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The official collection/list of Scripture considered to be inspired and authoritative |
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7 books found in Roman Catholic Bibles, but not necessarily in Jewish/Protestant Bibles (sometimes they include them in a separate section called the Apocrypha) |
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The Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures around 285 BCE |
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| Before Common Ear/Common Era |
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the Jewish Bible or what Christians call the Old Testament |
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"Teaching/Instruction"
Sometimes translated as "law"
1st five books of Bible |
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| Christians divide the Old Testament into 4 sections |
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Pentateuch – 1st five books of Bible (the Torah)
Historical Books
Wisdom/Poetry books
Prophets |
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| How/When was the Old Testament written |
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OT written between 1000 BCE and 150 BCE, probably by scribes from royal courts |
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| How did people get access the scriptures? |
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| Most people couldn't read, so the scriptures were read to them |
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| How were biblical stories originally passed on? |
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| They were passed through oral tradition before they were written down |
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| Number of books in the Old Testament |
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| Number of books in the New Testament |
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| What language was the Old Testament written in? |
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| Hebrew (with some Aramaic) |
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| What language was the New Testament written in? |
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| How is biblical Hebrew read? |
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| From right to left, contains no vowels, and no punctuation |
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