What is the Bible anyway?

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  1. 4. The Bible was ___________ by hand until the 15th century when the printing press was invented.
  2. 7. Some books were rejected by early Christians and some were accepted. The books that were accepted are said to be _______ (Hint: BOOOOOOM!)
  3. 10. The first four books of the New Testament that tell the story of Jesus.
  4. 12. In the Old Testament, the ________ Prophets are the shorter versions of books like Jeremiah and Ezekiel.
  5. 16. The Bible was originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. In order to read the Bible in our own context, we have to have an English _______________ of the Bible.
  6. 17. The title for the person who would establish a new covenant becuase the one with Abraham just wasn't working! (Hint: We didn't go-over this one together... so ask Jon... you can also look it up in Daniel 9:25 (use the NASB translation)
  7. 20. God made a covenant with this person from the Old Testament in Genesis 12 promising that he would bless him and his descendants.
  8. 21. What is the second part of the Bible? It was primarily written in Greek.
  9. 22. What is the name of the old copies of the Bible (ranging from small snippets to long codexes)? (Hint: Rhymes with "land the ships").
  10. 23. Before the Bible was written, it was spoken. We call this the ______ tradition.
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  1. 1. The Kingdom of _________ was established by God through Saul and confirmed by David.
  2. 2. If you look in the Table of Contents of your Bible, you will find 66 ______ (Hint: Think library).
  3. 3. In the Old Testament, there is a section of scripture the ______ Prophets. They're called this because of how long they are, not because of how important they are.
  4. 5. The first five books of the Bible are called the Pentateuch, although many people just say Torah. This is the Jewish word for the _______ (Hint: What does a police officer enforce?)
  5. 6. The Kingdom of Israel eventually split in two, one side being destroyed completely by the Assyrians and the other being sent into _______ by the Babylonians
  6. 8. What is the first part of the Bible? It was primarily written in Hebrew.
  7. 9. When we read the Bible in _______, we read it according to its place in history and according to its place in the Bible. It is how we accomplish this thing we call exegesis.
  8. 11. Paul wrote these to churches he planted. They make up the majority of the New Testament (Hint: Think stamps).
  9. 13. Reading our own perspectives into the Bible is called "___"-egesis. This is not so good!
  10. 14. One of the reasons we study the Bible is becuase it is a tool for our discipleship to Jesus. The word we use to describe this is _________. (Hint: Starts with a P and is a synonym for useful).
  11. 15. When Adam and Eve began to distrust God and ate of the forbidden fruit, this is called the _____ (Hint: Ooops, I tripped!)
  12. 18. The process of letting the Bible speak for itself is called "___"-egesis. This is good!
  13. 19. We study the Bible because it points to one particular person. He is the fulfillment of everything we come across in the Scritpures. Who is that person?