term (kanwn)
meaning a straight rod used as a rule or standard. Because
the Old Testament (aka Hebrew Bible) was used as a rule
or standard in the life of Israel, and both the OT and NT
were used as a rule or stand for the Early Church we today
refer to the Bible as the canon, the text where God gives his
rules and standards.”
Hebrew Bible
At
Jamnia 70 BC
Jerome’s
Latin
Translation
405 AD
LXX: Greek
Translation
BC 267
The question
Of the
Apocrypha
The Old
Testament
At the 16th cen
Reformation
Story of the Bible - The Climax: The New Testament
The concept of authority was important and preceded the idea
of a canon. The church judged a document’s authority based on
these categories:
Apostolic authority – must have been written by or contain the
teachings of an apostle
Antiquity – must have been written during the generation of apostles
(no later than 92/3 AD)
Orthodoxy – must adhere to the faith taught by the apostles
Catholicity – must be acknowledged as Scripture by a greater part
of the Church
Liturgy – must have been deemed proper for reading in church
The Early
Church’s
Struggle with
Authority
Christ’s story
And
The writing
Of the NT
Majority of
The NT
Was labeled
Scripture (150 AD)
The arise of
Heretical
Canons –
Ex. Marcion
The orthodox
Response in
Fragments
& Letters
Story of the Bible - The ‘Falling’ Action: Doubting Thomas
& DaVinci
Ancient forms of Doubt:
ex. Gnosticism
Popular forms of Doubt:
ex. DaVinci Code
Scientific forms of Doubt:
ex. Transmission Q’s
Stories within the Story!
Stories within the Story – Ancient Languages & Translations
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Lingua Latina
Formal
Equivalence
Dynamic
Equivalence
Paraphrase
Stories within the Story – Ancient Writing & Materials
Stories within the Story – Interpretation: Author, Text, Reader
The story of
The Bible’s
Interpretation includes
Understanding the Author(s),
The Text, & the Reader
The story’s table of contents
-The Story of the Bible-
The Build Up: The Old Testament
The Climax: The New Testament
The Falling Action: Doubting Thomas & DaVinci
-Stories within the Story-
Ancient Languages & Translations
Ancient Writing & the Materials
used
Author, Text, & Reader (interpretation)
The Story of the Bible
Answering Doubting Thomas and Davinci