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The Bible: The Greek Word Of The Bible

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Right from the beginning this book tells us how the word “Bible” is originated through Latin from the Greek word “biblia” which means books. More specifically these were the books known to be canonical by the early Christian Church. I found this very intriguing because I didn’t realize the Bible really only translated to just a collection of books when you look at the Greek word for it. This book also reveals very early on just how much the word scripture is referenced referring to the Old Testament by other writers in the New Testament. I also found it strange further in my reading when I came across some branches of the Syriac Church didn’t include 2 Peter, 2 and 3 John, Jude, and Revelations and became curious how they came to the conclusion to not include these books in their canonization of the Bible. …show more content…

This really signified its importance to me when it started explaining how even these three big divisions inside the Old Testament is also divided into subdivision. The first subdivision that is divided is The Law which is basically the Pentateuch which is classified as the “five books of Moses” according to this author. The second would be The Prophets which are classified under “Former Prophets” and “Latter Prophets”. The Former Prophets are consisted of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings. The Latter Prophets, however, are consisted of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and “The Book of the Twelve Prophets”. This last subdivision is the Writings of the Books. Their books would happen to be Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, and Chronicle. Much further in my

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