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The Bible is divided into twomain divisionsThe Bible is divided into twomain divisions
•The Old Testament•The Old Testament
•The New Testament•The New Testament
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The Old Testament
•Also referred to as theHebrew Scriptures
•Contains 46 books
•Divided into 4 sections:
–The Pentateuch
–The HistoricalBooks
–The Writings
–The Books of theProphets
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The Torah
•First five books of theBible:
–Genesis
–Exodus
–Leviticus
–Numbers
–Deuteronomy
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The Torah, continued
TorahLaw•Also referred to as the Torah or the Law
•In the Jewish faith, these five books arethe most important and are handwritten inscrolls by scribes
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The Apocrypha
•The Apocrypha is 7 books included in theCatholic Bible
•The word apocrypha means hidden inGreek
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•The seven books of the Apocrypha are:
–Baruch–Baruch
–Judith–Judith
–Maccabees 1–Maccabees 1
–Maccabees 2–Maccabees 2
–Sirach–Sirach
–Tobit–Tobit
–Wisdom–Wisdom
The New Testament
•Also referred to as the Christian Scriptures
•Contains 27 books
•Divided into 4 sections:
–Gospels
–Acts of the Apostles
–The Letters
–Book of Revelation
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The Gospels
•This is the firstsection of the NewTestament
•There are fourGospels:
–Matthew
–Mark
–Luke
–John
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The Gospels, continued
•The Gospels tell usthe story of the lifeand teachings ofJesus Christ
•Matthew, Mark, andLuke are also calledthe synoptic Gospels
•The Gospels werewritten at differenttimes and for differentgroups of people
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Acts of the Apostles
•Written by theevangelist Luke
•Tells the story ofthe early churchfollowing theAscension ofJesus
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The Letters
Epistles•Also called theEpistles
•Many werewritten by SaintPaul
•Written to theearly churches
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Book of Revelation
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•Last book of theBible
•May have beenwritten by theevangelist John
•Written using signsand symbolsbecause of Romanpersecution
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•The Old Testament
•The Torah
•The Apocrypha
•The Gospels
•Acts of the Apostles
•The Letters
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•Book of Revelation