The Story of the Bible Answering Doubting Thomas

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 & Da. Vinci -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 LXX: Greek Translation BC 267 Hebrew Bible At Jamnia 70 BC Jerome’s Latin Translation 405 AD 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. ” The question Of the Apocrypha The Old Testament At the 16 th 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 orthodox Response in Fragments & Letters The arise of Heretical Canons – Ex. Marcion Christ’s story And The writing Of the NT The Early Church’s Struggle with Authority Majority of The NT Was labeled Scripture (150 AD)

Story of the Bible - The ‘Falling’ Action: Doubting Thomas & Da. Vinci Ancient forms of Doubt: ex. Gnosticism Scientific forms of Doubt: ex. Transmission Q’s Popular forms of Doubt: ex. Da. Vinci Code

Stories within the Story

Stories within the Story – Ancient Languages & Translations Formal Equivalence Dynamic Equivalence Ελληνικό αλφάβητο Paraphrase Lingua Latina

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 & Da. Vinci -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