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Quick Introduction to The Bible Before we begin, let me just say
that throughout the website you will find links along the way to all sorts of
interesting bits and pieces. But if
you are a beginner, you will gain far
more from this if you first
read straight through once, and
then come back later to the links. The links are all located down the
left hand side, and they are very easy
to see, so no need to re-read the
text to find them. They’re also listed
together under the ‘Related Interest Topics’ heading (top right on the
menu bar). OK, let’s go. The word BIBLE means ‘Books’,
and that’s exactly what the Bible is . . . a collection of books. And here they are. Without going into any detail,
just have a quick look at the
Contents Page below. |
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Who wrote the Bible? |
You will notice that the Bible is
divided into two parts and, put very
simply, these two parts are: The Old
Testament: A collection of books
about God’s dealings with the Jewish nation before the birth of Jesus. The New
Testament: A collection of books about the life, death
and resurrection of Jesus, and the early beginnings of the Christian Church. Now before we take a quick peek at each of the books,
notice on the Contents Page above that the books have all been grouped. In almost every Bible*, the order of
the books will appear exactly the same
as the chart above, although the group headings will not usually appear. *NB: Catholic Bibles have some interesting extra books called the ‘Deuterocanonical Books’. They not listed here, but information on
these is available further on. However, before that, let’s start at
the beginning of the Old Testament and take a very brief glimpse at the first five books, grouped under the
heading Pentateuch (meaning a
five-volume book) . . . |
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Brief overview of
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