2006-12-18 22:11:12 · 14 answers · asked by Final 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Many are unaware of just how we came to have the Bible we have today. An understanding of how the Bible came to be can add a new dimension to a believer's perspective of who God is and how He has chosen to work among his creation.
The writings which eventually were gathered together and came to be known as "The Holy Bible" were written over a period of 1500 years by more than 40 different authors living on 3 different continents (Asia, Africa, and Europe). While the text itself was penned by the hands of its various human authors, the ultimately divine origin of Scripture is testified to numerous times within the text itself and has been repeatedly confirmed throughout history by its steadfast integrity and reliability. Based upon the textual evidence, two key doctrines may be discerned [Note 1]:
1. The Doctrine of Revelation:
This addresses the means by which God reveals truth to His people. Revelation may be defined as "A supernatural work of God in which He communicated divine truth to human beings that they otherwise would not or could not know".
2. The Doctrine of Inspiration
This addresses the means by which the writers of Scripture received and recorded God's truths accurately. Inspiration may be defined as "The supernatural act of God whereby He so directed human authors of Scripture that, without destroying their individuality, literary style, or personality, His complete and connected thought toward humanity was received/recorded without error or contradiction -- each word being supernaturally written and preserved so as to result in an infallible document in the original writings".
2006-12-18 22:15:38 · answer #1 · answered by Lorene 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Which of the many 30+ bibles are do you have reference to?
2006-12-19 06:17:23 · answer #2 · answered by lonetraveler 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read Exodus.
The answer is there.
Will notice how it was handed down to living human kind in planet of apes.
Notice how it was glittering among the kitchen's ghostly ghost stories in "Macbeth" cooking pot?
The pot of golds glittering at the end of the rainbow in planet of apes.
While Indiana Jones with the Raiders of the lost Ark were still at loss and blurr in digging up graveyards in planet of apes.
Came up with skeletons of skulls and bones after skeletons after skeletons with more ghost stories in making a mess and monkey out of themselves in planet of apes.
With the blind in leading and guiding the blind in planet of apes.
So what book is that?
Who call it "The Holy Bible"?
2006-12-19 06:55:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scholars say the first five books were written by at least three authors and then "patched" together by redactors. That's why many of the stories are told in three different versions.
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2006-12-19 08:11:27 · answer #4 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some fool 2000yrs ago left a fantasey story by the dead sea aka the dead sea scrolls and the world would have been a better place if thay where never found
2006-12-19 06:27:56 · answer #5 · answered by andrew w 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Old testament came from God.The new testament compiled by man.
2006-12-19 06:14:43 · answer #6 · answered by Sherzade 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
as a part of being a Muslim i have to believe that the bible was the word of the god (Allah) s.w.t before some churchmen edit it.
2006-12-19 06:15:12 · answer #7 · answered by Alone 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mine came from the store. In fact they have so many, I may go purchase a couple more.
2006-12-19 06:17:09 · answer #8 · answered by mortgagegirl101 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's the word of God spoken through man.
2006-12-19 06:23:52 · answer #9 · answered by Darktania 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From magic excessive question mark land.
Laz
2006-12-19 06:19:26 · answer #10 · answered by The Man Comes Around 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋