Various people wrote the Bible, Old Testament and New Testament, over a period of more than seven centuries. Each author was inspired or guided by religious leaders, contempories and their predecessors.
The seven books to which you are referring are from the Septuagint, which was the Greek translation of the Bible that was in common use while Our Blessed Lord was preaching and teaching. Most of the Bible references in the New Testament are taken from the Septuagint. This is the Bible that the Church accepted and was translated into Latin for use by the worldwide Church. They are considered "extra" books now only by people raised in a protestant background as those who revolted against the Church in the sixteenth century rejected them due to their support of Christian teachings.
Originally the language of the Bible was Hebrew for the Old Testament and Greek for the New Testament. The Torah had been translated into Aramaic during the Babylonian Captivity of the Jewish nation, but the Hebrew text had been preserved by the Masoretes. The whole Bible had been translated early into Latin, later into German and English. Other ancient translation include the Syian Aramaic and Bulgarian Gothic. The Old Testament was also translated into Greek, called the Septuagint Version and the New Testament was basically preserved by the copies of the Byzantine Manuscripts, of which about 5600 exist today. Other translations have appeared, such as the Hungarian Hussite Bible, the early Catalan Bible in Valencian Dialect, Spanish Bibles, etc. Answer2: The Bible was written over a period of some 1,600 years. Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible. But he was not the only one who wrote. God used about 40 men to write parts of the Bible. These men lived a long, long time ago, and it took many years for the Bible to be finished. Yes, it took a period of about 1,600 years! What is amazing is that even though some of these men never met one another, everything they wrote is in absolute agreement. No modern language exactly mirrors the vocabulary and grammar of Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, so a word-for-word translation of the Bible could be unclear or at times could even convey the wrong meaning. After the Babylonian exile, Aramaic became the everyday language of some of God's people. Perhaps to indicate what was to come, Jehovah inspired the prophets Daniel and Jeremiah and the priest Ezra to record portions of their Bible books in Aramaic. Alexander the Great later conquered much of the ancient world, and common, or Koine, Greek became an international language. Many Jews began to speak that language, leading to the translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek. This translation, thought to have been done by 72 translators, became known as the Septuagint. It was the first translation of the Bible and one of the most important.* The work of so many translators resulted in varied translation styles, from literal to rather free. Nevertheless, the Septuagint was viewed as God's Word by Greek-speaking Jews and later by Christians.
AnswerUnfortunately, histories may be inspired by partisanship or patronage, but they are not inspired by God. Even the Bible is regarded by scholars as demonstrating ancient partisanship. They say that the Old Testament is sometimes useful as a history, particularly where it can be confirmed by extra-biblical sources, but there are many instances of inaccuracies and contradictions. This is not the mark of a history inspired by God.
1. They only accepted the ones written in Hebrew, seven of them were written in Greek.
Yes, many Christians believe that Paul's letters in the New Testament are considered to be inspired by God and therefore are considered to be the word of God.
Christians follow the Bible, which is divided into the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Bible contains sacred texts and teachings that are considered to be the inspired word of God by Christians.
The holy book for Baptists is the Christian Bible, which consists of the Old Testament and the New Testament. It is considered the inspired word of God and serves as the foundation of Baptist beliefs and teachings.
The Old Testament was inspired by multiple authors, including prophets, kings, and priests who wrote over many centuries. They were inspired by their interactions with God, their religious experiences, and historical events.
Most people would agree that God is the father of the Bible because the words contained in it are inspired by Him. Among men, Moses could be considered the father of the Old Testament (he authored the first 5 books of the Old Testament) and Paul would probably be considered the father of the New Testament (he wrote most of the books of the New Testament).
It is the letters by Paul.
The complete Holy Bible, both the Old Testament and the New Testament.
I'm not quite sure what you are trying to ask but let me take a stab at it . . . The books of the NEW Testament had to be apostolic, among other things. The most often listed criteria used to determine if a document was included in the New Testament are: First, it must be apostolic in origin, meaning written by an apostle or a close associate of an apostle (such as Luke and John Mark). Second, it could not contradict known doctrine since the teachings of the Church were around centuries before the books of the New Testament were compiled as we know them today. Regarding the Old Testament, it could not be apostolic in any way since even the newest of the books was written some 400-500 years before the apostolic era. When early Christians used what we refer to as the Old Testament, the most popularly used version is known as the Septuagint (or the 70), named for how many scholars supposedly worked on the translation in Alexandria. Thiz was a Greek translation and was accepted wholesale into the early Church. The Septuagint contained several books that later Jews decided were not inspired. When the Reformation occurred, they wanted to go back to the original languages and so they used what the Jews were using at the time, which excluded several books. Thus, today, Protestant Old Testaments contain fewer books than the Catholic or Orthodox version. I hope I answered your question in there somewhere. If not, please try restating it.
The Holy Bible that contains both the Old Testament and New Testament. There are 66 books of inspired writings.
Various people wrote the Bible, Old Testament and New Testament, over a period of more than seven centuries. Each author was inspired or guided by religious leaders, contempories and their predecessors.
The seven books to which you are referring are from the Septuagint, which was the Greek translation of the Bible that was in common use while Our Blessed Lord was preaching and teaching. Most of the Bible references in the New Testament are taken from the Septuagint. This is the Bible that the Church accepted and was translated into Latin for use by the worldwide Church. They are considered "extra" books now only by people raised in a protestant background as those who revolted against the Church in the sixteenth century rejected them due to their support of Christian teachings.
Catholics believe there are 46 books in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. Most Protestant faiths claim there are only 39 inspired books in the Old Testament but agree that there are 27 in the New Testament. The extra seven books in the Catholic versions of the Bible are called the Deutero-canonicals and include the books of Tobit, Judith, Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach, Baruch, and 1st and 2nd Maccabees. Some Protestant versions of the Bible also include these seven books but they are not considered to be inspired by God and are generally called the Apocryphal Books.