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By: Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 1988

The Bible: A Collection

Bible?
The word “Bible” comes from the Greek word Biblion, which means ‘book”. The bible, then, the “boo k”
of the church. This is an excellent description of its place and function in the Christian community.
However, the bible never uses this term to describe itself.
The Bible isn't a single book, however an assortment of more than sixty unique compositions formed by a

wide range of creators more than many years, written in three languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, furthermore,

Greek. The Bible likewise incorporates a wide range of sorts of writings: letters, psalms, poetry, and an

“apocalypse, to give some examples. A portion of its books have different writers—for example, the

Gospel of John. Close to the finish of John, this statement shows up: "“This is the disciple who is

testifying to these things and has written them, and we know that his testimony is true” (John 21:24).

Notice the "we" in this refrain. This sentence shows unmistakably that a gathering of individuals past the

unique "devotee whom Jesus adored" (whom this stanza names as the wellspring of the material in the

book) took part in creating this Gospel. "We know" that what this devotee said is valid. So even a few

books that we regularly consider as composed by a solitary individual had an increasingly perplexing

birthplace than only a singular creator forming at their work area.

What then, does the Bible call itself? The biblical term for the bible is the holy scriptures” (2Tim. 3:15,)

or simply “the Scriptures” (John 5:39). The term “Scriptures” or (literally, “writings”) emphasizes the

character of the Bible as a Library. The Scriptures of this library are “holy” are set apart from others.

They are books recognized by the church (by Christians) as inspired and normative. According to

wordcounter.net the typical bible 1,189 chapters. These are made up of 31,173 verses and rough word

count, this amounts to 807,370 words, although the king James. Authorized Bible had 783,137 words.

Using a standard font, the average bible has around 1,200 pages.
The Chronology of the Bible

The order of the Bible is an intricate arrangement of life expectancies, 'ages', and different methods by

which the section of occasions is estimated, starting with the Genesis creation story. An across the board

insightful comprehension is that this imprints out a world cycle (Great Year) of 4,000 years, finishing,

probably, around 164 BCE (the time of the re-commitment of the Second Temple), with the year Anno

Mundi 2666 for the Exodus speaking to 26 2/3 of 100 years or 66% of the aggregate. It was religious in

purpose, not verifiable in the cutting-edge sense. It likewise works as an inferred prescience, whose key

lies in the recognizable proof of the last occasion.

The Complicated Process

The way toward gathering the books of the Hebrew Bible was muddled. To start with, a considerable lot

of the books show proof of having been composed by more than one individual and of drawing on other

composed hotspots for a portion of their substance. Without a doubt, a portion of the books appear to

have joined material composed several years prior to the writings we currently have met up (we will

examine this in more detail in resulting sections). A considerable lot of the books of the Hebrew Bible are

open about drawing on different hotspots for material. They guide you to peruse those different books in

the event that you need to find out about the subject they have been examining. Here are a couple of

instances of the numerous spots where the content sends the peruser to counsel such works and gives their

names: Numbers 21:14: the Book of the Wars of the Lord Joshua 10:13: “the Book of Jashar” 1 Kings

11:41: “the Book of the Acts of Solomon” 1 Chronicles 9:1: “the Book of the Kings” 1 Chronicles 29:29:

“the Book of Samuel” Deuteronomy 17:18-19: “the king is to keep a copy of this law”.